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73-750: In 2013, Vitali retired from boxing, relinquishing the WBC world title, and became a politician in his native Ukraine . Wladimir continued to successfully defend the WBA (Super) , IBF , WBO , IBO , and The Ring magazine titles until he was defeated by Tyson Fury in 2015. Both brothers hold doctorates in sports science . Both brothers made their professional debuts on November 16, 1996 in Hamburg . Since then, both have been world heavyweight boxing champions. They promised their mother that they would never fight each other. As an amateur, Wladimir Klitschko represented Ukraine at

146-532: A boxer holding the Silver title cannot automatically inherit a full world title vacated by the champion. The WBC continues to recognize interim and Silver Champions, as well as interim Silver Champions. A year later, the WBC introduced Silver versions to its International titles. As of 2020, there are Silver titles of the female world title, Youth World title, USNBC title, Latino title and also FECARBOX title. In September 2009,

219-723: A combined record 135–0–3 (95 KOs) – these seven included Alben Belinski (professional record 5–0, five KOs coming into the fight), Ed Mahone (21–0–2, 21 KOs), Timo Hoffmann (22–0, 13 KOs), Chris Arreola (27–0, 24 KOs), Kevin Johnson (22–0–1, 9 KOs), Odlanier Solis (17–0, 12 KOs) and Manuel Charr (21–0, 11 KOs). Vitali has defeated 7 current or former world champions throughout his career. Those included heavyweight champions Herbie Hide , Corrie Sanders , Shannon Briggs and Samuel Peter , two-weight world champion Tomasz Adamek and cruiserweight champions Orlin Norris and Juan Carlos Gomez . At

292-458: A half mile] sprints, each under 3 minutes, with a minute rest between each one...I timed every one and every one was under 3 minutes. I never saw a heavyweight do anything even close to that. They work their asses off. To be able to do that, two 250-pound guys – whew. They're two of the best athletes I've ever trained. — Freddie Roach , who trained both the Klitschko brothers and Mike Tyson , on

365-488: A panel of around 200 international boxing historians. A criticism of the Klitschkos is that their dominant championship reign was the result of a heavyweight landscape devoid of world class competition. Previous heavyweight eras had multiple boxers considered world class fighters competing, such as Joe Frazier , Muhammad Ali and George Foreman during the 1970s, and Mike Tyson , Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield during

438-517: A prior vacant title attempt, to dethrone Byrd for a second time for his IBF title in April 2006, this time by stoppage in the 7th round. After a series of injuries, Vitali had a career break of almost four years. In his comeback fight in Berlin on October 11, 2008 he defeated Samuel Peter to regain the title of WBC world heavyweight champion. At that time Wladimir was already world heavyweight champion with

511-437: A straight right. While not as durable as Vitali, his knowledge of the fundamentals and athleticism gave him considerable advantage over other heavyweights. The twelve undefeated fighters that Wladimir has beaten in his career is considered a record at heavyweight. During Wladimir's reign as world heavyweight champion, his fights would reportedly draw up to 500 million viewers worldwide. Wladimir has been named multiple times among

584-447: A studio of the entertaining shows. There are also over five other independent channels such as NTN , K1 , K2 , Megasport , Enter-Film , and Enter-Music (a Ukrainian version of MTV ). On September 15, 2016, Kateryna Shkuratova was appointed Chairperson of the Board of Inter TV channel. Inter Plus ( Ukrainian : Інтер+ ) is the international network of Inter Channel that broadcasts

657-501: A top performer in the sport. Boxers who has been given the honorary title, must vacate their WBC world title in that division as the honorary title is transferable. Boxers who have been named WBC Franchise Champion include: Canelo Alvarez (middleweight; 2019–2020), Vasiliy Lomachenko (lightweight; 2019–2020), Teófimo López (lightweight; 2020–2021), Juan Francisco Estrada (super flyweight; since 2021), and George Kambosos Jr. (lightweight; 2021–2022). The WBC Eternal Championship

730-459: Is 17% of Ukrainian content on "Inter". On January 15, 2015 National Council for Radio and Television of Ukraine gave a warning to "Inter" for program broadcasting. In January 2015 telecommunications company Kyivstar company cancelled booking its advertising slots on Inter: " We stopped placing advertisement movies on "Inter". It is important for us that our advertisement correspond with patriotic values, which "Kyivstar" puts in advertisement as

