1 00:00:50,676 --> 00:00:55,763 KIEV 1992... 2 00:00:56,181 --> 00:00:59,016 - Are we rolling? - Yes. 3 00:01:03,272 --> 00:01:05,356 Wait a minute. Mom. 4 00:01:05,524 --> 00:01:07,525 Close the window. 5 00:01:13,031 --> 00:01:17,118 I was basically... 6 00:01:18,495 --> 00:01:20,663 ...a tall boy, 7 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:26,127 but I was skinny. 8 00:01:27,379 --> 00:01:30,423 Let's stop. That's not right. 9 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:32,507 I need to take a break. 10 00:02:04,374 --> 00:02:09,304 The first professional fight I saw was a heavyweight match. 11 00:02:09,505 --> 00:02:11,407 For the first time in my life, 12 00:02:11,507 --> 00:02:14,425 I heard what it sounds like... 13 00:02:14,593 --> 00:02:17,454 ...when a gloved fist strikes a human head. 14 00:02:17,554 --> 00:02:21,224 The sound was so unpleasant. 15 00:02:21,517 --> 00:02:23,897 I thought, 'This is brutal.' 16 00:02:40,619 --> 00:02:44,314 I was extremely nervous before my first fight. 17 00:02:44,414 --> 00:02:47,484 I was terrified of getting into the ring. 18 00:02:47,584 --> 00:02:51,420 My legs felt weak. I sensed the crowd. 19 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:55,132 I knew the danger and was very scared. 20 00:02:55,384 --> 00:03:00,164 It's different in the crowd- not at the center of the action. 21 00:03:00,264 --> 00:03:04,004 It all looks very different from the inside. 22 00:03:54,151 --> 00:03:57,763 Our opponents don't know about our secret weapon. 23 00:03:57,863 --> 00:04:03,473 Even with only one person in the ring, they're fighting two people, 24 00:04:03,535 --> 00:04:06,104 and together we are twice as strong. 25 00:04:06,204 --> 00:04:09,608 Your brother gives you extra strength and he gives you extra strength. 26 00:04:09,708 --> 00:04:11,708 No one can stop you. 27 00:04:38,362 --> 00:04:40,912 Fighting is in Vitali's blood. 28 00:04:41,740 --> 00:04:45,868 He was born a fighter, I became one. 29 00:04:47,329 --> 00:04:49,106 As a fighter, or a second, 30 00:04:49,206 --> 00:04:51,874 you have so much adrenalin... 31 00:04:53,043 --> 00:04:55,779 ...that you develop a kind of tunnel vision... 32 00:04:55,879 --> 00:04:58,323 ...and you ignore everything around you. 33 00:04:58,423 --> 00:05:01,398 You think only about your strategy. 34 00:06:29,723 --> 00:06:31,723 It's very dangerous. 35 00:06:31,850 --> 00:06:36,645 A single punch can break your nose or take out your eye. 36 00:06:36,897 --> 00:06:39,482 You can even be killed. 37 00:06:39,649 --> 00:06:44,987 If you're afraid of being injured or damaging your health, 38 00:06:45,197 --> 00:06:48,225 if you're not ready to give your all, 39 00:06:48,325 --> 00:06:52,161 then you'll never be a success. 40 00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:58,879 I worry when my children are boxing. 41 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:01,272 It frightens me. 42 00:08:01,565 --> 00:08:05,442 It's their life and they have my blessing, 43 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:08,988 but during their fights... 44 00:08:09,072 --> 00:08:13,242 ...I always go out for a walk. 45 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:17,746 I take my mobile with me, and wait for the call. 46 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:41,974 CHRIS BYRD - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 47 00:11:05,415 --> 00:11:07,320 LAMON BREWSTER - FORMER 48 00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:10,225 HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 49 00:11:39,449 --> 00:11:44,039 LENNOX LEWIS - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 50 00:12:23,660 --> 00:12:25,660 Mom? 51 00:12:26,413 --> 00:12:30,499 Everything's okay. He's doing fine. 52 00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:35,754 A small cut under his eye, but nothing serious. 53 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:38,674 How are you? 54 00:12:38,842 --> 00:12:42,177 He rang me and asked how I was. 55 00:12:42,512 --> 00:12:45,081 I said I was fine and we chatted. Then he rang me again. 56 00:12:45,181 --> 00:12:46,583 NADESHDA KLITSCHKO... 57 00:12:46,683 --> 00:12:48,752 ...I asked if he'd forgotten something. 58 00:12:48,852 --> 00:12:53,021 And he said, 'To tell you I love you.' 59 00:12:53,189 --> 00:12:55,189 That's what he's like. 60 00:13:22,552 --> 00:13:26,638 Vitali and I were at the airport one day. 61 00:13:26,848 --> 00:13:31,977 A man and his son were standing next to us. 62 00:13:32,061 --> 00:13:33,254 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO, SR. 63 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:35,799 When the boy saw Vitali he asked, 64 00:13:35,899 --> 00:13:38,593 'Is that the real Vitali Klitschko? 65 00:13:38,693 --> 00:13:41,445 'Can I touch him? ' 66 00:13:41,738 --> 00:13:45,949 It was very special for him. 67 00:13:46,201 --> 00:13:50,871 I could see the happiness in the boy's eyes. 68 00:13:51,122 --> 00:13:58,086 Many people immediately feel very fond of my sons. 69 00:14:20,568 --> 00:14:24,393 EMANUEL STEWARD COACH OF WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO... 70 00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:11,410 ...I was born in Central Asia in the summer of 1971, 71 00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:13,620 but I am Ukrainian. 