Vitali Klitchko on how America has slipped in boxing: "In 1999 I defeated the Englishman Herbie Hide in a second-round knockout to win the WBO championship, becoming the first fighter from an East European country (Ukraine) to win a title. Since then, America's hold over the heavyweight title has withered, and the new champions have been people like Nikolay Valuev and Oleg Maskaev from Russia; Sergei Liakhovich from Belarus; and the undefeated Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan."