803-513: Is Mauricio Sulaimán. Former Presidents include Luis Spota and Ramon G. Velázquez of Mexico, Justiniano N. Montano Jr. of the Philippines and José Sulaimán of Mexico from 1975 until his death in 2014. In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine , the Council blocked championship fights involving Russian and Belarusian boxers. The WBC's green championship belt portrays the flags of all of

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876-583: Is a Ukrainian television channel. It covers 99.7 percent of Ukraine's territory. According to the Kyiv Post it is among the most-watched television channels in Ukraine . Between 2014 and 2016, the channel was heavily criticized by pro-western political activists and accused of spreading pro-Russian propaganda and advancing the Russian political agenda in the context of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War . The channel

949-465: Is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). Many historically high-profile bouts have been sanctioned by the organization with various notable fighters having been recognised as WBC world champions. All four organizations recognise

1022-554: Is an honorary title awarded to dominant champions that have never lost a world title and retired undefeated while having a solid number of successful title defenses. Jiselle Salandy was awarded the Eternal title as she defended the WBC female super welterweight title five times before her death on 4 January 2009. On 12 December 2016, Vitali Klitschko was recognized as "Eternal Champion", as he had 10 successful WBC heavyweight title defenses during his career before his retirement in 2013 and

1095-481: Is not a mandatory requirement. The title can also be vacated in the case of a fighter's long-term absence or retirement from boxing. In 2019, the WBC Franchise Championship was introduced as an honorary title awarded to dominant champions that have represented the WBC and is a special designation and status which the WBC may honor to a current WBC World Champion, who is also an elite boxer, and who remains

1168-456: Is that José Sulaimán is not happy his friend Don King is the biggest promoter in boxing. Sulaimán will only be happy when Don King is the only promoter in boxing." Newfield and Heller take issue with the following actions of the WBC: As of 23 November 2024 [REDACTED] Media related to World Boxing Council at Wikimedia Commons Inter (TV channel) Inter ( Ukrainian : Інтер )

1241-591: The 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine , on the main entrance. Activists claimed that "Inter" takes second place among TV channels concerning the amount of Russian origin content. Protesters announced that Russian films and serials on "Inter" glorify Russian armed forces, which is unacceptable during the war. According to monitoring results held from 1 to 7 December the amount of Russian origin content has increased up to 13 hours and 15 minutes per day. From December 31, 2014 to January 1, 2015 during celebration of

1314-671: The African Boxing Union . Although rivals, the WBC's relationship with other sanctioning bodies has improved over time and there have even been talks of unification with the WBA. Unification bouts between WBC and other organizations' champions are becoming more common in recent years. Throughout its history, the WBC has allowed some of its organization's champions to fight unification fights with champions of other organizations, although there were times it stepped in to prevent such fights. For many years, it also prevented its champions from holding

1387-726: The WBO , IBF and IBO . That was the first time in history with two brothers world champions at the same time. On July 2, 2011, Wladimir won the WBA Title, which means that the Klitschko brothers held all of the World Heavyweight Titles simultaneously for 2 years, 5 months & 13 days. Vitali retained the WBC Heavyweight Championship until 15 December 2013, relinquishing his belt in pursuit of his political aspirations in his native Ukraine. The Klitschko brothers jointly run

1460-500: The longest unified championship reign in professional boxing history at 15 title bouts and 14 consecutive defenses respectively; and has the second most total successful title defenses of any heavyweight boxer with 23 (including his first reign as WBO champion), behind Joe Louis (25) and ahead of Larry Holmes (20) and Muhammad Ali (19). Klitschko fought in 29 world heavyweight title fights, more than any other boxer in history. As of November 2024, BoxRec ranks Wladimir Klitschko as

1533-733: The 'best of Inter' programming to Ukrainians abroad in North America & Europe. The channel first started broadcasting on January 13, 2003, available via Dish Network in the United States and in Germany through Kabel Deutschland and encrypted in Europe & Russia on Sirius 2 & ABS 1 satellites. As of March 30, 2011, Inter Plus is no longer available on Dish Network. Inter+ is also available in Canada via IMB+ Records, an IPTV provider. The channel

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1606-743: The 100 highest paid athletes in the world by Forbes : he was ranked 24th in 2012 (estimated earnings $ 28 million between June 2011 and June 2012), 41st in 2013 ($ 24 million), 25th in 2014 ($ 28 million), 63rd in 2015 ($ 22.5 million) and 98th in 2017 ($ 21.5 million). He was unranked by Forbes in 2016, despite the fact that he reportedly earned $ 22.5 million for the fight against Tyson Fury in November 2015 alone (100th-ranked Buster Posey earned $ 20.8 million; 85th-ranked Conor McGregor earned $ 22 million). Wladimir Klitschko's total professional career earnings' estimations vary between €150 million and $ 250 million. Throughout his career, Wladimir has defeated 23 boxers for