72 00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:18,584 I come from a military family, 73 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,680 stationed in different places... 74 00:15:22,005 --> 00:15:24,470 ...all over the Soviet Union. 75 00:15:24,882 --> 00:15:30,178 KAZAKHSTAN - ZHANGIZTOBE NEAR THE CHINESE BORDER... 76 00:15:37,645 --> 00:15:39,130 ...I was a working mother. 77 00:15:39,230 --> 00:15:41,940 Vitali was six years old... 78 00:15:42,483 --> 00:15:45,203 ...and Vovchik was one year old. 79 00:15:45,361 --> 00:15:48,864 Wladimir's pet name is Vovchik. 80 00:15:49,073 --> 00:15:52,133 Vitali had to take care of Wladimir. 81 00:15:52,243 --> 00:15:57,683 I had flexible working hours so I'd go home to make them lunch... 82 00:15:57,832 --> 00:16:03,017 ...and then I'd go back to work and leave them alone together. 83 00:16:06,507 --> 00:16:09,009 It was a big responsibility. 84 00:16:09,177 --> 00:16:14,022 I had to take my little brother with me wherever I went... 85 00:16:14,682 --> 00:16:19,061 ...and I still have to look after him today. 86 00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:24,399 Nowadays, when I give my little brother a few tips, 87 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:29,529 and he says, 'Stop fussing. I know that, Vitali.' 88 00:16:29,697 --> 00:16:33,241 I tell him, 'When I was little, 89 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:37,746 'our parents gave me the job of looking after you. 90 00:16:38,122 --> 00:16:41,097 'They haven't told me to stop yet.' 91 00:16:41,376 --> 00:16:43,919 So I'm still doing it today. 92 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,218 I know that lots of people... 93 00:17:07,318 --> 00:17:11,363 ...can barely tell the brothers apart. 94 00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:15,283 Many people think they're twins, 95 00:17:15,368 --> 00:17:16,352 NATALIYA KLITSCHKO WIFE OF VITALI KLITSCHKO... 96 00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:20,205 ...but really they're very different. 97 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:24,192 When Vitali gets something into his head, 98 00:17:24,252 --> 00:17:26,670 he'll follow it through. 99 00:17:27,630 --> 00:17:31,466 Wladimir has his own goals, too, 100 00:17:31,634 --> 00:17:35,374 but he's a lot more cautious and diplomatic. 101 00:17:39,892 --> 00:17:41,892 Crazy. 102 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:54,448 Due to my father's job... 103 00:17:54,615 --> 00:18:00,287 ...we moved around a lot from one place to the next. 104 00:18:00,538 --> 00:18:06,835 So I attended a lot of different schools. 105 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:17,471 At each new garrison school that Vitali went to, 106 00:18:17,597 --> 00:18:20,487 he would get teased and picked on. 107 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,340 All I could do was to teach my eldest son... 108 00:18:24,562 --> 00:18:27,981 ...how to stand up for himself. 109 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:31,844 I drummed it into him that if he was going to fight, 110 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:33,987 then he had to win. 111 00:18:34,238 --> 00:18:36,907 Losing was not an option. 112 00:18:59,430 --> 00:19:03,391 We never dreamed that one day... 113 00:19:03,643 --> 00:19:07,468 ...our children would be professional boxers. 114 00:19:09,232 --> 00:19:12,552 One day, a mother came to see us at home. 115 00:19:12,652 --> 00:19:17,113 Her son had a broken nose. 116 00:19:17,323 --> 00:19:20,935 I asked how it had happened, but he just stood there in silence. 117 00:19:21,035 --> 00:19:26,122 So I told Vitali to apologize. 118 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:29,318 When he said that he wouldn't, I asked him why, 119 00:19:29,418 --> 00:19:31,738 and he said, 'He deserved it. 120 00:19:31,838 --> 00:19:35,116 'He threw my hat in a puddle after I'd warned him not to. 121 00:19:35,216 --> 00:19:38,446 'When he did it again, I punched him.' 122 00:19:43,558 --> 00:19:48,895 UKRAINE - KIEV FORMER MILITARY AIRBASE - ZHULYANY 123 00:20:21,637 --> 00:20:25,223 My father was transferred here to Kiev... 124 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:29,728 ...from Prague in the former Czechoslovakia. 125 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,939 Just for a couple of weeks. 126 00:20:33,149 --> 00:20:36,803 Then we were supposed to get a flat in the city. 127 00:20:36,903 --> 00:20:41,153 That couple of weeks turned into exactly two years. 128 00:20:41,365 --> 00:20:44,811 For those two years, we lived in this room. 129 00:20:44,911 --> 00:20:46,521 Five of us: 130 00:20:46,621 --> 00:20:50,957 my grandmother, mother, father and brother. 131 00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:54,878 My uncle, too, sometimes. 132 00:20:55,004 --> 00:21:00,050 We had that room, and a kitchen that was here. 133 00:21:00,301 --> 00:21:03,678 There was a dividing wall, 134 00:21:03,804 --> 00:21:06,099 which isn't there anymore. 135 00:21:07,642 --> 00:21:09,976 So this was the kitchen. 136 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:13,188 No shower and no toilet. 137 00:21:13,439 --> 00:21:15,982 The toilet was outside. 138 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:21,154 It was in this corridor that Vitali said, 139 00:21:21,238 --> 00:21:25,101 'Wladimir, put the gloves on. Let's do some boxing.' 