NOTEBOOK: WATCHING BROTHER TOUGH FOR WLADIMIR.(Sports)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: June 21, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael Rosenthal Assistant Sports Editor

One person will have an unusually tough time watching the Lennox Lewis-Vitali Klitschko fight tonight at Staples Center.

Three months ago, Klitschko watched in horror at ringside as his younger brother, Wladimir Klitschko, was knocked out by Corrie Sanders with one punch in the second round. Now, it's Wladimir's turn. The younger Klitschko said it will be much more difficult for him to watch Vitali fight Lewis than it would be to fight Lewis himself.

``In the ring, you feel nothing,'' Wladimir said. ``It's like a lion ...

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