Klitschko Head of Security: No Doubt Wladimir Was Poisoned Against Brewster

[BoxingDomain]

Yes, I know, this was years ago, and here's yet ANOTHER thread on the subject.

My belief has been that it could have been a poisoning of some sort, but that it was unlikely.
I thought it was a fluke medical event, and had really put the entire situation and any discussion
about it in the back of my mind....too far in the past to bring up.

However, after this interview I may be rethinking my belief that it was probably not a poisoning.

This is translated to English, so it's rough, but readable.


- Let's touch awkward situation with the first fight against Lamon Brewster, Vladimir. Then Klitschko in the fifth round was unexpectedly lose power and eventually lost the fight. It was believed that when Vladimir had been poisoned. It is substandard work of the team Klitschko?

- With a not remove the blame for that situation. But I can state with full responsibility that the more similar will never happen again. While I was working alone - without a buddy. I myself could not imagine how much can be insidious and dangerous side of the opponent. But after that incident we have done everything to avoid similar future cases.


- Are you sure that Volodya then really poisoned?

- I'm in no doubt about it. Look at the actions of Vladimir in the battle, and you'll soon all will become clear.


- Most of the poisoning was interested Vladimir Don King?

- We have only circumstantial evidence. Without evidence, I can not poke your finger into it. But I can tell you that from Don King just blows negative.

[Dio]

Golota was too poisoned.

[TheGreat]

I guess a hard left hook is poison.

[VanillaKilla]

Volodya? Yeah, I'm sure its not biased

[Blizz42]

Originally Posted by BoxingDomain

Yes, I know, this was years ago, and here's yet ANOTHER thread on the subject.

My belief has been that it could have been a poisoning of some sort, but that it was unlikely.
I thought it was a fluke medical event, and had really put the entire situation and any discussion
about it in the back of my mind....too far in the past to bring up.

However, after this interview I may be rethinking my belief that it was probably not a poisoning.

This is translated to English, so it's rough, but readable.


- Let's touch awkward situation with the first fight against Lamon Brewster, Vladimir. Then Klitschko in the fifth round was unexpectedly lose power and eventually lost the fight. It was believed that when Vladimir had been poisoned. It is substandard work of the team Klitschko?

- With a not remove the blame for that situation. But I can state with full responsibility that the more similar will never happen again. While I was working alone - without a buddy. I myself could not imagine how much can be insidious and dangerous side of the opponent. But after that incident we have done everything to avoid similar future cases.


- Are you sure that Volodya then really poisoned?

- I'm in no doubt about it. Look at the actions of Vladimir in the battle, and you'll soon all will become clear.


- Most of the poisoning was interested Vladimir Don King?

- We have only circumstantial evidence. Without evidence, I can not poke your finger into it. But I can tell you that from Don King just blows negative.

The poison only worked enough to tire Wladimir?

[Jaguar]

Originally Posted by TheGreat

I guess a hard left hook is poison.

[jisi]

Originally Posted by BoxingDomain

Yes, I know, this was years ago, and here's yet ANOTHER thread on the subject.

My belief has been that it could have been a poisoning of some sort, but that it was unlikely.
I thought it was a fluke medical event, and had really put the entire situation and any discussion
about it in the back of my mind....too far in the past to bring up.

However, after this interview I may be rethinking my belief that it was probably not a poisoning.

This is translated to English, so it's rough, but readable.


- Let's touch awkward situation with the first fight against Lamon Brewster, Vladimir. Then Klitschko in the fifth round was unexpectedly lose power and eventually lost the fight. It was believed that when Vladimir had been poisoned. It is substandard work of the team Klitschko?

- With a not remove the blame for that situation. But I can state with full responsibility that the more similar will never happen again. While I was working alone - without a buddy. I myself could not imagine how much can be insidious and dangerous side of the opponent. But after that incident we have done everything to avoid similar future cases.


- Are you sure that Volodya then really poisoned?

- I'm in no doubt about it. Look at the actions of Vladimir in the battle, and you'll soon all will become clear.


- Most of the poisoning was interested Vladimir Don King?

- We have only circumstantial evidence. Without evidence, I can not poke your finger into it. But I can tell you that from Don King just blows negative.

He is right. Wlad was poisened in this fight.

But the most intrest was not by Don King, IMO is was Fritz Sdunek who wants Wladimir to split with Emanuel Steward. It was and is obvious.

Good to see that they learned from this and that Wlad has security around him. And Sdunek not in his corner again. So this will not happen again.

[Koman600]

i dont get why people dismiss the idea that wlad could of been poisoned in the fight...

hell were talking about don king here....

seeing as wlad destroyed brewster in the rematch...

[Nosbor]

Would not suprise me one bit. Wlad was completwly dominant until the last 15-30 seconds of that fourth round, when he started stumbling around for no apparent reason. He then procedes to turn a combination of ashen and blue in between rounds and then retreats into a corner and gets finished at the start of round five.

Some real Twilight Zone stuff...

[Nosbor]

Originally Posted by jisi

He is right. Wlad was poisened in this fight.

But the most intrest was not by Don King, IMO is was Fritz Sdunek who wants Wladimir to split with Emanuel Steward. It was and is obvious.

Good to see that they learned from this and that Wlad has security around him. And Sdunek not in his corner again. So this will not happen again.

WAIT! WHAT??? Sdunek poisioned Wlad....


You cannot possibly believe that that? Too bad for Tritz is Vitaly ever finds out.

[Rock0052]

What's funny is that people give the benefit of the doubt to Don King over Wlad here. It'd be foolish to rule it out and assume any fight is 100% on the level when King's involved, especially with the other red flags present in this one.

I can't prove it, and even if I could, I still give Brewster full credit for his heart and toughness that night. But something wasn't right that night with Wlad, and King knew it. That's the primary reason why he kept Lamon away from the rematch while he had the title.

[Squire]

We can only guess at what happened but it was very suspicious

[jisi]

Originally Posted by Rock0052

What's funny is that people give the benefit of the doubt to Don King over Wlad here. It'd be foolish to rule it out and assume any fight is 100% on the level when King's involved, especially with the other red flags present in this one.

I can't prove it, and even if I could, I still give Brewster full credit for his heart and toughness that night. But something wasn't right that night with Wlad, and King knew it. That's the primary reason why he kept Lamon away from the rematch while he had the title.

Same here, i do not blame Lamon Brewster, he was not involve, nice buddy.

Brewster took the rematch after he was free from Don King.

[VanillaKilla]

Wlad gassed out, end of story... The better fighter does not always win

Wlad is the better fighter, however, he fought stupid and got disheartened. Shit happens, Wlad is no superman

[Squire]

Originally Posted by jisi

He is right. Wlad was poisened in this fight.

But the most intrest was not by Don King, IMO is was Fritz Sdunek who wants Wladimir to split with Emanuel Steward. It was and is obvious.

Good to see that they learned from this and that Wlad has security around him. And Sdunek not in his corner again. So this will not happen again.

Stranger things have happened than someone slipping something dodgy into a fighter's water, but Sdunek poisoning him would probably be the strangest thing that's ever happened in boxing. I very much doubt it.