140 00:21:25,201 --> 00:21:28,495 I was just 10 or 11 years old. 141 00:21:28,746 --> 00:21:33,676 I was standing just here. I remember like it was yesterday. 142 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,655 Vitali was standing opposite and he punched me. 143 00:21:37,755 --> 00:21:42,345 I didn't like that at all. It made me scared of boxing. 144 00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:08,410 I often took them shooting at the military base. 145 00:22:08,703 --> 00:22:12,455 I showed them how to handle a weapon, 146 00:22:12,623 --> 00:22:16,918 how to load a pistol, aim properly... 147 00:22:17,211 --> 00:22:19,587 ...and work the trigger. 148 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:35,812 Of course, Vitali was the one... 149 00:22:36,022 --> 00:22:42,235 ...who was always getting into trouble. 150 00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:44,847 He messed around with lots of things. 151 00:22:44,947 --> 00:22:47,699 One time, on a military base, 152 00:22:47,867 --> 00:22:51,453 we found some grenades and live ammunition. 153 00:22:51,620 --> 00:22:53,564 We threw them into a fire. 154 00:22:53,664 --> 00:22:56,639 It made a lot of noise. It was fun. 155 00:22:57,126 --> 00:23:00,253 One time we found an anti-tank mine. 156 00:23:00,629 --> 00:23:02,964 It was a huge disc. 157 00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:05,299 I took it home with me... 158 00:23:05,301 --> 00:23:11,431 ...and the only place I could find to hide it... 159 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,105 ...was under my father's bed. 160 00:23:15,478 --> 00:23:17,645 I went to bed... 161 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,883 ...and then I heard my father shouting. 162 00:23:20,983 --> 00:23:25,153 He came to me and grabbed me by the ear. 163 00:23:26,530 --> 00:23:29,809 He said, 'What is that? ' I said, 'It's a mine.' 164 00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:32,520 'Did you bring it in here? ' I said, 'Yes.' 165 00:23:32,620 --> 00:23:38,166 Our parents were strict, so he ended up paying for that... 166 00:23:39,001 --> 00:23:41,961 ...with a belt on his bottom. 167 00:23:44,715 --> 00:23:46,325 Comrade Colonel. 168 00:23:46,425 --> 00:23:51,846 Reporting for duty in the clean-up operation at Chernobyl. 169 00:23:58,020 --> 00:24:03,316 The first report just said... 170 00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:08,029 ...that something bad had happened. 171 00:24:09,615 --> 00:24:13,409 The alarm was raised. 172 00:24:13,494 --> 00:24:19,582 I was the leader of an air force unit... 173 00:24:19,792 --> 00:24:25,421 ...that was immediately relocated to the scene of the incident. 174 00:24:45,151 --> 00:24:49,696 CHERNOBYL April 1986 175 00:24:52,533 --> 00:24:54,226 Directly after the explosion, 176 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:58,916 several workers were sent to the scene of the accident. 177 00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:03,293 Using just their bare hands, 178 00:25:04,086 --> 00:25:08,423 they had to clear the radioactive debris. 179 00:25:16,932 --> 00:25:18,542 Come on, we're going. 180 00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:21,102 You, too, get out of here. 181 00:25:34,617 --> 00:25:38,786 We dropped lead onto the reactor... 182 00:25:38,996 --> 00:25:41,971 ...until it was completely covered. 183 00:25:42,625 --> 00:25:45,543 They flew day and night. 184 00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:50,006 Their flight path was exactly 100 meters from here, 185 00:25:50,132 --> 00:25:52,767 so we heard them day and night. 186 00:25:52,843 --> 00:25:56,205 But after a while you stopped hearing them, 187 00:25:56,305 --> 00:25:59,620 because you'd got so used to the sound. 188 00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:08,608 From the very beginning, 189 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:13,321 the government tried to cover up the truth... 190 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:17,158 ...and play down the situation. 191 00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:22,413 We were given the impression that it was all under control. 192 00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:31,574 The vehicles and helicopters then came back here... 193 00:26:31,674 --> 00:26:35,343 ...and first had to be washed down. 194 00:26:35,886 --> 00:26:40,139 All of the radioactive water... 195 00:26:40,766 --> 00:26:43,893 ...flowed into huge pools... 196 00:26:45,396 --> 00:26:49,315 ...and I played in those pools... 197 00:26:49,483 --> 00:26:52,193 ...with my paper boats. 198 00:27:01,036 --> 00:27:03,079 It was a huge tragedy. 199 00:27:03,247 --> 00:27:09,544 Children were evacuated as a first priority. 200 00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:14,215 We sent Wladimir to a holiday camp on the Sea of Azov. 201 00:27:14,216 --> 00:27:17,427 Those who were able to leave Kiev... 202 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:22,015 ...took the opportunity to do so, 203 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:27,895 but if you're a soldier you have to fulfill your duties. 204 00:27:28,022 --> 00:27:31,607 Many of my comrades... 205 00:27:31,775 --> 00:27:34,920 ...received fatal doses of radiation. 206 00:27:35,112 --> 00:27:38,364 They're no longer alive. 207 00:27:54,089 --> 00:27:57,999 Our father spent a lot of time at Chernobyl... 