Klitschko: More Than a Fight (2024)

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The following programme contains

distressing scenes.

(ALARM BLARES IN DISTANCE)

(ALARM CONTINUES BLARING)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

Klitschko's looking for another one,

and finds it.

Vitali Klitschko!

You want to see

a heavyweight destroyer?

Vitali Klitschko

wants to be your man!

Utterly dominant.

(CROWD CHANTS IN UKRAINIAN)

(JET ENGINGES ROARING)

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

REPORTER: "Putin says he's only

targeting military targets."

Bullshit!

REPORTER 2:

"Vitali's brother, Wladamir,

"also a former heavyweight champion,

"came to town

to help out his brother."

Mr Mayor, do you have a message

for Vladimir Putin?

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

But sometimes, a fight is

more than a fight to a fighter.

Klitschko took that, too,

without going down.

(TRAINER COUNTS IN UKRAINIAN)

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(TRAINER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

We are talking about digital...

dital... ditsal... Digitalisation.

He is clumsy.

And that made him very uncomfortable

in the boxing ring,

and guess what,

in the politics as well.

He's not the regular politician.

(HUMS DRAMATIC TUNE)

Oh, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy, yoy.

(HIS HEAD THUDS)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(LAUGHTER)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

REPORTER:

"A defiant Volodymyr Zelenskyy

"receiving standing ovations

from the British House of Commons."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

This former comic actor,

cast in a new role

of w*r time Commander-In-Chief.

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)

TV: "The Mayor of Kyiv says things

could become apocalyptic this month

"if Russia continues to strike

its energy infrastructure."

(PIANIST PLAYS MELANCHOLY TUNE)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)

TV: "Temperatures this week have

dropped down to minus eight degrees,

"with hundreds of thousands

of people right across the capital

"without power and without heating.

"Residents saying that they

would rather live in the cold

"than live with Russians."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(MICROWAVE BEEPS)

I could hear. You made my mum cry.

So, you're in trouble.

(LAUGHTER)

We were born in a family

of a teacher,

that's our mum, and a military

service man, and that's our father.

My brother was born in Kyrgyzstan.

After some while Father was

relocated to another military base

in Kazakhstan where I was born.

I was born, he was there.

I don't even know the time

without him.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

And we kept on going,

changing countries,

cultures, religions.

Our mum is from Siberia,

so she is so-called Russian.

But our dad was as Ukrainian

as Ukraine could be.

He loved to communicate in Ukrainian

even though Russian

was the dominant language.

And we grew up speaking Russian.

When I was eight we arrived in Kyiv.

I was raised in kindergarten knowing

the enemy is the United States,

so we need to fight them.

Then later on

I had military classes.

I had to learn how to put AK-47

together, throw a grenade.

WLADIMIR: Our father was one of

the true fighters for that system.

He was communist with a pride.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(NADIIA SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(AIR RAID SIREN BLARES)

(expl*si*n)

REPORTER: "Kyiv was attacked

again this morning.

"Russia has increased its strikes

on the Ukrainian capital,

"launching arial assaults

almost every day."

(expl*si*n)

(expl*si*n)

(SPEAKS RUSSIAN)

(GLASSES CLINK)

(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN) Nice to meet you.

Welcome to Kyiv.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

Right now, delegation from Israel.

Shalom.

Shalom!

Thank you for everything

what you are doing for Ukraine.

One more time.

Thank you very much.

OK, OK, OK.

So, and this is innocent, and these

are also European values, right?

Squashy.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

We have a proposal.

You see here the Champs-Elysees.

Great news. Great news. Great news.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(UPLIFTING TRUMPET MUSIC)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

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(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB:

Spread Your Love

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SCHISTON SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

HANDSOME BOY MODELLING SCHOOL:

Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(MAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(AIR RAID SIREN)

(PEOPLE TALKING UKRAINIAN)

(AIR RAID SIREN CONTINUES)

(UNNERVING MUSIC)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(expl*si*n)

(DEBRIS RAINING DOWN)

Ahh!

