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Old 03-21-2010, 02:42 PM   #23 (permalink)
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What's different about the Klitschko's reign as Heavyweight Champions that makes them unique is - they have tremendous popularity in Germany and can sell tickets there all day long. They don't need the US as far as making big money goes.

One of the things the Klitschko's have going against them here in the U.S. is their personalities. They work the media like athlete's of old did. Listen to an Interview with Marciano, Louis or Dempsey. Then listen to the Klitschko's. The brothers have that old-fashioned be respectful towards everyone type of attitude.

They make Lennox Lewis sound like Ali in comparison! If either of the Klitschko's talked like Naseem Hamed, Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones or Bernard Hopkins, they'd be a lot more popular in this part of the world. Sad to say, but it's true.
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