208 00:27:59,636 --> 00:28:03,206 ...and Chernobyl got him, too, in the end. 209 00:28:03,432 --> 00:28:05,432 The doctors said, 210 00:28:07,478 --> 00:28:10,028 'It’s the result of Chernobyl. 211 00:28:10,481 --> 00:28:12,481 'Cancer.' 212 00:28:43,847 --> 00:28:48,643 This is our gallery with all our photos. 213 00:28:48,852 --> 00:28:53,314 Chuck Norris came to visit us once. 214 00:28:53,607 --> 00:28:57,970 Western martial arts were banned for a long time in the Soviet Union. 215 00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:01,348 You could be prosecuted for practicing them. 216 00:29:01,448 --> 00:29:05,686 We were even banned from watching western martial arts films... 217 00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:09,122 ...but as everyone knows, 218 00:29:09,248 --> 00:29:10,399 ANDREJ SCHISTOW KICKBOXING COACH... 219 00:29:10,499 --> 00:29:13,814 ...forbidden fruits taste the sweetest. 220 00:29:16,672 --> 00:29:20,007 We were crazy about that sport. 221 00:29:20,134 --> 00:29:24,095 We went to karate lessons... 222 00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:29,684 ...and our parents made us kimonos out of some white cloth. 223 00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:32,812 We were always screaming 'Kiai.' 224 00:29:32,938 --> 00:29:35,257 and running around everywhere. 225 00:29:35,357 --> 00:29:39,097 We got wooden boards and tried to smash them. 226 00:29:42,531 --> 00:29:47,994 They had posters of western stars in their rooms, 227 00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,775 like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris. 228 00:29:51,790 --> 00:29:55,785 All of their idols were wonderfully athletic... 229 00:29:55,878 --> 00:29:59,156 ...and my children wanted to be exactly like them. 230 00:29:59,256 --> 00:30:03,336 Their room was plastered with photos and posters. 231 00:30:06,889 --> 00:30:10,600 One day some boys turned up... 232 00:30:10,893 --> 00:30:14,562 ...to one of my illegal training sessions. 233 00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:20,568 As I was showing them the basics, one boy wasn't following me. 234 00:30:20,777 --> 00:30:24,857 He was completely uncoordinated in his movements. 235 00:30:26,492 --> 00:30:29,853 If you told him to go left, he would go right. 236 00:30:29,953 --> 00:30:35,249 He always did the opposite of what he was told. 237 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:40,455 That was the first time I met Vitali Klitschko. 238 00:30:52,935 --> 00:30:54,594 THE KICKBOXING BAN... 239 00:30:54,694 --> 00:30:58,434 ...IN THE SOVIET UNION IS ABOLISHED IN 1989 240 00:31:34,810 --> 00:31:38,465 He became Ukrainian heavyweight champion... 241 00:31:38,522 --> 00:31:41,216 ...and then champion of the Soviet Union. 242 00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:46,320 Then we were invited to a contest in America. 243 00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:51,450 The USA versus the Soviet team. 244 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:57,915 FLORIDA WEST PALM BEACH... 245 00:32:08,218 --> 00:32:12,221 ...I was brainwashed when I was growing up. 246 00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:15,417 Every morning at school we had to write... 247 00:32:15,517 --> 00:32:18,832 ...about all the bad things in America. 248 00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:21,104 America was our enemy. 249 00:32:21,231 --> 00:32:24,108 America meant capitalism, 250 00:32:24,276 --> 00:32:28,321 where people treated others like slaves. 251 00:32:28,530 --> 00:32:32,100 We'd been fed all that since kindergarten. 252 00:32:34,620 --> 00:32:39,165 It was like a trip to the moon. 253 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:59,127 We had heard a lot about Coca-Cola... 254 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:02,673 ...and when I tasted it for the first time, 255 00:33:02,773 --> 00:33:07,318 I felt I could drink a whole bucket. 256 00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:14,851 I was completely knocked out. 257 00:33:14,951 --> 00:33:18,397 We could spend all day in shopping malls... 258 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:21,650 ...with our mouths hanging open, looking around us. 259 00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:23,777 Of course, we didn't have any money. 260 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:27,072 We just wanted to take in all the smells... 261 00:33:27,172 --> 00:33:30,091 ...and be able to touch things. 262 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:41,435 How can there be 100 different types of cheese? 263 00:33:41,687 --> 00:33:44,397 That's madness. 264 00:33:44,606 --> 00:33:48,010 There's only one type of cheese. It's called cheese. 265 00:33:48,110 --> 00:33:52,723 But they had 100 different types. I couldn't understand it. 266 00:33:52,823 --> 00:33:55,434 Why did they need so many shoes? 267 00:33:55,534 --> 00:33:58,452 One pair is enough. 268 00:33:58,662 --> 00:34:01,807 Okay, maybe two pairs, one for sport. 269 00:34:07,838 --> 00:34:10,983 When I got back, I said to my father, 270 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:12,909 who was a Communist, 271 00:34:13,009 --> 00:34:19,181 'Dad, they've been telling us complete nonsense every day. 272 00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:23,920 'It’s such a lovely country. The people are so friendly.' 