1679-561: The 16 journalist had complained about being forced to make propaganda for) was removed from office. Early September 2016 the Inter studios were attacked and then blockaded for three days by St Mary's battalion who accused it of being to pro- Russian amidst of the Russo-Ukrainian War . In 2014 "Inter" the TV channel informational policy repeatedly caused negative reaction of society. There even

1752-616: The 161 member countries of the organization. All WBC world title belts look identical regardless of weight class; however, there are minor variations on the design for secondary and regionally themed titles within the same weight class. The WBC has nine regional governing bodies affiliated with it, such as the North American Boxing Federation , the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation , the European Boxing Union, and

1825-455: The 1990s. According to some observers, this was not the case for the Klitschkos, who were able to dominate other heavyweights with relative ease. Wladimir Klitschko's style receives strong criticism from the boxing community, commonly being described as "boring" or "robotic". While initially an exciting fighter, a series of losses led him to hire legendary boxing trainer Emmanuel Steward to cultivate his defensive abilities. At 6′ 6″, and one of

1898-834: The 1996 Olympics, winning a gold medal in the super-heavyweight division. In 1996, when still an amateur, Vitali Klitschko tested positive for a banned substance and was removed from the Ukrainian boxing team. In June 1999, Vitali Klitschko won the WBO Heavyweight title from Herbie Hide via second-round knockout. He successfully defended the title twice before losing it to Chris Byrd . Six months later, younger brother Wladimir dethroned Byrd via lopsided points decision. He registered five successful title defenses, all by TKO until suffering an upset TKO loss to Corrie Sanders in March 2003. Vitali Klitschko lost his fight with Lennox Lewis in his attempt to win

1971-1173: The 76th greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound. According to BoxRec, Wladimir has also defeated 12 previously undefeated fighters with a combined record 267–0–5 (174 KOs) – these 12 included Najee Shaheed (professional record 16–0–1, 8 KOs coming into the fight), Zoran Vujicic (14–0, 6 KOs), Eliseo Castillo (18–0–1, 14 KOs), Samuel Peter (24–0, 21 KOs), Calvin Brock (29–0, 22 KOs), Sultan Ibragimov (22–0–1, 17 KOs), Ruslan Chagaev (25–0–1, 17 KOs), Mariusz Wach (27–0, 15 KOs), Francesco Pianeta (28–0–1, 15 KOs), Alexander Povetkin (26–0, 18 KOs), Kubrat Pulev (20–0, 11 KOs) and Bryant Jennings (19–0, 10 KOs). Wladimir has beaten 9 current or former world champions throughout his career. These included heavyweight champions Chris Byrd (twice), Ray Mercer , Lamon Brewster , Samuel Peter (twice), Sultan Ibragimov , Hasim Rahman and Ruslan Chagaev , two-weight world champion David Haye and unified cruiserweight champion Jean-Marc Mormeck ; their combined title fight record stands at 29–14–2, 15 KOs (28–4–2, 14 KOs when excluding fights against Wladimir). In 2017, Wladimir

2044-540: The Dilovyi Svit which consisted of Bersted Ukraina , RIF-Service , Play Enterprise , insurance company Sindek , and legal services of Konnov and Sozanovskyi . In 2005 Ihor Pluzhnikov unexpectedly died in a hospital. His death caused a lot of discussions on the political level. In August all of the shares Dilovyi Svit and half of Pegas Television (total of 61%) became a property of what later became known as Ukrainian Mediaproject headed by Valeriy Khoroshkovsky . Pegas

2117-494: The Horizont Sport Business in 2003 showed that Wladimir Klitschko was recognized by 91.7% of Germans while Vitali was recognized by 90.9% of respondents, making them the fourth and sixth most recognized athlete in Germany at the time respectively. According to the same survey, 70.7% of respondents celebrated Vitali's successes while 70.5% celebrated Wladimir's, making them second and third most beloved athlete in Germany at

2190-413: The Klitschko brothers attracted between 10 and 20 million viewers in Ukraine; some of their fights generated even bigger viewership numbers. Vitali and Wladimir have been named multiple times among the 100 most influential people in Ukraine by Korrespondent : they were ranked 60th and 95th respectively in 2006; 44th and 88th in 2010; 41st and 43rd in 2011; 16th and 51st in 2012; 10th and 45th in 2013. Vitali

