The same can be said about the Klitschko brothers. They were revered in
Europe, but only the hardcore boxing fans knew who they were in the U.S.
It took Wladimir, for better or for worse, getting knocked out by Lamon
Brewster in 2004 for people to care about him, follow his journey back
to the title and becoming the best heavyweight from that time until he
lost to Joshua in April 2017. In the case of Vitaly, it was the bloody
war, which sent Lewis into retirement in June 2003, that showed the
world these big, bruising heavyweight from the Ukraine are something to
be reckon with.
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