Box Germany mourns one of its most recognizable faces: Fritz Sdunek, longtime coach of Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko, died on Monday in Hamburg a heart attack. Former proteges and competitors are dismayed.
Not only the German boxing scene mourns one of the big fist fight. Legendary coach Fritz Sdunek no longer alive. The coach died Monday in a Hamburg hospital at the age of 67 years to a heart attack.
Sdunek had suffered a heart attack in his adopted hometown of Gran Canaria and died in a Hamburg hospital from the effects of heart attack. “I am totally shocked. Thus, the boxing world is a great personality lost,” said Thomas Pütz, the president of the Federal German professional boxer (BDB).
Sdunek acquired primarily as coach of Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko great fame , Moreover, the world champion Felix Sturm, Dariusz Michaleczwski, Ralf Rocchigiani and Artur Gregorian among his charges.
“For me, Fritz was much more than just a coach,” Vitali Klitschko said. “We had a very close personal relationship. He was in all my fights to 2012 in my corner. “
Storm expressed dismay via Twitter:” Words can not beschreriben the pain. Fritz, I’ll never forget you “
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Axel Schulz, for a short time Sduneks protege and longtime sports competitor, told FOCUS Online: “This is an absolute precipitation and shock. Fritz was a really big one, one of boxing Germany moved. He was not in vain all the world champions. I wish his family all the best. “
The Hamburg boxing legend leaves behind three children and his wife, Carol, with whom he had been married since 1974.
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