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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 ********ic forces," Klitschko informed the UDAR party, according to a Reuters report. [Click Here To Read More]
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 ********ic forces," Klitschko informed the UDAR party, according to a Reuters report. [Click Here To Read More]
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