Vitaliy is a Legend

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Vitaliy is a Legend

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Lewis should have given a rematch to Vitali to keep his word, and Vitali would have beaten Lewis in the rematch, IMO. He outboxed Lewis with ease the first time, the only time Lewis was outboxed. He would have done that the second time.


And, yeah, Vitaliy is a legend in Europe:

Vitaliy fought an equal battle with Lewis and thus became the successor to the throne. Vitaliy is a highly educated, intelligent man who is easily a great role model for many youth in Ukraine, Russia, Germany... He is a great contributor to the UNESCO program. He and his brother helped his country go through a peaceful revolution to get rid of the old apparatchiks.

Vitaliy has done great, and I truly admire him for what he has done both inside and outside the ring.

[RAESAAD]

He is a great person and a good boxer...but legend?Maybe to those people in europe but not in boxings all-time rankings not even close...yet.

[Banderivets]

Oh boy.........what is it with these people?

Guys like you make us the real fans look bad.

[N P]

Oh boy.........what is it with these people?

Guys like you make us the real fans look bad.

and what makes you a "real" boxing fan? is it talking **** about fighters?

[Brz_Pugilist]

a legend?BAH!Vitali needs more fights to be able to compare to Lennox Lewis.

[enadeus]

In 20 or so years Mike Tyson will be a legend. Ali and Foreman are legends. Robinson is a legend, and so on... Vitali is definetly not a legend. Yes, I'm a Vitali supporter, but making this statement that he is a legend is ridicolous.

