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3 Keys to Victory for Wladimir Klitschko

By Vladimir Lik

Posted on April 25, 2015

Wladmir Klitschko has not lost a fight in 11 years and has had 17 successful defenses of his world Heavyweight Championship. Check out Vlad Lik’s keys to victory as Klitschko faces off against undefeated challenger, Bryant Jennings.

2. Use the Jab to Set up the Right Hand

Wladimir Klitschko - Joern Pollex-Bongarts-Getty Images8 Photo by Joern Pollex-Bongarts/Getty Images

Wladimir Klitschko is an expert at using the jab to not only set up the powerful right hand, but to also hurt his opponent as he did against Alexander Povetkin when they fought in Moscow in 2013. Klitschko knocked Povetkin down with a jab in the seventh round en route to a 12-round unanimous decision victory.

The Klitschko jab will be the most important weapon of the fight. If Klitschko lands his jab then it will be vitually impossible for Jennings to get inside and hurt him. The jab will perfectly set up the big right hand which carries the knockout power.

Klitschko has hurt and scored many knockdowns landing the straight right hand. In 2012, Klitschko dominated and embarrassed Frenchman, Jean Marc Mormeck with a barrage of hard right hands which ultimately knocked Mormeck out in the fourth round.