Vitali Klitschko's Rise To Greatness

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Vitali (July 19, 1971) and his brother Wladimir (March 25, 1976) were born in the Soviet Union to parent Wladimir and Nadezhda.

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(1985-1996) The two brothers spent their youth training for combat sports, amateur boxing and kickboxing ... with Vitali logging an amateur boxing record of 195 wins and 15 losses.

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(1996) Vitali Klitschko married tennis pro Natalia Egorova and have three kids together.

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(1996) Vitali Klitschko begins his professional and enters the ring as a heavyweight boxer for 47 fights and logs a pro record of 45 wins and 2 losses.

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(2000) Vitali Klitschko earned a doctorate degree from Kyiv Univ of physical science and sports.

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(2000) Vitali Klitschko only lost twice during his professional boxing career. The first was when Klitschko lost to Chris Byrd on April 1, 2000.

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Klitschko and his boxing team threw in the towel after suffering severe shoulder pain in the middle of the fight against Chris Byrd.

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Klitschko's second professional career upset was his TKO loss against Lennox Lewis on June 21, 2003.

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Due to a series of deep cuts around Vitali Klitschko's left eye ... a doctor that was ringside stopped the fight for health reasons.

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(2005-2007) Vitali Klitschko takes a break from his professional heavyweight boxing career.

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(2006) Vitali Klitschko enters the political arena for the first time when he runs in the mayoral race for the city of Kyiv ... but places second in the election.

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(2008) Vitali Klitschko makes a return to the boxing world and regains the heavyweight title after his victory over Samuel Peter.

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(2008-2012) Vitali Klitschko's return to the professional boxing world is filled with impressive wins with 10 final fights in the ring.

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(2012) Vitali Klitschko's final fight again Manuel Charr on September 8, 2012.

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(2012) Vitali Klitschko plants his feet in the political ring after he is elected into parliament after he founded the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance For Reform.

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(2013) Vitali Klitschko joins protests against the government after a decision by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to suspend a trade and partnership agreement with the European Union in favor of incentives from Russia.

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(2014) Vitali Klitschko is elected Mayor of Kyiv on May 25, 2014 ... and Vitali gives of his seat on parliament.

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(2019) Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko delivers a speech during the Heroes of Sports Year 2019 award ceremony in Kyiv.

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(2020) Vitali Klitschko's positive public appeal and hard work carries him to another win as he is elected again as the Mayor of Kyiv.

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(February 25, 2022) Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko make a stand and takes up arms to protect their home Kyiv against the invasion from Russia.