(WOMEN AND GIRLS SCREAMING)

(AMBULANCE SIREN BLARES)

REPORTER: "Ballistic missiles fired

from somewhere just inside Russia

"travelled to the Ukrainian capital

in less than two minutes."

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

REPORTER: "The death toll continues

to rise for civilians

"with some of their heaviest

losses seen in children."

The Russians want Ukraine without us,

without Ukrainians.

LAPTOP: "We appreciate the

you taking time to join us.

"Thank you. New this morning,

"tension between the United States

and China escalating here again.

"This is what we know..."

(TURNS OFF LAPTOP)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

How are you doing?

DIRECTOR: I'm OK. How are you?

Marathon.

It's been a busy few days.

Busy last year.

Have you been sleeping at all?

Not so much.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

What was it like when the w*r

started for you and the family?

Terrible.

I was crying,

like, probably one week.

Because I didn't know who to call.

I was calling to my ex-husband,

and the hardest part was

that we were already

in the process of divorce.

But outside everyone thought

we are still... husband and wife,

perfect family couple.

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

Do you ever feel scared

for your father?

I... Well... all the time.

Erm, you know,

when the w*r first started,

propagandists of Russian said

they would take the president,

they would take the mayor.

They would line them up on the main

street and they would hang them.

So... its definitely scary.

Do you feel he was ready to die?

Yeah, absolutely.

Which kind of scared me as well

because I knew he would be.

You know. So...

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

One of my father's mantras:

Only something hard

can sharpen a knife.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

The way he taught us things

was in a very military-esque manner.

He gives you a command, you do it,

you fulfil it.

If you fail,

he'll tell you to do it again.

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

I wish that he would just,

like, finally just mellow

and just slow down because how long

you can work like this, man?

But he always want to leave in this

world his big signature, you know,

so it was always his dream,

and he's done it already.

Like, I don't know how many times,

and that was always my question,

what else do you want to achieve?

Why?

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(TV REPORTER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(TV REPORTER SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

Good evening. Another stunner

tonight from the Soviet Union.

Mikhail Gorbachev recommended

that the party's ruling

central committee be disbanded,

which in effect would be the end of

communist rule in the Soviet Union.

The Russian flag has replaced the

hammer and sickle over the Kremlin.

Nobody is sure what happens next

in the new commonwealth

of independent states.

(CHEERING)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

I was the youngest

in the heavyweight division

with not much experience.

Ukraine back then was first time

representing

as an independent country.

(CROWD CHEERING)

Brother, I-

In sport

- I love you, brother.

You made my day.

I spent years in sport

to achieve a result.

Wladimir do it so easily.

COMMENTATOR: A man from Kyiv

is the new super heavyweight

gold medallist.

(UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)

I was 20 years old,

so it was just life-changing moment.

It was life-changing moment for both

of us, for Vitali and for myself.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

RUN THE JEWELS (FEATURING GREG NICE

AND DJ PREMIER): Ooh La La

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(DON KING LAUGHING)

(DON KING PLAYING PIANO)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(THEY LAUGH)

'How did you meet your ex-husband?'

'I was a model,

and he came to one of the shows.'

This huge guy sitting

in the first row, and staring.

And I was so afraid

to look into his eyes.

This Viking man,

but inside he had a big heart.

I fell in love brutally

with this man.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

WOMAN: Whoo!

Whoo!

I was at every fight.

But it was always

about the two brothers.

Wladimir is everything for...

for Vitali.

(MAN SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

COMMENTATOR:

He called him by his brother's name.

Which Klitschko is which?

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(COMMENTATOR SPEAKS GERMAN)

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

Let's call it cowboy style.

He's not a fluid athlete.

He moves like a piece

of construction equipment.

Robotic and ugly to watch.

