Is Vitali Klitschko coming back?

Pele Reid on Vitali Klitschko

IF youโ€™re a former fighter, in good health, and under the age of 60, itโ€™s likely youโ€™re going to get asked about a comeback pretty much every time you dare to go within touching distance of a journalist. At the #JoshuaKlitschko public workouts on Wednesday night, soon-to-be 46-year-old Vitali Klitschko โ€“ who arrived in London that morning to support his brother, Wladimir Klitschkoโ€™s mission to destroy Anthony Joshua โ€“ was asked the question almost incessantly.

Now the Mayor of Kiev, Vitali initially replied: โ€œI train every morning for two hours, but I donโ€™t train to fight. I will never [fight] again.โ€

That seemed pretty definitive. He will never fight again. But still they asked.

โ€œOkay, okay,โ€ he said with a smile. โ€œI hear Lennox Lewis make jokes about coming back. Is that what you want? Okay, I might come back. No I wonโ€™t. I am joking.โ€

There it is. You heard it here first. Vitali Klitschko is back.

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