Comments Thread For: Vitali Klitschko Pulls Out Of Presidential Race In Ukraine

[JakeNDaBox]

Injuries forced former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko to pull out of several scheduled title fights during his career. Now, a heavy heart has forced the 42-year old to pull out of the 2015 presidential race in the Ukraine.

An announcement was made on Saturday, with reports from Reuters circulating the globe that Klitschko is removing himself from the fold. An activist against unrest in the Ukraine, the former three-time heavyweight titlist was running for the UDAR (Ukrainian Democracy Alliance for Reform) party but has since chosen to throw his weight behind new candidate Petro Poroshenko, a billionaire candy owner known as the 'Chocolate King' and often referred to as Ukraine's Willy Wonka.

Poroshenko will now run against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who announced her candidacy earlier in the week.

"The only chance of winning is to nominate one candidate from the democratic forces," Klitschko informed the UDAR party, according to a Reuters report. [Click Here To Read More]

[BattlingNelson]

Why does Poroshenko have a better chance against Timoshenko than Vitali?

[Jedi Vader]

It's because the idiot had no chance and he knew it.

[BostonGuy]

I wonder if they'll grant him an extension. Or maybe they could create a position for him like President Emeritus

[BattlingNelson]

I wonder if they'll grant him an extension. Or maybe they could create a position for him like President Emeritus

So he had to pull out due to injury?

[Foreign Soil]

Why does Poroshenko have a better chance against Timoshenko than Vitali?

Cos he's Willy Wonka and can win and end all debates with "Good day, Sir!".

[daggum]

he was winning in the polls before he quit so vitali actually did win the presidency.

[BattlingNelson]

he was winning in the polls before he quit so vitali actually did win the presidency.

The jokepotential is huge in this story.

[low_Bo]

It's because the idiot had no chance and he knew it.

That idiot probably is two standard deviations ahead of you on the iq bell curve.

[bose]

I always felt Vitali was just there to bring up another man for the Presidential race, they knew Vitali could get things started but the real guy running for the Presidential race has now been announced.