2263-447: The Klitschkos had ten of their fights take place at sports stadiums in Germany, Switzerland, Poland and United Kingdom with all but one having attendances ranging from 40,000 to 90,000. Known for charity work and philanthropy, the Klitschkos are two of only 15 living current or former athletes that have been named UNESCO Champions for Sport . Wladimir hits very hard, harder than (Mike) Tyson...At one point, they ran 12 800-meter [roughly

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2336-515: The New Year this channel broadcast New Year show "Wait for me in the New Year" ( Russian : «Жди меня в Новый год» ) with Russian stars who have supported occupation of Crimea by Russia ( Joseph Kobzon , Oleg Gazmanov , Valeriya , etc.). This event immediately caused a burst of resentment in Ukrainian blogosphere and social network . On January 1, a number of Ukrainian high-ranked officials, politicians and cultural workers reacted. Particularly,

2409-778: The Russian shareholders have no say in the channel's editorial or programming policies. In September Valeriy became the head of the Observing Council and in 2006 made some changes in the management. In 2007 on the base of Ukrainian Mediaproject was established U.A. Inter Media Group financial holdings. The channel is part of GDF Media Limited ; since Dmytro Firtash bought 100 percent of Inter Media Group Limited (back) from Valeriy Khoroshkovskyi on 1 February 2013. In June 2007 Khoroshkovskyi had expanded his U.A. Inter Media Group Ltd with various other channels bought from Firtash. GDF Media Limited also owns NTN , K1, Mega , Enter-Film, K2, Pixel and Zoom . According to critics,

2482-826: The WBC as world champions are the undefeated and undisputed champion Terence Crawford , Errol Spence Jr. , Joe Calzaghe , Floyd Mayweather Jr. , Roy Jones Jr. , Wilfred Benítez , Wilfredo Gómez , Julio César Chávez , Muhammad Ali , Joe Frazier , Larry Holmes , Sugar Ray Leonard , Thomas Hearns , Mike Tyson , Salvador Sánchez , Héctor Camacho , Marvin Hagler , Carlos Monzón , Rodrigo Valdez , Roberto Durán , Juan Laporte , Félix Trinidad , Edwin Rosario , Bernard Hopkins , Alexis Argüello , Nigel Benn , Lennox Lewis , Vitali Klitschko , Érik Morales , Miguel Cotto , Manny Pacquiao , Naoya Inoue , Canelo Álvarez , Tony Bellew , Mairis Briedis and Grigory Drozd . At its discretion,

2555-493: The WBC belt. He eventually lost all the belts by unanimous decision to Tyson Fury . The brothers have a combined professional boxing record of 109 wins (94 KO's) and 7 defeats, including 46 world title fights. It's a major key in their success...And not just their size, but the way they use it. They're talented big guys. You can get a guy who is 6-10 with the longest reach in the world. If he doesn't know how to use that advantage, it won't do him any good. — Chris Byrd praises

2628-1487: The WBC created its new "Diamond Championship" belt. This belt was created as an honorary championship exclusively to award the winner of a historic fight between two high-profile and elite boxers. The inaugural Diamond belt was awarded on 14 November 2009 to Manny Pacquiao, who won his 7th world title (in seven different divisions) via a 12th-round technical knockout (TKO) over Miguel Cotto at welterweight in Las Vegas , Nevada , United States. Other holders of this title have included Mairis Briedis ( cruiserweight ), Bernard Hopkins ( light heavyweight ), Callum Smith (super middleweight), Sergio Martínez and Canelo Álvarez ( middleweight ), Floyd Mayweather Jr. ( super welterweight ), Errol Spence Jr. (welterweight), Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor ( super lightweight ), Nonito Donaire (super bantamweight and bantamweight ), Naoya Inoue (super bantamweight and bantamweight ), Léo Santa Cruz ( featherweight ), Jean Pascal and Sergey Kovalev (light heavyweight), Mikey Garcia (welterweight and super lightweight), Jorge Linares ( lightweight ), Alexander Povetkin ( heavyweight ), and Román González (super flyweight). Female Diamond champions have included Claressa Shields (middleweight), Amanda Serrano (super bantamweight), Ana María Torres (bantamweight), Raja Amasheh ( super flyweight ), Ava Knight and Jessica Chávez ( flyweight ). Although this title can be defended, it

