1On June 26th, 999, Dr. Kritchenko came to London to challenge WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide. Hyde, of Nigerian descent, became the heavyweight champion of WBO after knocking down Tucker in 1997. He is famous for his flexible footwork, quick punches, sharp angles and powerful punches. However, Klitschko's iron fist made Hyde fall to the ground in the second round, and vitali klitschko won the WBO heavyweight title for the first time. Kritchenko became the first world champion with a doctorate in sports medicine and philosophy in the history of professional boxing. Since then, he has knocked down "American Hammer" Ed Mahone and Obeid Sullivan, and successfully defended his title twice. On April, 2000 1, Krichko quit due to injury and lost to American boxer Bird, losing his gold belt. It only takes three more rounds for Kritchenko to successfully defend the title of WBO heavyweight champion for the third time. But at this time, the well-educated Ukrainian announced that he had withdrawn from the competition due to a shoulder injury and handed the gold belt to Bird. The audience and the media were in an uproar. Vitaly was severely criticized as "lacking the will to fight and the heart to win." The media called this day "April Fool's Day in Klitschko". After the game, Dr. Tiequan's coach Schenk said that Vitaly was actually injured in the fourth round. Then he dragged his injured left shoulder for four rounds before giving up, beating Bird 4-0. "Doctor Tiequan" calmly faced the surging criticism: "No matter whether people believe that I am injured or not, I have tried my best to stick to the last moment. If I continue to fight, my shoulder will be irreversibly hurt, which will seriously threaten my boxing career. Boxers are not superman. " The day after the game, Kritchenko underwent surgery and returned after seven and a half months.
Kritchenko returned from injury and ended Hoffman's unbeaten record of "German Oak" in 22 games on June 25th, 2000. In the first round of 200 1, 654 38+ 10/October 27th, Olin Norris was killed, and Rospritti and Bean were defeated one after another.
2002165438+123 against Donald in Dortmund, Germany, Vitaly's attack was not very active in the previous rounds. From the sixth round, Vitaly used the advantages of height, arm length and heavy punches to put pressure on the opponent. Shortly after the start of the eighth round, Kritchenko punched Donald with three fists and almost knocked him to the ground. But Donald, who has never been knocked down, has not got rid of bad luck. In the 10 round, Kritchenko first knocked Donald down with his right hand. Then, Donald fell to the ground twice under heavy bombardment. Although he stood up again, but under the onslaught of Krichko, he had completely lost his defensive ability, his legs trembled and was stopped by the referee. "I think Vitaly is a super boxer," said Don king, a famous promoter who watched on the spot. According to the regulations of WBC, after Louis defeated Tai Sen on June 9th, 2002, he should accept the challenge of vitali Kritchenko, the top boxer of the organization, within 12 months. To this end, the sponsors of the two sides reached a preliminary agreement on the competition between June 5438 and February 2002, and planned to put this "super war" that the media and boxing fans paid attention to into the ring in early April 2003. However, Louis suddenly changed his mind. He wanted to play Tai Sen for the second time on June 2 1. This made vitali Kritchenko, his promoter Cole and agent Boent very angry and threatened to sue Lewis. But in the end, Lewis chose Kirk Johnson as his opponent in the June 2 1 match. Just ten days before the game, Johnson had to give up because of a muscle strain in training. Vitali Kritchenko replaced Johnson to challenge Lewis for the WBC championship.
Kritchenko suffered a serious left eye injury when he competed with Lewis for the WBC championship. He was forced by the referee to stop the game and was sentenced to lose, but he was ahead of Lewis. After the game, frustrated Lewis asked Krichko for a rematch, saying that he would accept the Ukrainian giant's second challenge in June 2003. But when Kritchenko recovered and returned to boxing, Lewis decided to call a truce in 2003. Kritchenko went to London in August to discuss the rematch with Lewis. After receiving a complaint from Kritchenko, WBC said Vitaly was the number one boxer, but that didn't mean he was a legal challenger. They asked vitali Kritchenko to play a qualifying match with Johnson first, and the winner challenged Lewis to win the WBC championship. Canadian boxer Kirk Johnson (34-1-1) said at the press conference held in new york on February 4, 2003 that he was better prepared than vitali Kritchenko this time because of the guidance of former world heavyweight champion Holmes. On February 6, 2003, he defeated the Ukrainian giant in the qualifying round of WBC boxing championship challenge. On February 6th, 2003, at 65438 Madison Square Garden in new york, Klitschko lured Johnson to the rope ring in the second round and knocked him down with a beautiful combination boxing. 2 minutes and 45 seconds later, when Johnson's huge body fell down again, referee Arthur stopped the one-sided game.
