Hayden Panettiere gushes about her boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko

Actress Hayden Panettiere talks about her huge boyfriend. Hayden Panettiere was in awe when she met her towering boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko!

The Heroes actress recalled her her first encounter with the 6-foot-6 heavyweight boxer during an interview with Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa.

Hayden and Wladimir met at the launch party of a coffee-table book.

“I said, ‘You’re huge!’ and he said, ‘You’re tiny!’” recalled Panettiere.

Hayden recently revealed she wants to spar with her man.

“All he taught me was, ‘Don’t ever punch anybody with a closed fist because you’ll break it.’ That’s it!” she said.

“I was like, ‘Come on! You’ve got to teach me! Let’s mess around!’ hitting him with playful punches and he’s like, ‘Will you stop hitting me. Why does everyone always want to hit me?’”