Wladimir Klitschko vividly remembers the day his older brother Vitali introduced him to boxing. “He hit me so hard I saw stars,” Wladimir recalled. “I thought, ‘This is not for me.’” He was wrong. Wladimir followed Vitali into the sport and both Ukrainian giants became champions. They’re the first siblings to hold heavyweight titles at the same time. They’re also the first boxing champions with doctorates in sports science and fluency in four languages.Their improbable story is told in “Klitschko,” a documentary playing this week at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film will be released this fall in the U.S. Read the story here.