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

Klitschko's looking for another one

and finds it.

Oh, dear, look at his eyes.

Vitali Klitschko

wins the WBO heavyweight title.

(VITALI SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SHOUTS IN UKRAINIAN)

(COMMENTATOR SPEAKS IN GERMAN)

Chris Byrd,

Wladimir's golden opportunity

to reinstate the name Klitschko.

The revenge of the brothers.

(CROWD CHANTS)

Before February 24th

I thought I knew myself,

but I was wrong.

What you have achieved in your life,

awards, medals, titles...

so unimportant.

Now the only questions is,

what can I do for Ukraine?

I'm different to my brother

because I'm not a politician,

I'm not representing

any governmental institution,

but I am Ukrainian.

I'm part of this country,

I am an activist,

and I'm trying to deliver

anything I can:

humanitarian help, military help.

REPORTER: "This week Ukrainian officials

pleaded for more support from the West.

"Ukraine is dependent on Western

ammunition, and it's running out."

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

Ten out of ten!

Germany is one of

our most important allies.

I spent most of my life in Germany.

So, I can explain to Germans

what it is being in the w*r

and what we need.

(REPORTER SPEAKS GERMAN)

Wladimir Klitschko.

(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS)

(WLADIMIR SPEAKS GERMAN)

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

It's showtime.

(THEY SPEAK GERMAN)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

They need longer-range rockets

called ATACMS,

and they need cluster munitions

to defeat the Russians.

I think they can expel Russia.

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

Hey, Kaia, it's Ronald. Look who

I met at the Capital building.

We're just hanging out,

me and Grimace.

Chilling, doing a tour.

Good to see you. Good to see you.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

I want to say thank you

to the United States of America

for all the supply of the weapons.

We are family.

A signed pair of boxing gloves.

Do you want to go to 5 for me?

We're going to 5 now. $5,000

And now I need 6. Sold at $7,000.

Thank you so much.

Sold! At $16,000.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

Criticising your partner

in the midst of a w*r is difficult,

but I agree with you, here are

things the Ukrainian government

needs to do to accelerate and finish

some pretty critical reforms.

I think if we come to the end

of the conflict,

and these things are not in place,

it will be a disappointment.

We have every confidence in you.

You've made Kyiv work,

you made the parliament work,

you can make some

of these reforms work.

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

Nice to see you, welcome.

- Very good to see you again.

How are you? - Great, thank you.

I think you make fundamentally

important points,

but there's an opportunity

perhaps to build back better.

Build back better not simply

the physical infrastructure

that's destroyed,

but the social

and governance infrastructure.

And we're determined

to work with you on that.

REPORTER: "Vitali Klitschko

delivered an unprecedented critique

"of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."

REPORTER 2:

"Zelenskyy is becoming an autocrat.

"He is reshaping Ukraine

into an authoritarian state

"no different from Russia."

REPORTER 3:

"The first signs of a growing rift

"in Ukrainian leadership."

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(CROWD CHEERING)

COMMENTATOR: This is when

the real nerves hit you.

The dawning that he's going

in for the biggest job of his life.

He's fighting for the heavyweight

title against Lennox Lewis.

One of the few fighters

in boxing history

to have defeated every opponent

he has ever faced.

Lennox Lewis!

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(BELL RINGS)

It's a good start, this,

by Klitschko.

He rips him again with the right

hand. Lewis momentarily rattled.

Klitschko looks the boss

at the moment.

This is the point where one punch

could turn the whole thing around.

Big right hand by Lewis!

(BELL RINGS)

Oh it's terrible. It's terrible.

A really, really bad cut.

Oh, a horrible gash, which might

signal the end of the fight.

Is he going to be able to carry on

with that?

Vitali always told me:

"If you want to be at the fight

and sit there,

"control your emotions."

But for the Lennox Lewis fight

was really very hard.

Vitali is certainly ahead on points,

- but can he finish the fight

with that eye? - No way!

