After professional boxing entered the torrent era of Eastern Europe, heavyweight boxers gradually developed towards large-scale and giant. After some strong men from the former Soviet republics entered the professional boxing world, it was often possible to see two giants of about 2 meters appearing on the field of heavyweight competitions at the same time.
Today, I will take stock of the five giant boxing kings who have won the title of world boxing king.
Fifth place, Deonta Wild
Nicknamed the Bronze Bomber, Deonta Wilder is 2.01 meters tall. In high school, Deonta Wild was originally a rugby player and basketball player on the varsity team, but in order to treat her daughter, Deonta Wild had to choose boxing, which was easier for her to make money.
Because he was almost twenty years old when he started learning boxing, compared with those boxers who began to learn boxing at the age of ten or even seven or eight, Deonta Wilder can say that he is quite finished with boxing. This has also resulted in de Onta Wilder's crude technique, which has been widely criticized. But even so, Deonta Wilder won the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in amateur boxing. After entering the professional boxing field, Deonta Wilder won the WBC heavyweight World Champion Gold Belt and held the title for a long time. In previous years, there may have been people who dismissed Deonta Wilde's achievements, believing that he became the world champion by brushing up on his achievements, but after he defeated Dominique Bretzer, Luis Otiz, and completed three battles with Tyson Fury, I believe that no one will question his strength. And, with his previous achievements and KO rates, it should be able to guarantee that Deonta Wilder will be able to enter the Boxing Hall of Fame after retiring.
In addition, don't look at de Onta Wilder's height is 2 meters 01, but his weight has remained at about 220 pounds for many years, which is very disproportionate to his weight. It can be said that Deonta Wilder supports the height of a standard heavyweight boxer with the weight of a large heavyweight boxer, which also gives him the speed and strength advantage that is outstanding in the heavyweight.
Fourth place, Henry Akinwand
Henry Akinwand is a Nigerian athlete who plays professional boxing in the UK. He is 2.01 meters tall like Deonta Wild. However, the British heavyweight boxer did not have the overwhelming strength of Deonta Wilder, so in his professional boxing career, Henry Akinwand's counted victories were won by judgment. For example, Henry Akinwand beats former heavyweight World Champion challengers Axel Schultz and Tony Tucker, as well as Alexander Zorkin and Olyn Norris.
In addition, unlike Deonta Wild, Henry Akinwand's glory period was short-lived. He defeated Jeremy Williams on 29 June 1996 to claim the vacant WBO Heavyweight World Champion title. But on July 12, 1997, he lost to his compatriot Renrox Lewis, losing the title. Henry Akinwand also spent a little more than a year on the throne of this world boxer. It was not until 2008 that Henry Akinwand officially announced his retirement.
Third place, Vitaly Kritchenko
Professional boxing is the beginning of the Eastern European torrent era of many giants, and the Famous Ukrainian general Vitaly Klitchenko (Dak), who pushed the Eastern European torrent to the peak, is also a giant, and his height is also 2 meters 01.
Although his career achievements were not as good as his brother, Vladimir Krychchenko, the strength of boxing was also somewhat insufficient. But his extensive experience in free-form fighting and his high boxing IQ still made Vitaly Klitchenko a fearsome boxer of his time. Dake is known for his tenacity, patiently maneuvering against any opponent, using plenty of time to inflict enough damage on his opponent. With his own extraordinary strength, Vitaly Klitschenko has won the heavyweight World Champion titles of WBO and WBC, and I believe that without his brother, he could have won more boxing titles.
Then again, Vitaly Klitschenko has been retired for years, but the current mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kiev still set another new boxing record a few years ago, becoming the highest boxer inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame.
Second place, Tyson Fury
"Gypsy King" Tyson Fury is 2.06 meters tall. As the best boxer today, Tyson Fury is also a very clever tactician, who often knows how to use his strengths to deal with opponents, and can show the ability to move that does not match his height and body shape. In addition, in recent years, Tyson Fury has also shown his brutal side, which can be played against heavy gunners in the game.
So far, Tyson Fury has won the four major organizations in the heavyweight category, WBA, WBO, IBF, WBC four world boxing champion gold belt, as well as direct and "Boxing Ring" magazine, two very authoritative boxing champion titles. It can be said that Tyson Fury now does not need to prove himself with honors, what he needs to do is to knock down one excellent opponent after another of his contemporaries in front of him through competition.
The first, Nikolai Varuev
Nikolai Varuev has the figure of a basketball court center, with a height of 2 meters 13 meters that makes all opponents look up at him in front of him, and Ivand Hollyfield, the most comprehensive professional boxing player of the year, is like a child in front of him. In addition, Nikolai Varuev weighed more than 300 pounds, when in 2005, Nikolai Varuev won the WBA Heavyweight World Champion by defeating John Ruiz, which set a record for the highest and heaviest world boxing title at that time.
Nikolai Varuev, however, has a good outfit and has lost his career to technical boxers like Ruslan Chagaev and David Haye.
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