After WBC decided that the Second World War would be held before March 2, 2004, but Lewis never got a clear answer, WBC finally gave Lewis an ultimatum, demanding that Lewis must choose between handing over the gold belt and the rematch with Kritchenko. But obviously, Lewis is not satisfied with either choice. On February 5, 2004, Lewis announced his retirement in London, England. However, Lewis's retirement does not mean that vitali Kritchenko can become the WBC champion without bloodshed. As the legal number one challenger recognized by WBC, WBC must compete with the South African policeman Sanders, the second challenger of WBC, and the winner will be crowned as the heavyweight champion of WBC. On April 24th, 2004, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, Kritchenko defeated South African Saunders in eight rounds and was crowned as the heavyweight champion of WBC.
In 65438+February of the same year 1 1, Krichko defeated challenger Williams and successfully defended his title. On July 30th, 2004, Danny Wilhemlms got the chance to challenge Kritschenko after knocking down mike tyson in the fourth round. On June 5438+February 2004 1 1, the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, USA, was knocked down four times by Kritchenko in just eight rounds. On this carnival night in Las Vegas, Williams was left with only blood and almost invisible eyes. Poor challenger Williams was rushed to the hospital for a brain scan. Before the defending match with Williams, fraud broke out in the Ukrainian general election, and the Kritchenko brothers ran around, waving flags and shouting for opposition leader Yushchenko. Vitaly has been considering whether to cancel the match with Williams on June 5438+February 1 1 and return to the motherland. After the Supreme Court of Ukraine ruled that the result of the first general election was invalid, Vitaly did not forget to sew an orange flag (the flag of the opposition party) on his boxer shorts to show his support for Yushchenko. Vitaly's supporters also held the Ukrainian flag and the orange flag at the same time. On 26th, after the re-election in Ukraine, Yushchenko was elected president and thanked the Kritchenko brothers for their support.
165438+200519, Krichko announced his retirement after twice postponing the defending match with American challenger Raman due to injury (WBC awarded Vitaly the honorary champion, and if he comes back one day, he can directly challenge the current champion of boxing organization). 165438+1In late October, vitali klitschko said that he would engage in social activities in the future and he would run for the mayor of Kiev in March 2006. In addition, Klitschko also intends to participate in the Ukrainian parliamentary elections in March 2006 and run for parliamentary seats. Kritchenko was appointed as an adviser to the President in 2005. On June 26th, 2006, Vitaly officially announced his participation in the election for the mayor of Kiev. In an interview with Ukrainian Pravda, he said, "I want to be the mayor of Kiev, because I love my city very much and I hope to improve people's living standards." Klichko's opponent in the election is the 68-year-old current mayor of Kiev, Homer Cenko, who has been the mayor of Kiev for 10 years. Klitschko didn't succeed in the end. On June 2008, 65438+1October 1 1, vitali Kritchenko came back to challenge the Nigerian "nightmare" Samuel Pitt, the current champion of WBC. At the schmeling Gymnasium in Berlin, Kritchenko, who has not been in boxing for four years, lost his suspense early. In previous rounds, Kritchenko used his jab and right hand to control the rhythm. As the game went on, his combination boxing made Pete suffer a lot. After the eighth round, Peter, whose face was swollen, began to shake his head, insisted on giving up and handed over the WBC heavyweight champion. On April 16, 2009, in London, England, the nomination announced by the Lawrence World Sports Award Organizing Committee included this five-star comeback battle. On June 9th, 2009, it was announced that Krichko had won the Lawrence Best Rebound Award.
On March 2, 20091,"Panther" Carlos Gomez of Zhu An challenged Kritchenko, and Cuba's famous Gomez's amateur record 158 wins 12 losses. 1 1 successfully defended the title of WBC heavyweight champion, and was qualified to challenge WBC heavyweight champion Klitschko after defeating Wiggins. Gomez used to be vitali Kritchenko's sparring partner, and he knew the boxing skills of Ukrainian giants very well. At the beginning of the game, the two sides showed a strength contrast. In the fourth round, Kritchenko punched Gomez's eyebrows with his right hand. In the seventh round, Gomez, who was still struggling, was knocked down by Kritchenko's counterattack. In the ninth round, the Ukrainian giant knocked down Gomez again. Gomez, who suffered a heavy blow, was teetering in a state of insanity, and the referee Daniel Van de Wiele stopped the game. This highly anticipated WBC heavyweight championship was finally held in Stuttgart, Germany. German tennis star Becker praised: "Kritchenko is a great champion, and Kritchenko is full of wisdom, majesty and courage on the court."
