Former boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko has some ideas for his sport.
After retiring this year, perhaps to focus on his namesake consulting business, Klitschko participated in a Web Summit conversation and discussed how boxing can use technology to make itself more transparent and less prone to the controversies that often surround it. He focused on digitization.
“Obviously digitalization is the key for everything these days. If you do not digitalize yourself, you are going to be knocked out by your competitors,” Klitschko told James Dart, The Guardian’s sports editor.
Klitschko discussed a myriad of issues with seemingly constant entanglement between promoters, managers, broadcasters, and the various professional boxing organizations.