The two large men standing shoulder to shoulder in an Associated Press photo taken Sunday in the office of the mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine, were instantly recognizable to most boxing fans.
Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, the sons of a Soviet major general, are both former heavyweight champions and whenever one was in the ring, the other was always helping from the corner.
Now, they’re in a fight unlike any they ever imagined. The prize for this one isn’t a gaudy championship belt but the survival of their country.
Vitali Klitschko is helping lead it as mayor of the Ukrainian capital. which continues
