Klitschko Page #7

And I said,

"This is not Vitali, this is Wladimir."

And he says, "Wladimir?

I know who you are.

"You're the one

that got no heart, you got no stamina,

"you're the one who was

falling all over the place, you're..."

And it was so embarrassing

and I wanted to start a fight and push the guy

and Wladimir said,

"Leave him alone."

You could see

Wladimir was walking

with almost tears

and he was so hurt

and that's when

he said to me, he says, "Emanuel,"

he says, "I've always,

since I was a baby, was a fighter,

"was the star.

I was always on top.

"And now all of a sudden,

I'm on the bottom."

AUSTRIA - GOING

TRAINING CAMP:

(BERND SPEAKING GERMAN)

Vitali had no belief in

his brother after that.

That was a low point for him.

He replaced his entire team.

"We do everything my way

from now on," he said.

"I have to develop my

strengths and my team.

"I'm the sportsman.

What's important is what I want.

"It's me in the ring.

My team has to back me."

I think I'm the only

one left from that team.

(VITALI SPEAKING)

Wladimir loves people

saying nice things about him.

He doesn't like

criticism very much, but I love it,

because it gives you

the chance to develop yourself.

So I arrived at

the training camp,

and watched

the sparring session.

Wladimir wasn't on good form.

His punches kept

missing their target.

He was making

beginners' mistakes.

His trainer said,

"Excellent, wonderful."

Afterwards, I said,

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!"

"What was excellent?

It was dreadful.

"I didn't like it at all."

Afterwards I made a big fuss.

The trainer

shouldn't flatter him.

(WLADIMIR SPEAKING)

He was always making comments.

He always butted in,

going on and on and on.

Then we started to

argue with each other

and for the first

time in our lives we yelled at each other.

(VITALI SPEAKING)

We had a big row.

"Until you turned up here

at the training camp,

"everything was fine,

and now you don't like it."

We had a huge fight

and afterwards Wladimir said,

"Vitali, do me a favour.

"Don't be angry,

"but I don't want you

at the training camp.

"I'll do it on my own."

(VITALI SPEAKING)

I said, "You're a grown-up.

"I know you have a good team.

"You don't need

your brother here. I don't want to bother you."

struck me about the Klitschkos

is that prizefighting to them

was more of a sport or a game

than it was for most of

the American fighters.

There is a saying in America,

"You play football, you play baseball,

"you play basketball.

You don't play boxing."

Boxing is serious stuff.

And, in fact, from the

prizefighters in America's point of view,

they didn't believe

they had the mental and emotional makeup

to become really

serious fighters, much less champions.

And he realised

that he needed to change everything.

And so I've always told him

that I believe in these white shoes,

special shoes that I have

made this energy, much lighter,

the brighter the colours,

they generate more energy.

You wear black,

sluggish stuff,

you fight more sluggish,

I would say.

We, instead of

using the Vaseline,

we use a cocoa

butter cream in training,

'cause the cocoa

butter actually melts

into the skin and

keeps the skin soft

where the Vaseline

just stays on the skin and comes off.

Also I was showing him how a protective cup

has too much extra weight on it,

so he took his own cup

that we train in, himself,

and with a razor, cut off a lot of the

leather, restitched stuff like this,

like a little old woman,

to fix it up just so that's right.

So we began to become

detailed about everything

'cause the little,

small things

make a big

difference in a fight.

Paint it, man! Sauce.

Just relax, man.

That's my business here.

Did you even know

what a grill was before me?

Don't be a dick.

DAVID WILLIAMS:

we sort of have a plan,

I mean, it's not

something that's really written out.

But we do

everything from scratch.

DAVID WILLIAMS:

CAMP MANAGER:

Not a lot of salt.

Not a lot of extra fat.

No cream sauces,

things like that.

A lot of protein,

lot of fruits, lot of vegetables.

Just common sense.

Except dessert.

Chocolate cake, cheesecake.

(WLADIMIR SPEAKING GERMAN)

Nobody touches

the barbecue but me.

I love barbecuing.

David showed me how it's done.

I used to have no

idea how to do it.

But after four

years of practise,

I'm pretty good.

And oftentimes I get a call from Vitali

and it's funny, really.

"This is Vitali,

can you talk to Wladimir?

"Because I want to

come to the camp.

"I won't say nothing.

"I'll only be there

for maybe two days, just one day."

And then I get

to the gym, I say, "Wladimir, I talked to..."

He says,

"Vitali is not coming."

Before I can say it,

he says, "No, he cannot come."

Oh, you didn't

take the skin off?

DAVID:
No.

It's burnt!

EMANUEL:

And then we end up being matched against

the most feared heavyweight

at that time in boxing,

even more feared

than the champions

and that was the vicious Sam

Peter who was knocking out everyone,

the Nigerian nightmare.

ATLANTIC CITY:

September 24th, 2005

(WLADIMIR SPEAKING GERMAN)

Peter was unbeaten

and had knocked everyone out.

He'd won maybe

two bouts on points.

He'd knocked out 25

or 30 of his opponents.

Peter had stated

his feelings clearly:

is a dead man walking."

(CROWD CHEERING LOUDLY)

COMMENTATOR:
There are

many Ukrainian fans here.

So there will be

a positive reception

from much of the crowd

for Wladimir Klitschko.

EMANUEL:
And so therefore,

Vitali, Bernd,

everybody was naturally

caring and worrying about Wladimir,

was very nervous,

did not really want him to fight.

Wladimir himself said,

"I want the fight.

"If that's the best out there,

and I aim to come back."

(BERND SPEAKING GERMAN)

Well, I already had grey hair,

but watching that fight

certainly didn't help.

That was extreme.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

One, two, and you'll have him!

wladimir, he will always be his little brother.

And so he knows and sees,

"If I just get him

with one punch in training

"and I get him

out of balance..."

Vitali is a nervous wreck.

He's an overly protective big brother.

(SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN)

Keep at him!

Again!

Again, Vova!

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

Peter was incredibly strong.

I hit him again and again.

I really let him have it.

I couldn't knock him out.

He moved fast and hit back,

keeping me on my guard.

Peter makes it clear

he's ready for

an all-out war now.

Boxing is over.

It's gonna have to be a fight!

If he wants to

recapture his boxing skills, fight him!

(SHOUTING)

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

He was down and up

again in no time.

He was floored three times,

twice by illegal punches

to the back of his head.

(VITALI SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN)

Jab!

Vova! Vova!

Vovuchka! Out of the corner!

This is the moment of truth for Klitschko!

(BERND SPEAKING GERMAN)

The third punch

was a direct hit

and it showed that Wladimir

could still take it,

contrary to what

some experts thought.

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