Post: #1

The Klitschko brothers are something else. Heavyweight championship belts, PhDs (first in the sport), and now a Presidential candidate. Impressive.

Quote:Vitali Klitschko, who is the reigning World Boxing Council heavyweight champion and leads an opposition political party in Ukraine, on Thursday declared his candidacy for president of Ukraine in an election scheduled for 2015. His decision to challenge the incumbent, Viktor F. Yanukovich, came in response to an effort in the Ukrainian Parliament to pass a bill that would prohibit him from running because he holds permanent resident status in Germany, where he has trained.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/25/world/...-ring.html

Post: #2

DUPE: /thread-29372.html

Post: #3

Although this means he will retire soon.

Post: #4

He wants to move Ukraine more in line with Western Europe, and lessen the ties to Moscow. Not sure what you guys think to this, it could introduce some of the more poisonous ideologies we have here. Although, places like France don't seem so bad in terms of feminism I suppose.

He should really be stripped by the WBC for inactivity. I know why they haven't, respect, but it is quite ridiculous. It's not injury, so there isn't any legitimate reason. I think he's great, but you can't just hold the title for 13 months without arranging a defence. I think he has a mandatory challenger actually in Stiverne.

Anyway, back to original point, I posted this on another thread:





It's called Hardtalk, the interviewer is supposed to be confrontational by the way.

Post: #5

It would be fun to watch him and Putin in a cage fight.