273 00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:26,020 I remember him saying, 274 00:34:26,106 --> 00:34:29,900 'No, they just showed you the good side. 275 00:34:30,110 --> 00:34:35,322 'They'll use that as propaganda. America is a dreadful place.' 276 00:34:53,842 --> 00:34:57,329 My parents like living here in Florida in winter... 277 00:34:57,429 --> 00:35:00,931 ...because it's cold in the Ukraine. 278 00:35:01,433 --> 00:35:06,020 I understand what my father went through. 279 00:35:06,188 --> 00:35:11,066 Today he has a different view of the world. 280 00:35:11,234 --> 00:35:16,614 He comes to Florida for his holidays. 281 00:35:16,865 --> 00:35:19,101 He doesn't just like the weather... 282 00:35:19,201 --> 00:35:23,111 ...but also the people and the country itself. 283 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:45,411 KIEV CSKA - ARMY SPORTS CLUB 284 00:36:49,833 --> 00:36:52,652 Vitali came from the world of kickboxing. 285 00:36:52,752 --> 00:36:57,256 He was athletic but only weighed 90 kilograms. 286 00:36:57,424 --> 00:37:03,262 I soon realized it would be difficult for Vitali... 287 00:37:03,471 --> 00:37:05,165 ...in the world of real boxing. 288 00:37:05,265 --> 00:37:06,958 WLADIMIR ZOLOTAREW - BOXING COACH, ARMY SPORTS CLUB - KIEV 289 00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:11,604 He couldn't even do a lap without getting a stitch. 290 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,261 Vitali, don't go so fast. 291 00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:20,361 Shut up. 292 00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:32,416 Vitali laughs and says I used to torture him. 293 00:37:32,626 --> 00:37:35,669 In a way, that's perfectly true. 294 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:38,964 But the result is pretty good. 295 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:50,768 Vadim, my trainer, made me a lot stronger. 296 00:37:50,894 --> 00:37:53,520 It was really tough. 297 00:37:53,647 --> 00:37:57,816 I wanted to stop because I couldn't go on. 298 00:37:57,984 --> 00:38:01,612 I didn't want to go to training, 299 00:38:01,738 --> 00:38:05,324 I was sick of all the strain. 300 00:38:05,659 --> 00:38:07,644 My body was saying, 'No,' 301 00:38:07,744 --> 00:38:11,872 and my brain was saying, 'You don't need this.' 302 00:38:11,957 --> 00:38:15,626 But I carried on anyway. 303 00:38:15,835 --> 00:38:17,835 It was really tough. 304 00:38:24,886 --> 00:38:28,347 At some point Vitali asked... 305 00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:32,466 ...if he could bring his little brother along. 306 00:38:32,602 --> 00:38:34,129 'Of course you can,' I said. 307 00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:37,982 From then on, they always came together. 308 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:53,455 How can you compare 309 00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:56,875 Vitali and Wladimir? 310 00:38:57,127 --> 00:38:59,712 Vitali is made of stone... 311 00:39:00,839 --> 00:39:03,559 ...and Wladimir is made of clay. 312 00:39:05,051 --> 00:39:08,303 When I taught Vitali something new, 313 00:39:08,471 --> 00:39:13,225 it would take a while for him to perfect the move. 314 00:39:13,393 --> 00:39:16,228 Carving stone takes time. 315 00:39:19,107 --> 00:39:23,444 Wladimir was easier to mould, 316 00:39:23,653 --> 00:39:26,389 but he would weather more quickly. 317 00:39:26,489 --> 00:39:32,619 They are two distinct fighters... 318 00:39:32,829 --> 00:39:35,804 ...and needed different approaches. 319 00:39:51,973 --> 00:39:55,267 I first met them in a disco in 1993. 320 00:39:55,477 --> 00:39:57,796 An American place in downtown Kiev. 321 00:39:57,896 --> 00:39:58,880 FALK NEBIGER FRIEND FROM KIEV 322 00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:03,776 The boys drove up in a Lada, a car that was all the rage. 323 00:40:03,943 --> 00:40:07,258 The name of the color was Wet Asphalt. 324 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,657 It was the coolest car on the market. 325 00:40:10,867 --> 00:40:15,063 They sat there in their tracksuits and then came into the disco. 326 00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:18,817 It was the place to be in the Ukraine at that time. 327 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,752 We called them The Panthers... 328 00:40:21,961 --> 00:40:25,573 ...because they moved through the disco just like panthers, 329 00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:29,661 with all the girls saying, 'Hey, it's the Klitschkos.' 330 00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:34,416 They were less well known then but were very recognizable... 331 00:40:34,516 --> 00:40:40,104 ...as brothers - and as big guys who moved like panthers. 332 00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:43,550 I don't think they danced but they played pool... 333 00:40:43,650 --> 00:40:48,665 ...and they threw the right glances in the right directions. 334 00:41:01,334 --> 00:41:07,506 A lot of people had left Kiev at that time. 335 00:41:07,757 --> 00:41:10,910 After the collapse of the Soviet Union... 336 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:15,090 ...many educated people, businessmen and so on... 337 00:41:15,265 --> 00:41:17,709 ...saw no future for themselves here. 338 00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:22,938 So they left Kiev and emigrated somewhere. 