Klitschko

(FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING)

KIEV:

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

- Are we rolling?

- Yes.

(HORNS HONKING IN DISTANCE)

Wait a minute. Mom!

Close the window!

(WINDOW CLOSES)

I was basically

a tall boy,

but I was skinny.

Let's stop.

That's not right.

I need to take a break.

(WLADIMIR SPEAKING GERMAN)

The first professional fight I

saw was a heavyweight match.

For the first time in my life,

I heard what it sounds like

when a gloved fist

strikes a human head.

The sound was so unpleasant.

I thought, "This is brutal."

I was extremely nervous

before my first fight.

I was terrified of

getting into the ring.

My legs felt weak.

I sensed the crowd.

I knew the danger

and was very scared.

It's different in the crowd-

not at the centre of the action.

It all looks

very different from the inside.

(MATCH PLAYING ON TV)

(VITALI SPEAKING GERMAN)

Our opponents don't know

about our secret weapon.

Even with only one person in the

ring, they're fighting two people,

and together we

are twice as strong.

Your brother gives

you extra strength

and he gives you

extra strength.

No one can stop you.

(WLADIMIR SPEAKING)

Fighting is in Vitali's blood.

He was born a fighter,

I became one.

As a fighter,

or a second,

you have so much adrenalin

that you develop

a kind of tunnel vision

and you ignore

everything around you.

You think only

about your strategy.

he throws wide punches,

so you stay all the way back

or you go all the way to his side.

If you go in short

and punch short punches,

he won't be able to hit you

because he has to have swinging room.

But you can't go

halfway inside,

and that's when

you're getting hit.

So you just went

out and just started

going right, real short,

with short punches,

and the guy couldn't hit,

no coordination that close.

Boom! And that was over.

I want you to keep

all your punches up

and in front

of the groin, no low roll,

no rabbit punches,

no kidney punches.

In the event that

you knock your opponent to the ground

and from all the yelling and

excitement, and then you pop him again,

that could be

a two-point deduction.

If you're in there tight,

and there's no action,

I'm gonna give

the command "Break! Stop!"

And at that time,

I want you to protect yourself

and take

a clean step back.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

(VITALI SPEAKING GERMAN)

It's very dangerous.

A single punch

can break your nose or take out your eye.

You can even be killed.

If you're afraid

of being injured or damaging your health,

if you're not ready

to give your all,

then you'll

never be a success.

(INAUDIBLE)

(NADESHDA KLITSCHKO

SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

I worry when my

children are boxing.

It frightens me.

It's their life and

they have my blessing,

but during their fights

I always go out for a walk.

I take my mobile with me,

and wait for the call.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(BELL TOLLING LOUDLY)

(CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY)

Twelve rounds of boxing

for the Heavyweight

Championship of the world.

And now it's time

for the champions.

The WBC Heavyweight

Champion of the World,

Dr. Eisenfaust,

Vitali Klitschko.

Wladimir Klitschko!

Let's get ready to rumble!

CHRIS BYRD:

It's a weird thing.

Vitali keeps you off

balance the whole time.

That's why it

makes him harder.

Punching-wise,

it goes to Wladimir.

CHRIS BYRD - FORMER HEAVYWEIGH CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

I mean, dude,

he hits so hard!

I mean, not taking nothing away from

Vitali, but I think he hits harder.

(CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY)

(SHOUTING)

LAMON BREWSTER:

The whole battle of becoming successful

is outside of the ring.

Can you go to sleep

without eating?

Can you get up and go run?

Can you not have sex with your lady?

LAMON BREWSTER - FORMER

HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Can you just be

on time to the gym

and dedicate yourself

every single day?

So what,

you got a sore muscle.

So what,

your nose may be broke.

You gotta keep pushing

and keep pushing.

That is what a real

champion is about.

Boxing separates

the men from the boys.

So, you know,

this is definitely a man's sport,

and he's right,

you can't play.

LENNOX LEWIS - FORMER HEAVYWEIGH CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

You know, boxing is the only

sport that keeps you honest.

So if you're in shape,

it shows.

If you're not in shape,

it'll show.

If you're scared,

it'll show.

You know,

boxing is a sport that will bring out

all the things

that you're doing wrong.

So if you been

eating a lot of cake that whole week

and then step into

the boxing ring, it'll show.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Mom?

Everything's okay.

He's doing fine.

A small cut under his eye,

but nothing serious.

How are you?

(NADESHDA SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

He rang me and

asked how I was.

I said I was fine

and we chatted. Then he rang me again.

NADESHDA KLITSCHKO

I asked if he'd

forgotten something.

And he said,

"To tell you I love you."

That's what he's like.

(INDISTINCT)

(WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO, SR

SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Vitali and I were at

the airport one day.

A man and his son

were standing next to us.

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO, SR

When the boy saw

Vitali he asked,

"Is that the real

Vitali Klitschko?

"Can I touch him?"

It was very special for him.

I could see the happiness

in the boy's eyes.

Many people immediately

feel very fond of my sons.

Wladimir and Vitali

have a very

unusual situation from the family viewpoint.

Your two sons to be

heavyweight champions of the world

which is, like,

unbelievable,

it's like a one-in-20-million

chance of that happening.

EMANUEL STEWARD:

COACH OF WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO

And never ever have attended,

or intend or plan to attend one of the fights.

That, to begin with,

is very unusual.

And then, on the other side,

extremely, extremely close.

You know, you think back

and realise how they grew up.

I never hear

Wladimir or Vitali talk about other relatives.

It seems like the relatives,

the whole family for the most part,

is the mother and the father

and Vitali and Wladimir.

So, that's four.

(VITALI SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

I was born in Central Asia

in the summer of 1971,

but I am Ukrainian.

I come from a military family,

stationed in different places

all over the Soviet Union.

KAZAKHSTAN - ZHANGIZTOBE

NEAR THE CHINESE BORDER

(NADESHDA SPEAKING)

I was a working mother.

Vitali was six years old

and Vovchik

was one year old.

Wladimir's pet name

is Vovchik.

Vitali had to take

care of Wladimir.

I had flexible working hours

so I'd go home to make them lunch

and then I'd go back to work

and leave them alone together.

(VITALI SPEAKING GERMAN)

It was a big responsibility.

I had to take

my little brother with me wherever I went

and I still have to

look after him today.

Nowadays, when I give

my little brother a few tips,

and he says,

"Stop fussing. I know that, Vitali!"

I tell him,

"When I was little,

"our parents gave me the job

of looking after you.

"They haven't

told me to stop yet."

So I'm still doing it today.

(NATALIYA SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

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