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Ukraine has a rich boxing history, with numerous champions and a strong presence in the sport. The country has produced some of the best boxers in history

Here are popular Ukrainian boxers

Vladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held multiple heavyweight world championships
between 2000 and 2015, including unified titles between 2008 and 2015. During this time he also held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and Ring magazine titles.
A strategic and intelligent boxer, Klitschko is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time. He was known for his exceptional knockout power, using
a strong jab; straight right hand; and left hook, quick hand speed, formidable physical strength (which he often employed when clinching opponents), and his athletic
footwork and mobility - unusual for boxers of his size. As an amateur, Klitschko represented Ukraine at the 1996 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight
division and ending his amateur run with 134 wins and 6 losses

Vitaliy Klychko (born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former professional boxer. He serves as mayor of Kyiv.
As a boxer, Klitschko won multiple world heavyweight championships. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) title from 1999 to 2000, the Ring magazine title
from 2004 to 2005, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) title twice between 2004 and 2013. Overall, he defeated 15 opponents in world heavyweight title fights, and made 12
successful title defences. In 2011, Vitali and his younger brother Wladimir Klitschko entered the Guinness World Records as brothers with most world heavyweight title fight wins
(30 at the time; 40 as of 2020). From 2006 until 2015, Vitali and Wladimir (also a multiple world champion) dominated heavyweight boxing, a period widely known as the
"Klitschko Era" of the division. Klitschko's last fight was in 2012, but he remained the WBC heavyweight champion at age 42 when he announced his retirement in December 2013.
Vladimir and Vitaliy had every title in the heavyweight division at 2012. The Ring, IBF, IBO, WBO, WBC, and WBA.

Oleksandr Usyk (born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the undisputed heavyweight championship since 2025, and the Ring magazine
title since 2022. He held the undisputed championship in two weight classes-cruiserweight and heavyweight-and is the first male boxer to become
a three-time undisputed champion in the "four-belt era".
As an amateur, Usyk won heavyweight gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics while accumulating a record of 335 wins and 15 losses.
He turned professional in 2013, winning his first world title in 2016. By winning the undisputed cruiserweight championship in 2018 at the conclusion of the
World Boxing Super Series tournament, Usyk became the first Ukrainian undisputed champion in history. In 2021, Usyk defeated unified heavyweight champion
Anthony Joshua to win the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles. In May 2024, Usyk defeated Tyson Fury to claim the WBC title and the undisputed championship in
his second weight class, one of only three boxers to do so in the four-belt era. In July 2025, he knocked out Daniel Dubois to become two-time
undisputed heavyweight champion, becoming the first boxer to do so since Muhammad Ali and first in the four belt era.