As the British Heyer withdrew from the competition scheduled to challenge WBC champion Vitaly in the British "02 Gymnasium" on September 12, Klitschko had to find another opponent, and on August 5, 2009, he finalized and maintained the agreement, in which arreola, the fighter ranked first in WBC, won 27 matches (including 24 knockouts) for hegemony. On September 26th, the two sides met at Staples Sports Center in Los Angeles, USA. Klitschko constantly bombarded arreola with quick and skillful jabs, and at the same time seized the opportunity to implement a precise right fist, making arreola inaccessible. Since then, although arreola tried to get close to his opponent and made a threatening punch, Krichko's flexible footwork made arreola look helpless. Not only can he not find the right attack distance and opportunity, but he also allows his opponents to deliberately choose various angles for air strikes. Although arreola hit several heavy punches in the eighth round, it didn't last long. After the ninth round, the game returned to Kritchenko's tactical trap. /kloc-After the 0/0 round, arreola's coach Ramirez motioned to the referee to give up the game. In the whole game, Kritchenko punched 802 times, hitting 30 1 time, which is a very high number among heavyweight boxers. Arreola punches 33 1 time and hits 86 times. Such a wide gap shows that Klitschko gave full play to the advantages of flexibility and height and arm length in the style contest that decided the result of the competition, and successfully defeated his opponent to defend his title.
On June 5438+February 65438+February 2009, vitali Kritchenko played against kevin johnson in Berne Arena. After the game started, Krichko's attack blocked Kevin Johnson from the rope several times. Johnson's whole game was obviously dominated by defense, and the game was a bit boring. He finally played 12 round, but there is no doubt about the outcome. Three judges announced that Kritchenko had successfully defended his title. After the failure, kevin johnson seemed very calm. Although he failed in the challenge, he became another boxer who insisted on 12 round in front of vitali Kritchenko after Hoffman, the "German Oak" in 2000. Wilting Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany is the home of the Bundesliga Schalke 04 team and one of the main stadiums used in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The tournament capacity is 6 148 1, and the international capacity is 53993. 20 10 on may 29th, Krichko shattered the dream of Polish challenger Sosnovski to become the first heavyweight champion in the country's history with an iron fist at the Wilt Arena. The original 12 battle only lasted 10. Kritchenko gained the upper hand from the beginning, hitting his opponent frequently with his forehand jab, forcing Sosnovski to do his best to avoid the heavy bombardment of the giant's right hand. In the third round, the situation changed slightly, and the Poles used the fast break to contain part of Kritchenko's offensive. However, the good times did not last long. In the sixth round, Kritchenko hit his opponent in the head with an accurate left hook, and his pace was chaotic, and he almost fell to the ground. In the ninth round, Klitschko seized the opportunity again and hit his opponent many times with his left and right fists. 10 round, the defending champion didn't waste any more time, but knocked SoSi Nuo down with a precise punch.
After defeating Sosnovski, his professional record remained 40 wins and 2 losses. Kritchenko, who knocked out his opponent in 38 matches, said: "I am very happy to defend the honor of boxing champion again. I made full preparations for this game and adjusted my state to the best. I hope that the next game will be against British Ye He (after defeating Nikolai Valuyev on October 7, 2009, he became the WBA heavyweight champion +65438+). " Sosnovski, who threatened to become the first world heavyweight champion in Polish history before the competition, was persuaded after his defeat. He said: "Vitaly is a great champion. I tried my best, but he kept putting pressure on me to attack, which made me physically weak. " Even if I can play another round, I will lose. "
201016, Vitaly Krichko defeated shannon briggs in the 12 round in Hamburg. The score scored by three referees is one of the most disparity in boxing history. After the game, Briggs developed drowsy symptoms and was taken to the intensive care unit of the hospital. After examination, he found multiple fractures of the face and skull. Afterwards, both doctors and the media thought that the referee should stop the game, because Briggs had been unstable and wobbly after being hit hard in the game. After his recovery, Briggs said, "This is the most cruel and difficult fight in my boxing career." . 2011March19th, "Cuban overlord" Solis challenged Kritchenko. Solis, from Cuba, a world amateur boxing power, is recognized as the best amateur heavyweight boxer in the world. He won the World Youth Championship at the age of 17. He once ended the Cuban famous Savin and dominated the Cuban heavyweight boxing for six consecutive years. He won the world championship three times and the Athens Olympic Games. Because Stevenson and Sawin, the famous Cuban players in history, have never participated in professional boxing competitions, many boxing fans always think that these famous Cuban players have enough strength to beat Ali, holyfield, Tai Sen and others. Solis' career record is 17, including 12 knockouts. In addition, he was assisted by Diaz, a famous coach who trained 20 Cuban Olympic and World Championships. Therefore, Solis' challenge to Klitschko is regarded by many media and boxing circles as a "big confrontation that may change history". Many people think that Solis completely overthrew Klitschko's rule and became Cuba's first heavyweight champion in professional boxing. In order to win this competition, Solis and his coaching team conducted rigorous training in the mountains over 4000 meters above sea level in Nevada, USA.
