Vitali Klitschko Record

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 in world-title bouts. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2018.

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LEGEND

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, Herbie Hide, Tomasz Adamek, Samuel Peter, Shannon Briggs, Juan Carlos Gómez, and Chris Arreola. For a top-10 list of Klitschko's best performances, 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".

Fight Record

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