33 Facts About Wladimir Klitschko

1. Wladimir Klitschko said he would use the money to help the dreams of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children.

2. Wladimir Klitschko was friends with the late German heavyweight legend Max Schmeling.

3. Wladimir Klitschko was named curator of the Ukrainian pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale.

4. Wladimir Klitschko is a passionate golfer and was seen playing in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland.

5. On 3 August 2017, Wladimir Klitschko announced on his official website and social media channels that he was retiring from boxing.

6. Wladimir Klitschko said he needed time to review his situation before agreeing to a rematch.

7. At the weigh in, Wladimir Klitschko weighed in at 240 and a quarter pounds, the lightest he has weighed since 2009.

8. Wladimir Klitschko put a request in for 5,000 more tickets to be made available.

9. Wladimir Klitschko was entitled to a rematch with Fury as part of the contract for their first fight.

10. Wladimir Klitschko said, "Tyson was the faster and better man tonight.

11. Wladimir Klitschko landed 52 of 231 punches thrown and Fury landed 86 of 371 thrown.

12. On 25 September 2015, Wladimir Klitschko postponed the fight, citing a calf injury.

13. Wladimir Klitschko was scheduled to take on undefeated heavyweight contender Tyson Fury, the WBO mandatory challenger, on 24 October 2015 in an unprecedented 28th heavyweight world title appearance.

14. Wladimir Klitschko went on to say he won his biggest fight against cancer in 2009.

15. Wladimir Klitschko revealed he would train with Johnathon Banks due to Steward recovering from a bowel operation.

16. Wladimir Klitschko stopped Thompson in the sixth round after putting him to the canvas with flush right hand shot.

17. Wladimir Klitschko dominated the fight, statistically outlanding Haye nearly 2 to 1.

18. Wladimir Klitschko won again, by knocking out Peter in the 10th round.

19. Wladimir Klitschko faced Peter for a second time, as they had fought in 2005 previously.

20. Wladimir Klitschko called out the Briton on YouTube in April 2010, stating, "I want to send this message to boxing fans and directly to David Haye.

21. Wladimir Klitschko defeated Chambers by knockout five seconds before the end of the final round.

22. Towards the end of the second round Wladimir Klitschko caught Chagaev off-balance and sent him to the canvas.

23. Wladimir Klitschko hit Chagaev with several hard right crosses and never allowed him to build momentum.

24. Wladimir Klitschko controlled the tempo of the fight from the very beginning and hit Chagaev at will with the jab.

25. Wladimir Klitschko floored Thompson with a right hand in the 11th round and Thompson didn't beat the count.

26. Wladimir Klitschko backed Ibragimov into a corner and proceeded to push down Ibragimov's glove with his left hand so he could not throw a punch.

27. On 22 April 2006, in Mannheim, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko defeated Chris Byrd for a second time, this time by technical knockout, in a contest for the IBF and IBO Heavyweight Championships.

28. On 18 March 2000, Wladimir Klitschko fought Paea Wolfgramm, whom he fought previously in the 1996 Super Heavyweight Olympic Finals.

29. Wladimir Klitschko turned professional with Universum Box-Promotion in Hamburg under the tutelage of Fritz Sdunek, often being featured on fight cards alongside his elder brother Vitali.

30. Wladimir Klitschko is announced as "Dr Steelhammer", a nickname similar to his brother, Vitali, who goes by "Dr Ironfist.

31. In September 2015, Wladimir Klitschko was ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by BoxRec; in November 2014, he reached a career peak of second best on The Rings pound for pound list.

32. Wladimir Klitschko won the WBO title for a second time by defeating Sultan Ibragimov in 2008.

33. In 2006, Wladimir Klitschko regained a portion of the world heavyweight championship after defeating Chris Byrd in a rematch to win the IBF and IBO titles.