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I've been doing this 26 years and have a lot of knowledge which will help me in the ring.

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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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I should say that mental strength is No. 1, experience [is] No. 2, physical strength is No. 3, and genetic ability that you're getting from Mother Nature probably comes after.
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Who's gonna win between two brothers? The Klitschko mother's gonna win because she said it won't happen.
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You can train your mental strength just like you train your body. If your body looks fit or ripped, it looks strong, and you can flex your muscles. So, physically, you have a certain strength. Mentally, it's the same thing. You can train your psychological strength.
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My height is an advantage, if I want to use it.
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I have a Ph.D. in philosophy and sports science. At 14, I went through this really tough Soviet training system. A lot of my roommates got psychologically broken or physically injured. Either you came through, or you were out. I made my Ph.D. work in the field of young athletes aged 14-19 because at this age any human is changing.
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It is incredibly difficult to adjust to such a little fighter. Mormeck is similar to Mike Tyson, he is just a little still faster.
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All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it.
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[Anthony Joshua] is the best man in the division and I believe this excitement speaks for itself. This is what the fans want and this fight must happen.
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Earlier in my career, I never thought of boxing as a chess game, but I confirm that they are, in fact, very similar. You can plan your fights and strategy just like you would in chess.
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When people are tipsy, they're really encouraged and they wanna prove they can do something to the Heavyweight champion.
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I've fought everybody without ducking anyone. I have beaten 10 undefeated guys, and I never was comparing myself to the greatest in the sport. I was not thinking of breaking any records. I'm just enjoying my time in boxing.
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This guy [Tyson Fury] really wants to prove himself in the ring and confirm what he keeps telling everyone, that he's the best in the world.
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I think that there's only one nationality and one language in the sport, and you call it performance.
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I learned in my Ph.D. the discipline I needed to be successful. Most boxers are not that disciplined. They have talent, but the self-organization - the ability to schedule yourself and your priorities - is lacking. My studies were about the control of training on both the psychological and the physical side.
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Aggression means emotions. Emotions means you’re gonna get off your plan and that means you’ll lose the fight.
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I don't care where people come from. It is not important to me. If you are good people will like you, if you're not, they won't. It is simple.
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I'm going to give him a pizza face.
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I prepare for my fights to well that I don't wanna give a chance to my opponent to crash my 'glass chin' as they say, so I'm knocking them in the way that I like.
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Criticism is a great motivation. Failure is not an option to me.
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Only younger brothers will understand me. We're following in the footsteps of older brothers. You are looking up to your brother. You want to do the same things. You want to do as good as he and do it even better.
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