The day Klitschko's 11-year dominance went down in history

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The "Klitschko" dynasty will go down in the archives of professional boxing as the total dominance of two Ukrainians who reached the top and for years left no chance for anyone to dream of a belt in the king's weight in the sport. From the dawn of the 21st century, Vitaly and Vladimir began to refuse opponent after opponent, completely monopolizing the tops of all rankings. It even got to the point where they lost all interest in heavyweight in the US, and the traditionally strong American school stopped churning out heavyweights in a sport that had been dominated by Americans for years.

However, the date 28.11.2015 ended the Ukrainian monopoly, and in an absolutely sensational way. Wladimir Klitschko was at the top of the boxing pyramid and after 22 consecutive victories and 11 years without defeat, no one expected a tall, but fat and supposedly slow boxer to beat the heavyweight titan. However, that's exactly what happened when Tyson Fury taught his famous opponent a famous lesson and single-handedly brought millions of boxing fans back to the heavyweight division.

The Briton was written off by bookmakers and pundits, but in a 12-round show he left no doubt that a new era in professional boxing was coming. With an orthodox style, a big mouth, cat-like movements and a very, very strong chin, Fury threw Klitschko out of rhythm, who failed to land any of his patented "hammers" against Tyson, who "turned the tape" back and demonstrated ala Muhammed defense Ali – quick body movements and drop guard.

On a memorable night in Dusseldorf, in front of a packed house supporting Wlad, Klitschko took a beating like never before and, despite not being knocked out, there was no doubt that Fury had dismantled the longest dominant boxer in heavyweight history. And it gave way to a new generation of heavyweights, with different but exciting styles, that brought back interest in the heavyweight division.

Klitschko did everything in his power to stay in the limelight, but age took its toll and he never 'recovered' from his defeat by Fury, and in an epic duel set to be the No. 1 of the 21st century, Anthony Joshua knocked out in front of 100,000 people at Wembley. And while many fans of the sport are adamant that this was the fight that ended Klitschko's dominance, the truth is that years earlier the fat King of the Roma single-handedly sent heavyweight boxing into a new era.