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
In September 1997, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko created international aid fund for the development of sports "Sports - XXI century" and are its directors. Presentation of fund took place in Brovarskom school of physical training (Ukraine), where Wladimir Klitschko once studied. Money from the fund were used to renovate school's boxing hall and to purchase modern boxing equipment.
In 1998, restoration of Myhailovskuy Cathedral in Kiev was funded by Klitschko brothers. The cathedral was destroyed in 1930's, only its high relief of Saint Michael was saved in Lviv.
May 30, 1999, Kiev celebrated its birthday and festive reopening of Myhailovskuy Cathedral, with the high relief of God's soldier Michael placed between domes of cathedral.
At the end of May, 1998, Klitschko brothers gave their awards to their city (Kiev): Wladimir - his Olympic gold medal and Vitali - the belt of European Champion and Intercontinental WBO title. These awards were given to museum of history in Kiev, were the special exhibit "A way to victory" was opened on August 24, 1999. At the opening ceremony Vitali said, "I am proud of that our success in sports help the whole world to learn and grow fond of Ukraine. These awards belong not only to us, but to all the fans without whose support we would not have accomplished this much."
On March 18, 2000, in the Kiev Place "Ukraine" the most prestigious awards show in Ukraine - "The Person of Year" took Place. Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko won the award of "Athletes of Year 1999", while Vitali had also won the award of "Man of Year." The prize of "Ukrainian Pride" was also given to Klitschko brothers.
On May 31, 2001, a charitable auction took place in Kiev (Ukraine) for school "Life." All the funds obtained from this auction were given for construction a school - boarding for children sick of autism, illness of Down and other terrible illnesses. The most expensive item sold were boxing gloves donated by Wladimir Klitschko.
17 December 2001, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko participated in "Future Forum" forum that took place in Augsburg (Germany). During the forum Vitali and Wladimir presented report on a role of sports in a modern life and in the future. The main theses of this report stated that sports are international, it unites people and countries, and sports popularity will continue to expend as the new generation of champions takes over.
The event, hosted by world-renowned author and consultant, Jorg Lohr, featured speakers such as former President Bill Clinton and Professor Dr. Herman Simon (Harvard University). More than 7,000 of Europe's most influential and important leaders in various fields attended a conference that focused on world politics, athletics, culture, entertainment, the sciences and economy.
"This was a worthwhile venture and one we were honored to participate in," Wladimir said. "My brother and I were involved in two of the roundtable discussions on stage. The aim of the convention was to provide help and guidance in giving people a better idea and perspective of what is going on in the world and how to improve it for the future." In late January, 2002, Wladimir Klitschko went to Berlin to speak along with German President Johannes Rau and a handful of celebrities at a function, Wladimir said, "aimed at helping foreigners learn more about Germany."
"The focus and the message of what we talked about was integration. It is important that people from other countries learn about Germany - the history, the language, the way Germans live today. But it is also important that Germans accept people from other countries. It goes both ways. These are the kinds of things I love to do when I am not boxing. Muhammad Ali, who is one of my biggest idols, made quite an impression on the world. I am no Ali - no one is - but I like to think I am a role model who can play a part in perhaps making the world better for some people."
On February 12, 2002, in Berlin (Germany) Vitali participated in the charitable action "Cinema for Peace" with the purpose to draw attention to a distress of children in counties like Afghanistan. Vitali Klitschko and Ralf Muller, former world famous bodybuilder with titles Mr. Olympia and Mr. Universe, put an hour of training with them as an auction item. One hour training with Vitali Klitschko and Ralf Muller sold for 13,000 euros each.
In the middle of September 2002, Klitschko brothers announced that they had agreed to work specifically for the UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) program of Special Ambassador Ute Ohoven, which supports more than 180 projects in 87 countries.
"We will do special projects and activities that include lots of speaking engagements in support of UNESCO," Wladimir said. "This is an honor to work with such a worthwhile and worldwide organization. It is a long-term relationship and we look forward to helping children in need in developing countries such as Africa, Asia, South America and other places. We will visit different projects in these countries and try to raise money for school and education projects." In December 2002, along with the official UNESCO delegation, Vitali and Wladimir visited Brazil, where one of UNESCO's projects was carried out. The purpose of this trip - to finance new projects, evaluate performance of existing project, allocate new funding and attract public attention to the problems facing third world countries. "Brazil is full of nice and beautiful people. And the country itself is gorgeous. We visited musical performances, dance classes, sport gyms that have been created or funded by UNESCO. Those kids have huge desire to study and learn. We are glad that majority of young people understand that only due to education they could have a better future," Vitali and Wladimir commented on the trip. That same year UNESCO has decided to open up new projects in Ukraine, Russia and Kazakhstan.
On February 11, 2003, Vitali Klitschko took part in charitable auction "Cinema for Peace," which took place in Berlin fifty third time. The auction was organized by international organization UNICEF and included over 600 celebrities from Europe and abroad. The most expensive item auctioned, for the sum of 10,000 euros, were Wladimir Klitschko's boxing gloves used in the film Ocean's 11 in a staged fight with Lennox Lewis. Altogether, the auction collected over 250,000 euros for the "Children in War Regions" fund.
May 12, 2003, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko were awarded "Kiev's Art Patron" medals for their public and charitable work on revival of Kiev's monuments of history and city architecture.
On September 21, 2003, Vitali and Wladimir took part in charitable golf tournament, organized by Laures World Sports Academy, which is based in Monaco and has great influence on international sports. Money collected from this tournament were given to "Education for Children in Need" program, which was represented by UNESCO's ambassadors - Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko.

[N P]

In 20 or so years Mike Tyson will be a legend. Ali and Foreman are legends. Robinson is a legend, and so on... Vitali is definetly not a legend. Yes, I'm a Vitali supporter, but making this statement that he is a legend is ridicolous.

could you read my post carefully, bro, ... thanks

[Brz_Pugilist]

I read ur post, Vitali should thank his lucky stars that fight wwas stopped, he was a bloody mess.It was only a matter of time, a rematch would have been any different, Lewis was not on his best shape yet he smashed his face up!

[enadeus]

could you read my post carefully, bro, ... thanks

I did, look at the topic. "vitaliy is a legend". He is not, at least not yet.