However, under the live TV broadcast of more than 40 countries around the world, only in the round of 1, Solis was hit by Kritchenko's counterattack and fell to the ground. After a few seconds, Solis was unstable and sprained his right knee, so he could not continue the game. However, according to boxing rules, injuries to other parts of his body are regarded as indirect effects after being hit. Therefore, Kritchenko successfully defended her title. Perhaps the suspense of whether Solis' real strength can overthrow the Kritchenko brothers to dominate the world heavyweight boxing has not been solved, and Solis still needs time to prove himself in the professional boxing.
2011September 10, vitali klitschko, a 40-year-old champion, met Adameck, the host boxer and number one challenger, in Wroclaw, Poland. Adameck said at the pre-match press conference: "I know how to beat Kritchenko. Believe me, every great story has an end. The great myth of Kritchenko will end on Saturday, and I will become a world champion in three levels. " . After successively defeating Golota, Estrada, Grant, arreola, Maddalon, mcbride and others, Adameck challenged the champion ambitiously. More than 43,000 tickets for this boxing championship, which was broadcast live in more than 20 countries around the world/KLOC-0, were sold out early.
After the game started, Kritchenko turned his back on the visiting team and frequently attacked his opponent with forehand jab and backhand punch. In the second round, his right fist made the challenger stumble backwards and lean against the rope. If Kritchenko made another punch, the game might be over, but Adameck got away with it. However, Adameck's bad luck is not over. Under Krichko's continuous blows, he not only failed to get close to his opponent, but also suffered many blows to his face and head. It is only a matter of time before he fails. 10 round, Adameck was blocked by the rope and was punched 10, without any response. The referee immediately stopped the game and signaled "Dr. Tiequan" vitali Kritchenko to successfully defend his title. 201feb18th, Vitaly Krichko defeated British boxer Chisola in the 12 round at Munich Olympic Stadium. In this defending match, Vitaly had to fight with his right hand from the fourth round because he strained the ligament of his left shoulder. Vitaly finally won by a clear margin.
On July 2nd, 2065438+02, it was reported that WBC heavyweight champion vitali Kritchenko will defend his title in Moscow on September 8th. The challenger is Lebanese boxer Charles, who lives in Germany. Char, 27, is the owner of WBC international heavyweight silver belt. His height 1, 92 meters. He has the nickname of "Diamond Boy", and his career record has always maintained a total victory of 2 1, among which 1 1 was eliminated.
Because vitali klitschko has always wanted to go into politics, he failed to run for the mayor of Kiev twice, so this defending battle against Char is likely to be a farewell battle for his professional boxing career. However, at the press conference held in Kiev, vitali Kritchenko did not give a positive answer to this question, saying only that time will tell.
Facing the defending champion of 4 1 year-old, Charles said at the weighing ceremony: "I have 1000% confidence to beat Kritchenko and become the heavyweight champion of WBC." 20 12 On September 8th, Moscow Olympic Stadium, Klitschko knocked down Char once in the second round, and Char was always passive in the face of Krichko, a giant with dominant height and wingspan. In the fourth round of the competition, Kritchenko punched Charles in the right eye socket with his left hand, and his blood flowed immediately. After medical supervision and inspection, he thought that Charles should not continue the competition, so Klitschko won with a technical knockout. However, Vitaly Krichko expressed disappointment after the game, because he hoped to beat his opponent in a real knockout, not a technical knockout. 、