- DIRECTOR: Have you ever felt like

stopping one of his fights? - Oh, no.

It's not possible.

His entire mantra of life is, like,

"Failure is not an option."

(BELL RINGS)

The cut's bad. He's blinking

away the blood, Klitschko.

It's a problem.

He can no longer see.

He's fighting on pure heart.

Klitschko looks strong as he pulls

Lewis back across the ring.

Oh, what an upper cut!

But Klitschko took that too

without going down.

This big strong Ukrainian.

And he lands a huge right hand

on Lewis.

Klitschko is looking

the likely winner of this.

(BELL RINGS)

He can still do it.

One good right hand and Lennox Lewis

is on the canvas.(BELL RINGS)

They've stopped the fight.

They've stopped the fight.

They're going to declare Lewis

the winner.

Klitschko cannot go on

because of the cuts.

The crowd are in uproar.

Klitschko shouting "No! No!"

He can't believe it.

He was ahead on points

and he could have won that fight.

That should be a rematch.

No doubt in my mind.

The crowd here believe

that Klitschko has got a raw deal.

Klitschko is claiming

a moral victory.

(CROWD BOOING)

CROWD:

Klitschko! Klitschko! Klitschko!

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

A month ago I went to our troops.

They were asking

for a group of cars.

This car was purchased

with private donations.

What's amazing about it is we have

production right here in Ukraine.

This car is actually Land Cruiser

that has been equipped

with bulletproof armour.

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(SOLDIERS CHATTING)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

(SOMBRE MUSIC)

REPORTER:

"The city of Bakhmut is obliterated,

"a city once home to 80,000 people."

REPORTER 2: "31,000 causalities

in Ukraine's military

"since the start

of this full-scale invasion.

"They really are struggling

without that western aid."

REPORTER 3: "The summer

counter-offensive in Ukraine

"is drawing to a close,

without the breakthroughs

"so many had hoped for."

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN)

(SINGING CONTINUES)

(PEOPLE PROTESTING IN UKRAINIAN)

REPORTER: "Hundreds of thousands

of pro-democracy Ukrainians

"in the streets today,

protested against the result

"of the presidential election.

"Pitting their candidate

"of west-leaning challenger

Viktor Yushchenko

"against the pro-Moscow

prime minister Viktor Yanukovych."

REPORTER 2: "The country's election

commission ignored reports of fraud

"declaring Kremlin-backed

Yanukovych the winner."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

REPORTER; "While Vitali Klitschko is

concentrating on Danny Williams,

"his thoughts are also

with his countrymen in Ukraine.

"He and his brother Wladimir

are supporters of Victor Yushchenko,

"the reform candidate.

A lot of drama there.

"He has apparently survived a

poisoning which has d*sfigured him."

Vitali Klitschko has it in his head

that a victory in this fight,

could enhance the change

for the political reform

he is hoping for in Ukraine.

Is that a dangerous psychological

burden to bring in here?

A fighter

who can punch like Willaims

is the real danger

to Vitali Klitschko,

but sometimes a fight is more

than a fight to a fighter.

(CROWD ROARING)

(BELL RINGS)

And Klitschko lands

a big right hand.

Williams hands jump.

Another right hand.

Klitschko's ready to take him out

here. Here goes.

It's a hammering.

As everybody underestimated

Vitali Klitschko,

he's just a nightmare

for Danny Williams.

Come on, your children are watching

at home. Your children are watching.

Klitschko is boxing beautifully.

If you can call

what he does beautiful.

Oh, there we go.

Over in the 8th round.

In a ring

completely smothered with blood.

And all around the arena

we have orange ticker tape.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

The era

of Klitschko dominance began.

(UKRAINIAN HIP-HOP MUSIC)

Now we'll tell you the remarkable

tale of the brothers Klitschko.

The top two heavyweights

in the world, Vitali,

and his younger brother Wladimir.

