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Klitschko simultaneously led the Vitali Klitschko Bloc that won 10.61% of the votes and 15 seats and again, he was elected into the Kyiv City Council. [86] His campaign hired Rudy Giuliani as a consultant for the campaign. [83] In 2008, he was also appointed to the Ukrainian delegation of the Congress of the Council of Europe.
Vitali Klitschko (born 19 July 1971) and Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976), known as the Klitschko Brothers, are Ukrainian former professional boxers. During their peak years between 2004 and 2015, they were considered the dominant world heavyweight champions of their era, and among the most successful champions in boxing history.
Instead Klitschko opted to face Williams, who had originally been set to face Oleg Maskaev for the vacant WBU belt on October 9. [3] Speaking in an interview before the bout Klitschko speak about his disappointment that the Tyson match up had been derailed saying "Danny Williams broke my dream, Iron Mike, for me, was the dream.
Vitali Klitschko vs. Derek Chisora, billed as Showdown in Munich, was a professional boxing match that was contested between WBC heavyweight champion, Vitali Klitschko, and the WBC's number 15 ranked contender, Derek Chisora. The bout took place on 18 February 2012 at the Olympiahalle, with Klitschko winning by unanimous decision.
Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko, billed as Battle of the Titans, was a heavyweight professional boxing match contested between WBC, IBO, and The Ring champion Lennox Lewis and former WBO titleholder Vitali Klitschko. [2] The bout took place on June 21, 2003 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Vitali's victory meant that between himself and his brother, they held three of the four major title belts, with only the WBA title (held by Nikolai Valuev) left. [12] The WBC would order Vitali to make the first defence of his second reign as Heavyweight Champion against former WBC Cruiserweight champion Juan Carlos Gómez , who had won a ...
Klitschko was sworn in as mayor on 5 June 2014. [1] [16] The 2015 Kyiv local election (including mayoral elections) took place on 25 October 2015. [17] A second round of mayoral elections was held on 15 November 2015 between Klitschko and Boryslav Bereza after incumbent Mayor Klitschko scored 40.5% of the vote and Bereza 8.8% in the first round.
Revived for the 2008 election the Vitali Klitschko Bloc consisted of Kyiv local organisations of People's Movement of Ukraine, European Capital and Ukrainian Social Democrats and won 10.61% of the votes and 15 seats in the Kyiv City Council. [7] During the simultaneously held elections for Mayor of Kyiv Klitschko received 17.9 percent of votes. [8]