Vitali (left) and Wladimir Klitschko talk to journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine on February 2. Photo: Reuters
Vitali (left) and Wladimir Klitschko talk to journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine on February 2. Photo: Reuters
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Sport /  Boxing

Ukraine boxing brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko fighting Russian invasion; ‘I fear very much for their lives,’ WBC chief says

  • Vitali is mayor of Kyiv and, along with his younger brother Wladimir, both former boxing champions, is ready to defend his country against Russia
  • The Klitschkos ‘are unbelievable people, such great human beings possessing the sweetest smiles”, WBC chief Mauricio Sulaimán says

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Updated: 1:25pm, 9 Mar, 2022

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Vitali (left) and Wladimir Klitschko talk to journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine on February 2. Photo: Reuters
Vitali (left) and Wladimir Klitschko talk to journalists during the opening of the first Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces recruitment centre in central Kyiv, Ukraine on February 2. Photo: Reuters
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