2701-637: The WBC may designate and recognize, upon a two-thirds majority vote of its Board of Governors, one or more emeritus world champions in each weight class. Such a recognition is for life and is only bestowed upon present or past WBC world champions. The following boxers have earned the "Emeritus Championship" appellation throughout their careers: Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko, Roy Jones Jr., Bernard Hopkins (Honorary Champion), Mikkel Kessler , Sergio Martínez , Floyd Mayweather Jr., Kostya Tszyu , Manny Pacquiao, Danny García , Érik Morales, Toshiaki Nishioka , Vic Darchinyan , Édgar Sosa and Tony Bellew . This allows

2774-410: The WBC of bending its rules to suit the powerful boxing promoter Don King . The journalist Jack Newfield wrote, "...[WBC President José Sulaimán] became more King's junior partner than his independent regulator". Another journalist, Peter Heller, echoes that comment: "Sulaimán...became little more than an errand boy for Don King". Heller quotes British promoter Mickey Duff as saying, "My complaint

2847-401: The WBC ordered a bout between Graciano Rocchigiani from Germany and the former champion Michael Nunn to fill the vacancy, sanctioning it as a world championship match. On 21 March 1998, Rocchigiani won the fight and a WBC belt; in the subsequent WBC rankings, he was listed as "Light Heavyweight World Champion". Jones, however, had a change of heart and asked if the WBC would reinstate him as

2920-414: The WBC, IBO, The Ring and lineal heavyweight championships. Vitali faced South African Corrie Sanders on 24 April 2004 for the WBC heavyweight championship and The Ring belts that had been vacated by Lewis. Vitali won by 8th round stoppage, he defended his titles just once, stopping Danny Williams in the 8th round before retiring in late 2005 due to injuries. Wladimir bounced back from a stoppage loss in

2993-578: The WBO belt. When a WBO-recognized champion wished to fight for a WBC championship, he had to abandon his WBO title first, without any special considerations. This, however, is no longer the case. In 1983, following the death of Kim Duk-koo from injuries sustained in a 14-round fight against Ray Mancini , the WBC took the unprecedented step of reducing the distance of its world championship bouts, from 15 rounds to 12—a move other organizations soon followed (for boxers' safety). Among those to have been recognized by

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3066-444: The athleticism of the brothers. Having never been knocked down, Vitali Klitschko is widely regarded as the tougher fighter of the two. His 87% knockout percentage is one of the best knockout-to-fight ratios of any champion in heavyweight boxing history. Vitali was also known for being unusually dominant in his fights, having almost never lost a round in his professional career as a boxer. During his time as WBC champion, Vitali Klitschko

3139-550: The champion. In a move that violated nearly a dozen of its own regulations, the WBC granted the reinstatement. Rocchigiani received a letter from the WBC advising that the publication of his name as champion was a typographical error and he had never been the official title holder. Rocchigiani immediately filed a lawsuit against the WBC in a U.S. federal court , claiming that the organization's actions were both contrary to their own rules and injurious to his earning potential (due to diminished professional stature). On 7 May 2003,

3212-489: The channel used to be directly controlled by the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) until the 2004 Orange Revolution . In January 2009 (former) Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko refused to appear on Inter television programs criticizing the channel's associates of their professional ethics. On 21 February 2014, 16 journalists of the channel claimed to have been the victim of censorship (in

3285-408: The dangers of a man fighting a woman will never happen", and would instead introduce a separate trans category of competition wherein athletes would be divided by their gender assigned at birth. Sulaiman called for current fighters who may be trans to come forward and register accordingly. In early 1998, Roy Jones Jr. announced that he was relinquishing his WBC light heavyweight title. In response,

3358-642: The end of 2004, Vitali was honoured with the Hero of Ukraine Order of State, the highest Ukrainian honour, for his achievements and contributions to the development of Ukrainian sports. In 2010, Vitali was awarded the German Cross of the Order of Merit , the highest German honour, for his social and political engagement. In 2013, Klitschko was awarded the Georgian Presidential Order of Excellence . In 2018, Vitali

3431-410: The fighter at first rejected the proposal. On 11 June 2004, the WBC announced it would enter Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation (i.e., business closing and total asset sell-off) proceedings, effectively threatening its existence. This action prompted some in the boxing community to plead with Rocchigiani to settle the dispute, which he did in mid-July 2004. Many in the boxing community have accused