339 00:41:23,148 --> 00:41:26,463 It was a difficult time in the Ukraine. 340 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:34,726 There were a lot of problems. 341 00:41:34,826 --> 00:41:36,394 The economy had failed, 342 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:40,831 the Soviet system had collapsed... 343 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:43,860 ...with no replacement at the time. 344 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:47,785 There were no laws, no rules, nothing at all. 345 00:41:49,424 --> 00:41:53,802 Social problems were rife. 346 00:41:54,053 --> 00:41:58,557 Many professional athletes turned to crime. 347 00:41:58,808 --> 00:42:02,186 Gangs of thugs... 348 00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:06,607 ...would mug people in the street. 349 00:42:06,816 --> 00:42:08,941 They were real gangsters. 350 00:42:18,953 --> 00:42:23,483 Because I was a strong boy, I often used to hear things like: 351 00:42:23,583 --> 00:42:28,378 'Hey, you've got what it takes. 352 00:42:28,588 --> 00:42:33,508 'You don't need to go to school. We can use you.' 353 00:42:33,676 --> 00:42:37,638 Those are the kind of offers I used to get. 354 00:42:37,889 --> 00:42:43,018 But it's not all about easy money. 355 00:42:43,102 --> 00:42:47,352 You need to know exactly what you want out of life. 356 00:42:59,702 --> 00:43:02,746 GERMANY FLENSBURG BOXING CLUB 357 00:43:08,336 --> 00:43:10,572 The center of the ring was here. 358 00:43:10,672 --> 00:43:13,966 The ring started at this green line... 359 00:43:14,217 --> 00:43:16,885 ...and went to here. 360 00:43:17,053 --> 00:43:20,806 The ring was five meters square. 361 00:43:21,933 --> 00:43:26,254 A team of between 11 and 15 boxers needs a few substitutes... 362 00:43:26,354 --> 00:43:28,214 ...in case someone drops out. 363 00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:32,051 Every match is about winning so you can't afford losers. 364 00:43:32,151 --> 00:43:34,429 NORBERT ZEWUHN - FORMER MANAGER FLENSBURG BOXING CLUB, GERMANY 365 00:43:34,529 --> 00:43:38,433 We went to the World Amateur Championship in Berlin... 366 00:43:38,533 --> 00:43:41,618 ...to see who was available. 367 00:43:42,245 --> 00:43:45,497 BERLIN 1995 368 00:43:51,254 --> 00:43:54,407 We really liked Vitali Klitschko from the Ukraine... 369 00:43:54,507 --> 00:43:57,660 ...and asked him to fight for us in the German Boxing League... 370 00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,886 ...starting in November. 371 00:44:00,096 --> 00:44:04,016 He agreed but before the season began, 372 00:44:04,225 --> 00:44:07,337 he fought in Bangkok at the Military Championships... 373 00:44:07,437 --> 00:44:09,938 ...and received a ban. 374 00:44:10,064 --> 00:44:13,218 We found out three weeks before the season opened. 375 00:44:13,318 --> 00:44:16,012 We'd already paid all the expenses... 376 00:44:16,112 --> 00:44:19,724 ...and Vitali had been to visit us in Flensburg. 377 00:44:19,824 --> 00:44:24,828 His name was in our programs, but he wasn't able to come. 378 00:44:25,038 --> 00:44:26,898 We were in a very tight spot. 379 00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:30,318 We put a telephone call through to the Ukraine. 380 00:44:30,418 --> 00:44:34,963 They told us something that we could hardly believe. 381 00:44:35,173 --> 00:44:37,116 They said, 'No need to panic. 382 00:44:37,216 --> 00:44:42,146 'We've got a guy who looks like him and he's just as good.' 383 00:44:45,892 --> 00:44:50,228 We had no alternative so we went to the airport... 384 00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:54,608 ...and someone came out... 385 00:44:54,734 --> 00:44:59,071 ...who looked just like Vitali Klitschko, 386 00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:02,324 the one we'd actually signed up. 387 00:45:02,575 --> 00:45:05,311 How could there be two people who look so alike? 388 00:45:05,411 --> 00:45:08,955 We didn't know he had a brother. 389 00:45:09,290 --> 00:45:12,902 They didn't say they'd be sending his brother, 390 00:45:13,002 --> 00:45:16,912 just that they had someone who looked like him. 391 00:45:22,637 --> 00:45:26,723 A new dimension to league boxing in Flensburg. 392 00:45:26,891 --> 00:45:30,003 The undisputed star is from the Ukraine, 393 00:45:30,103 --> 00:45:33,313 the 19-year-old Wladimir Klitschko. 394 00:45:42,698 --> 00:45:46,284 The match was over within a minute. 395 00:45:50,123 --> 00:45:55,194 Wladimir Klitschko has lost only 10 of his 121 matches to date. 396 00:45:55,294 --> 00:45:58,014 An Olympic hope for the Ukraine. 397 00:46:02,510 --> 00:46:04,495 We kept an eye on the Olympic Games... 398 00:46:04,595 --> 00:46:08,499 ...because we'd already signed him up for another season. 399 00:46:08,599 --> 00:46:11,252 He won the gold medal, which was fantastic. 400 00:46:11,352 --> 00:46:15,506 We were proud to have a heavyweight Olympic champion... 401 00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:17,508 ...on the Flensburg team. 402 00:46:17,608 --> 00:46:20,970 We were already thinking about building a new hall... 403 00:46:21,070 --> 00:46:25,490 ...because instead of 1,200 spectators... 404 00:46:25,783 --> 00:46:27,727 ...we were now expecting more like 4,000. 405 00:46:27,827 --> 00:46:31,356 Then the news came that both the Klitschko brothers... 406 00:46:31,456 --> 00:46:33,921 ...were turning professional. 