On April 24 2004 Klitschko won the WBC heavyweight championship in a fight against Corrie Sanders by technical knock out in the eighth round
© AP Photo / Kevork Djansezian On October 11 2008 Klitschko won the WBC heavyweight boxing world championship in Berlin. Klitschko won the fight against Samuel Peter after round nine by technical knock out
© AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski On March 21 2009 Klitschko by another technical knock out defeated Cuba's boxer Juan Carlos Gomez and won the WBC heavyweight Championship in Stuttgart, Germany
© AP Photo / Christof Stache On September 10, 2011, in Warsaw, Klitschko by a technickal knock out won over former IBF world champion Tomasz Adamek of Poland
© AP Photo / Alik Keplicz In February 2012, Klitschko defended his World Boxing Council heavyweight title in a fight against British boxer Dereck Chisora
© EPA / PETER KNEFFEL In the 2006 mayoral election in Kiev Vitali Klitschko was second, while Leonid Chernovetsky (photo) became the mayor
© ITAR-TASS/Vladimir Sindeyev In early Kiev mayor election of 2008 Klitschko was third. This time, not only Chernovetsky, but also Alexander Turchynov (photo) finished ahead of him
© EPA / SERGEY DOLZHENKO During the 'Maidan' protests Vitali Klitschko criticised Viktor Yanukovych's policy. The leader of the Udar party called for early presidential election
© AP Photo /Sergei Grits At the meeting of Viktor Yanukovych and the leaders of opposition on January 25 2004 Yanukovych proposed a vice-premier post to Klitschko, but the oppositionist refused
© EPA / TIM BRAKEMEIER At the recent Kiev mayoral election, Klitschko's main opponent was Verkhovna Rada deputy Lesya Orobets
© AP Photo / Sergei Chuzavkov Vitali Klitschko at the moment is by far leading in the vote count, and he is most likely to take the post of Kiev Mayor
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