Tonight, its celebrating

with my brother

that we collect all

of the belts in the heavy division.

Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko

are the undisputed kings

of the heavyweight division.

CROWD: Klitschko!

Klitschko! Klitschko!

Klitschko! Klitschko! Klitschko!

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(ROMANTIC PIANO MUSIC)

This is one of the deputy's

from Klitschko's party,

and people here are against

building a big city parking.

All the citizens

here are against Klitschko.

He is the worst mayor

in the history of our cabinet.

(PROTESTERS CHANT)

REPORTER: "Demonstrators in Kyiv

show their support

"for a more western vision

of Ukraine,

"and want the democracy and rights

they see in Europe and America."

(CAR HORN BLARES)

REPORTER 2: "They are protesting

their president's decision

"to reject a trade deal

with the European Union

"and move closer to Russia."

REPORTER 3: "Vitali Klitschko,

heavyweight world champion

"and fast emerging as the most

popular opposition leader."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(CHEERING)

"What started as a peaceful

anti-government protest in Kyiv

"descended into chaos."

"Reports now say the government is

issuing combat weapons to police."

(g*nsh*t)

(g*nf*re)

"At least 80 protestors dead so far.

"The death toll continues to rise.

"Viktor Yanukovych is wanted

for mass m*rder."

The country now descending

into civil w*r.

REPORTER: "The video appears

to show President Yanukovych

"fleeing from

his luxurious mansion."

REPORTER 2: "Protestors have toppled

their own Ukrainian government,

"something no-one in Russia,

nor the West saw coming."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

REPORTER: "Kyiv mayor's office

is facing prosecution

"by its own Ukrainian government

after three people died

"when they were unable

to access a b*mb shelter."

REPORTER 2: "The building's

security guard failed

"to open the b*mb shelter in time.

"Many couldn't get in and had to

watch as their loved ones perished."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(PEOPLE ARGUING IN UKRAINIAN))

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

(BOY SOBS)

(HE SOBS)

Sshh.

There's quite

an ugly bit of political fallout

from what was

a deeply tragic incident.

President Zelenskyy didn't hold back

his criticisms of Vitali Klitschko.

REPORTER: "Zelenskyy was joined

by more than 40 European leaders

"at the summit of the European

political community in Moldova."

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

One second.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

DIRECTOR: When is the most emotional

you have seen him?

I have seen him a lot of times.

When he was younger, to be honest.

Before... Before the politics.

Yeah, to be honest.

And then he started to change.

And you see that I am kind of

a little bit sad about it.

Because I realised,

when he went to become a politician,

that I'm starting to lose him...

my, that time, husband.

He is always at work.

Always at work.

We barely ever got to see him

very often at all.

And whenever he did come home,

sometimes he would bring

the office into the home.

That really shows

that he loves his people.

He wants to make a true change

in the country.

Even at the expense

of his own family, sometimes.

(INHALES DEEPLY)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(MELANCHOLY PIANO MUSIC)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(THEY SPEAK UKRAINIAN)

We saw the comments

from Zelenskyy in Moldova.

Could you respond to his comments

about this situation?

I don't want to make

a comment on that.

But I am... who was in the army...

...as a soldier.

I am... who was inside the ring

and knows what is a battle.

(PENCIL WRITING ON PAPER)

Mm-hm.

And right now my battle

for the lives of my citizens.

This will be biggest mistake

to make political battles

inside the country.

And people forget who sent

the missiles to our hometown.

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(SOLDIERS CHATTING IN UKRAINIAN)

(THEY CHAT IN UKRAINIAN)

(EXPLOSIONS IN FAR-OFF DISTANCE)

(THEY CHAT IN UKRAINIAN)

(WOMAN LAUGHS)

(MICROWAVE TURNTABLE WHIRS)

(MICROWAVE BEEPS)

(SPEAKS UKRAINIAN)

(URGENT ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)