407 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:37,043 So that was the end of that. 408 00:46:52,810 --> 00:46:58,398 When Wladimir won the gold medal at the Olympics... 409 00:46:58,649 --> 00:47:04,362 ...the man next to me said, 'Congratulations. 410 00:47:04,530 --> 00:47:06,530 'Here, take my mobile. 411 00:47:06,532 --> 00:47:09,252 'Don King wants to talk to you.' 412 00:47:26,427 --> 00:47:30,331 I was very surprised to be suddenly talking to Don King. 413 00:47:30,431 --> 00:47:32,431 Don King. 414 00:47:33,768 --> 00:47:37,848 The man who promoted Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. 415 00:47:37,897 --> 00:47:39,173 Talking to me. 416 00:47:39,273 --> 00:47:42,025 I was in shock. 417 00:47:42,276 --> 00:47:44,679 I spoke to Wladimir about it later... 418 00:47:44,779 --> 00:47:48,859 ...and we decided to fly over and visit Don King. 419 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:57,695 LAMON BREWSTER - FORMER 420 00:47:57,795 --> 00:48:00,600 HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD 421 00:49:06,193 --> 00:49:08,763 How would we get these mountains of gold? 422 00:49:08,863 --> 00:49:11,724 I didn't understand. He told us just to sign. 423 00:49:11,824 --> 00:49:13,476 And I thought to myself, 'No.' 424 00:49:13,576 --> 00:49:17,826 I said, 'Wladimir, we don't have to sign anything.' 425 00:49:38,225 --> 00:49:43,396 He sat down and started playing like a professional. 426 00:49:53,991 --> 00:49:58,479 We were impressed and thought, 'What a multi-talented person. 427 00:49:58,579 --> 00:50:03,169 'He's not just a boxing promoter. He's an artist, too.' 428 00:50:04,126 --> 00:50:11,091 DON KING PLAYS: 'DON GIOVANNI - OVERTURE,' W. A. MOZART 429 00:50:18,140 --> 00:50:20,934 Yes, he really was an artist. 430 00:50:21,102 --> 00:50:24,672 I walked around the side and saw that it was all a fake. 431 00:50:24,772 --> 00:50:27,315 The piano was playing itself. 432 00:50:27,483 --> 00:50:32,612 I could see one of the pedals moving without him touching it. 433 00:50:41,580 --> 00:50:43,232 That's right. 434 00:50:43,332 --> 00:50:45,332 I am a Berliner. 435 00:50:45,334 --> 00:50:46,902 He was certainly an actor. 436 00:50:47,002 --> 00:50:50,130 We decided to turn him down. 437 00:50:50,297 --> 00:50:52,632 We didn't want the deal. 438 00:50:52,842 --> 00:50:55,301 He wasn't an honest person. 439 00:51:09,608 --> 00:51:14,946 HAMBURG 1996... 440 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:43,542 ...It’s normal for a heavyweight Olympic champion... 441 00:51:43,642 --> 00:51:45,795 ...to get offers from all over the place, 442 00:51:45,895 --> 00:51:46,921 KLAUS-PETER KOHL BOXING PROMOTER... 443 00:51:47,021 --> 00:51:50,257 ...but we had already built up quite a close relationship. 444 00:51:50,357 --> 00:51:53,443 Power. Get to it. Come on, jab. 445 00:51:53,527 --> 00:51:55,527 Yes. 446 00:51:56,739 --> 00:52:00,101 There are several ways of training up boxers, 447 00:52:00,201 --> 00:52:03,938 but Wladimir was very young and had no professional experience... 448 00:52:04,038 --> 00:52:05,481 ...and neither did Vitali. 449 00:52:05,581 --> 00:52:08,484 You can spar and train all you want, 450 00:52:08,584 --> 00:52:11,389 but it's not the same as a fight. 451 00:52:12,046 --> 00:52:15,956 PROFESSIONAL BOXING DEBUT NOVEMBER 16th, 1996 452 00:52:16,509 --> 00:52:19,954 At my first professional match, with my torso bare, 453 00:52:20,054 --> 00:52:23,848 I had small gloves and no protection at all. 454 00:52:23,933 --> 00:52:26,483 I really had to grit my teeth. 455 00:52:26,519 --> 00:52:31,940 I felt my whole body tingling. 456 00:52:32,107 --> 00:52:38,279 You can feel the heat of the lights that are shining on you. 457 00:52:39,448 --> 00:52:42,810 Your opponent is there, and something clicks, 458 00:52:42,910 --> 00:52:44,910 and then you're off. 459 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:57,757 My hands felt very solid... 460 00:52:58,092 --> 00:53:03,137 ...and I could sense the amazing power in my fists... 461 00:53:03,389 --> 00:53:06,333 ...due to my hand wraps and all the new equipment... 462 00:53:06,433 --> 00:53:09,918 ...that you have as a professional boxer. 463 00:53:16,235 --> 00:53:18,679 Suddenly it all happened very fast... 464 00:53:18,779 --> 00:53:21,074 ...and he was on the floor. 465 00:53:21,949 --> 00:53:24,518 In my head I was saying, 'Don't get up.' 466 00:53:24,618 --> 00:53:27,188 I had this killer instinct in me. 467 00:53:27,288 --> 00:53:31,457 'Don't get up. I'll kill you. Don't get up.' 468 00:53:31,667 --> 00:53:33,667 He got up. 469 00:53:50,436 --> 00:53:54,105 A short right hook. It's a direct hit. 470 00:53:54,315 --> 00:53:57,108 Take the mouth guard out. 471 00:53:57,318 --> 00:53:59,428 I thought, 'Okay, we're just boxing.' 472 00:53:59,528 --> 00:54:02,097 But I didn't expect to knock him out. 473 00:54:02,197 --> 00:54:05,893 It gives you a certain kick, knowing what you're capable of. 474 00:54:05,993 --> 00:54:08,373 I tasted blood, so to speak. 475 00:54:08,662 --> 00:54:13,859 Winning by KO in the first round after one minute and 36 seconds, 476 00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:16,628 Wladimir Klitschko. 477 00:54:18,631 --> 00:54:20,199 Ladies and gentlemen, 478 00:54:20,299 --> 00:54:25,314 I think we're going to have fun with the Klitschko brothers. 479 00:54:42,529 --> 00:54:45,808 From the very beginning they were always asking, 480 00:54:45,908 --> 00:54:50,036 'What is the plan? ' and 'What are we doing next? ' 481 00:54:50,204 --> 00:54:53,148 The plan was to make them both world champions. 