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In the old days, when Muhammad Ali was fighting Ken Norton, Joe Frazier and George Foreman, there was a lot of excitement in the heavyweight division, I have to admit it.

Wladimir Klitschko

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Wladimir Klitschko
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: March 25
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Semipalatinsk
Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko
Dr. Steelhammer
Wladimir Klitschko
Wladimir Wladimirowitsch Klitschko
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