Vitali Klitschko

Career, Record, Stats
Vitali Klitschko

Vitali Klitschko (Dr. Ironfist) is a 53-year-old retired Ukrainian professional boxer. He is a former heavyweight world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 15 years, 9 months, and 23 days, Klitschko amassed a record of 45-2, which includes 41 wins via KO, 12 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2018.

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LEGEND

Vitali Klitschko's Boxing Career

Vitali Klitschko was born in Belovodskoye, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union on July 19, 1971. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on November 16, 1996 against Tony Bradham. Klitschko defeated Bradham via 2nd round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Klitschko became a world champion at the age of 27 after 24 professional fights. He challenged Herbie Hide for the WBO heavyweight title and stopped the champion in the 2nd of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the WBC and The Ring heavyweight world titles as well.

Klitschko's last fight was a 4th-round TKO victory over Manuel Charr at age 41, on September 8, 2012, in which he successfully defended his WBC heavyweight championship.

Some of Vitali Klitschko's best fights have been against Corrie Sanders, Tomasz Adamek, Samuel Peter, Shannon Briggs, Juan Carlos Gómez, Chris Arreola, and Kirk Johnson. For a complete list of Klitschko's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Vitali Klitschko".

Klitschko has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Vitali Klitschko Losses".

Vitali Klitschko's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
47
Sep 08, 2012 41 Manuel Charr Manuel Charr 27 21-0
win
TKO
4
46
Feb 18, 2012 40 Derek Chisora Derek Chisora 28 15-2
win
UD
12
45
Sep 10, 2011 40 Tomasz Adamek Tomasz Adamek 34 44-1
win
TKO
10
44
Mar 19, 2011 39 generic fighter pic Odlanier Solís
win
KO
1
43
Oct 16, 2010 39 Shannon Briggs Shannon Briggs 38 51-5-1
win
UD
12
42
May 29, 2010 38 generic fighter pic Albert Sosnowski
win
KO
10
41
Dec 12, 2009 38 Kevin Johnson Kevin Johnson 30 22-0-1
win
UD
12
40
Sep 26, 2009 38 Chris Arreola Chris Arreola 28 27-0
win
RTD
10
39
Mar 21, 2009 37 Juan Carlos Gómez Juan Carlos Gómez 35 44-1
win
TKO
9
38
Oct 11, 2008 37 Samuel Peter Samuel Peter 28 30-1
win
RTD
8
37
Dec 11, 2004 33 Danny Williams Danny Williams 31 32-3
win
TKO
8
36
Apr 24, 2004 32 Corrie Sanders Corrie Sanders 38 39-2
win
TKO
8
35
Dec 06, 2003 32 Kirk Johnson Kirk Johnson 31 34-1-1
win
TKO
2
34
Jun 21, 2003 31 Lennox Lewis Lennox Lewis 37 40-2-1
loss
TKO
6
33
Nov 23, 2002 31 generic fighter pic Larry Donald
win
TKO
10
32
Feb 08, 2002 30 generic fighter pic Vaughn Bean
win
TKO
11
31
Dec 08, 2001 30 Ross Puritty Ross Puritty 34 28-14-3
win
TKO
11
30
Jan 27, 2001 29 Orlin Norris Orlin Norris 35 51-6
win
KO
1
29
Nov 25, 2000 29 generic fighter pic Timo Hoffmann
win
UD
12
28
Apr 01, 2000 28 Chris Byrd Chris Byrd 29 30-1
loss
RTD
9
27
Dec 11, 1999 28 generic fighter pic Obed Sullivan
win
RTD
9
26
Oct 09, 1999 28 generic fighter pic Ed Mahone
win
TKO
3
25
Jun 26, 1999 27 generic fighter pic Herbie Hide
win
KO
2
24
Feb 20, 1999 27 generic fighter pic Ismael Youla
win
TKO
2
23
Dec 05, 1998 27 generic fighter pic Francesco Spinelli
win
TKO
1
22
Oct 24, 1998 27 generic fighter pic Mario Schiesser
win
TKO
2
21
Aug 11, 1998 27 generic fighter pic Ricardo Kennedy
win
TKO
1
20
Jun 05, 1998 26 José Ribalta José Ribalta 35 38-14-1
win
TKO
2
19
May 02, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Dicky Ryan
win
TKO
5
18
Apr 18, 1998 26 Julius Francis Julius Francis 33 18-6
win
TKO
2
17
Mar 20, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Levi Billups
win
KO
2
16
Mar 07, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Louis Monaco
win
KO
3
15
Jan 30, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Alben Belinski
win
KO
2
14
Jan 17, 1998 26 generic fighter pic Marcus Rhode
win
TKO
2
13
Dec 20, 1997 26 generic fighter pic Anthony Willis
win
KO
5
12
Nov 29, 1997 26 generic fighter pic Herman Delgado
win
TKO
3
11
Nov 08, 1997 26 generic fighter pic Gilberto Williamson
win
KO
6
10
Oct 04, 1997 26 generic fighter pic Will Hinton
win
KO
2
9
Jun 14, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Jimmy Haynes
win
KO
2
8
May 10, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Cleveland Woods
win
KO
2
7
Apr 12, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Derrick Roddy
win
TKO
2
6
Mar 08, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Calvin Jones
win
KO
1
5
Feb 22, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Troy Roberts
win
TKO
2
4
Jan 25, 1997 25 generic fighter pic Mike Acklie
win
KO
1
3
Dec 21, 1996 25 generic fighter pic Brian Sargent
win
TKO
2
2
Nov 30, 1996 25 generic fighter pic Frantisek Sumina
win
TKO
1
1
Nov 16, 1996 25 generic fighter pic Tony Bradham
win
KO
2
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