482 00:54:53,248 --> 00:54:56,777 From the start, I knew they had what it took. 483 00:54:56,877 --> 00:54:58,779 They weren't taken seriously... 484 00:54:58,879 --> 00:55:04,064 ...because they were so tall and so different from each other. 485 00:55:09,390 --> 00:55:14,915 When they became professionals and started knocking everybody out, 486 00:55:14,937 --> 00:55:17,798 often both on the same night at the same event, 487 00:55:17,898 --> 00:55:18,883 HARTMUT SCHERZER SPORTS JOURNALIST... 488 00:55:18,983 --> 00:55:20,801 ...that's when you really noticed... 489 00:55:20,901 --> 00:55:24,301 ...that they were like forces of nature. 490 00:55:30,869 --> 00:55:34,455 Vitali has an unconventional style. 491 00:55:34,623 --> 00:55:37,792 His brother thinks it's terrible. 492 00:55:38,085 --> 00:55:42,156 It's impossible to second guess Vitali. He fights like a cowboy. 493 00:55:42,256 --> 00:55:46,201 His fists hang at his hips, then he suddenly draws the gun. 494 00:55:46,301 --> 00:55:48,120 He has great reflexes. 495 00:55:48,220 --> 00:55:51,457 He doesn't avoid punches by keeping his guard up, 496 00:55:51,557 --> 00:55:54,934 but instead by just using his reflexes. 497 00:55:57,771 --> 00:56:02,191 Wladimir's style, on the other hand, is more classic. 498 00:56:02,276 --> 00:56:06,320 He has a fantastic left jab, 499 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:09,516 with which he can control the whole match. 500 00:56:09,616 --> 00:56:11,977 That's really his best punch. 501 00:56:12,077 --> 00:56:15,307 Wladimir's boxing is very intelligent. 502 00:56:15,581 --> 00:56:19,000 For him a match is like a game of chess. 503 00:56:25,174 --> 00:56:26,575 That made me realize... 504 00:56:26,675 --> 00:56:29,870 ...that they had the ability to become world champions, 505 00:56:29,970 --> 00:56:32,860 at least one of them, if not both. 506 00:56:33,307 --> 00:56:38,436 WBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HERBIE HIDE vs. VITALI KLITSCHKO 507 00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,646 June 26th, 1999... 508 00:56:47,529 --> 00:56:50,948 ...I'm pleased to say I broke a record. 509 00:56:51,033 --> 00:56:55,028 It's still a Guinness World Record to this day. 510 00:57:02,002 --> 00:57:04,905 I knocked Hide out at the start of the second round... 511 00:57:05,005 --> 00:57:08,117 ...and I became World Champion quicker than Mike Tyson. 512 00:57:08,217 --> 00:57:10,452 In terms of the rounds and time it took... 513 00:57:10,552 --> 00:57:13,527 ...to win the World Champion title. 514 00:57:44,253 --> 00:57:46,633 DAN RAFAEL BOXING JOURNALIST 515 00:58:06,191 --> 00:58:08,677 WBO TITLE DEFENSE VITALI KLITSCHKO vs. CHRIS BYRD 516 00:58:08,777 --> 00:58:10,777 April 1st, 2000 517 00:58:28,881 --> 00:58:33,556 CHRIS BYRD - FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD... 518 00:58:36,138 --> 00:58:39,541 ...I think Vitali had a phase where he believed... 519 00:58:39,641 --> 00:58:41,835 ...that his body was saying 'No.' 520 00:58:41,935 --> 00:58:44,812 It was his biggest handicap... 521 00:58:44,980 --> 00:58:49,485 ...and that's what happened when he fought Chris Byrd. 522 00:58:50,611 --> 00:58:53,388 In the third round I took a punch... 523 00:58:53,488 --> 00:58:56,183 ...or I did some kind of movement... 524 00:58:56,283 --> 00:59:00,363 ...after which I had intense pain in my shoulder. 525 00:59:00,495 --> 00:59:03,232 I could only half see my opponent. 526 00:59:03,332 --> 00:59:07,126 There was a mist in front of my eyes. 527 00:59:09,755 --> 00:59:12,324 The pain was getting worse and worse... 528 00:59:12,424 --> 00:59:16,594 ...and I could feel that I was getting weaker. 529 00:59:35,656 --> 00:59:38,767 LARRY MERCHANT TELEVISION BOXING ANALYST 530 00:59:38,867 --> 00:59:41,395 The rims of his eyes were black from the pain. 531 00:59:41,495 --> 00:59:44,523 When I see that one of my fighters... 532 00:59:44,623 --> 00:59:48,068 ...isn't able to defend himself or he has no chance, 533 00:59:48,168 --> 00:59:49,111 I end the fight. 534 00:59:49,211 --> 00:59:50,237 FRITZ SDUNEK COACH OF VITALI KLITSCHKO 535 00:59:50,337 --> 00:59:51,446 The boxer's pain is my pain, too. 536 00:59:51,546 --> 00:59:54,840 I know them well enough to judge... 537 00:59:55,050 --> 00:59:59,300 ...how much longer I can let them stay in the ring. 538 01:00:32,379 --> 01:00:36,632 Afterwards I went to see Vitali. 539 01:00:36,842 --> 01:00:41,053 He was alone at home with the newspapers. 540 01:00:41,305 --> 01:00:43,685 They had labeled him a wimp. 541 01:00:43,724 --> 01:00:46,444 He needed psychological support. 542 01:00:46,518 --> 01:00:48,086 We talked and I said, 543 01:00:48,186 --> 01:00:52,090 'Vitali, we must organize a press conference for today.' 544 01:00:52,190 --> 01:00:55,135 The doctors had said that if he'd carried on... 545 01:00:55,235 --> 01:00:58,555 ...his supraspinatus tendon would have been destroyed... 546 01:00:58,655 --> 01:01:00,807 ...and his career would have been over. 547 01:01:00,907 --> 01:01:06,162 At that point I received a letter from Max Schmeling. 548 01:01:06,371 --> 01:01:09,332 That helped me a lot, mentally. 549 01:01:09,499 --> 01:01:11,499 Max wrote, 550 01:01:13,170 --> 01:01:19,342 'I've hit rock bottom countless times in my life, 551 01:01:19,676 --> 01:01:24,347 'but the important thing is that you never stay there.