3504-588: The fighters, should they return to competition, to take part in a title bout in the division they have been crowned emeritus champion. During the WBC's 51st Convention in Bangkok , Thailand, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was named "Supreme Champion", a designation that nobody before him has ever achieved. The WBC bolstered the legitimacy of women's boxing by recognizing fighters such as Christy Martin and Lucia Rijker as contenders for female world titles in 16 weight divisions. The first WBC World Female Champion (on 30 May 2005)

3577-436: The form of having been forced to make "pro- government propaganda") and called on the higher management to objectively cover events concerning Euromaidan . On 22 February 2014 the channel normal programming was replaced, amid rumours of a possible attack or arson on its headquarters, by live broadcast of Parliamentary sessions . On 22 February 2014, as a part of the " Maidan revolution ", President Viktor Yanukovych (the one

3650-543: The jab. In 2011, Wladimir and Vitali entered the Guinness World Records book as brothers with most world heavyweight title fight wins (30 at the time; 40 as of 2020). Considered national heroes in Ukraine, in 2008 the Klitschko brothers were ranked number 15 in Inter 's list of the 100 Greatest Ukrainians following a nation-wide poll that saw around 2.5 million people casting their votes. Boxing fights involving one of

3723-545: The judge ruled in Rocchigiani's favor, awarding him $ 31 million (U.S.) in damages and reinstating him as a former WBC champion (Rocchigiani had lost a bout since his WBC title match). The following day, the WBC sought protection by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (i.e., corporate debt restructuring ) in Puerto Rico. The organization spent the next 13 months trying to negotiate a 6-figure settlement with Rocchigiani, but

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3796-408: The largest heavyweights in the division, Wladimir typically relies on an excellent jab to keep opponents at arms reach, and then clinching opponents once they get too close. This was meant to fatigue opponents before he would knock them out in the later rounds or win on scorecards. World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council ( WBC ) is an international professional boxing organization. It

3869-531: The legitimacy of each other and each have interwoven histories dating back several decades. The WBC was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Tunisia, the Philippines, Panama, Russia, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil. Representatives met in Mexico City on 14 February 1963, upon invitation of Adolfo López Mateos , then President of Mexico , to form an international organization to unify all commissions of

3942-491: The period from 8th to 14 September Russian content lasted in average 11 hours and 15 minutes per day. According to monitoring data of 27 September Russian content took already 67% on this channel. On December 11, 2014 " Boycott Russian Films " activists were picketing "Inter" main office in Kyiv . During the action named "Do not kill our protectors by Russian propaganda!" young people placed photos of Ukrainian soldiers, killed during

4015-428: The professional boxing promotion companies " K2 Promotions " and " K2 East Promotions ", as well as the " Klitschko Brothers Fund ", a charity organization. They appear together on German TV shows and commercials, have a website shared between them, and support each other's training and fights. After Vitali's retirement, Wladimir continued to reign as champion & successfully defend all remaining title belts except for

4088-558: The same agency, the Klitschko brothers were ranked 6th in the "2013 Person of the Year" category. Eighteen of their fights generated above 10 million average viewers, and Wladimir's world heavyweight title defense against Eddie Chambers in March 2010 drew bigger viewership numbers on RTL than the return of the Formula One legend voted the greatest German athlete of the 20th century Michael Schumacher . Credited for selling out sports stadiums,

4161-475: The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov announced that National Council of Television and Radio of Ukraine must consider about cancellation of channel's licence immediately. In the evening the news program of the channel " Podrobnosti " publicly dissociated from New Year shows with Russian stars participating, and announced that the timetable of TV programs

4234-457: The style of the Klitschko brothers. Both Klitschko brothers are considered the best heavyweight boxers of their era. Having remained undefeated for a large majority of their careers and refusing to fight each other, both brothers remained largely unchallenged throughout their careers. Notably, both brothers were particularly well known for using their large size to nullify other heavyweights, particularly Wladimir, who became notorious for his use of

4307-401: The time respectively. According to DW , another research conducted no later than 2011 showed that nearly 99% of people in Germany recognized the Klitschko brothers. The CPI Index conducted by the agency Celebrity Performance in 2012 had the Klitschkos ranked second on the list of the most marketable celebrities in Germany, while in 2014, based on a survey of 1151 respondents that was conducted by

4380-407: The world heavyweight championship, the most in boxing history. He holds several historical records, including the longest combined world championship reign in heavyweight history at 4,382 days (12 years); the most beaten opponents and wins in world heavyweight title bouts since the international expansion of boxing governing bodies, at 23 and 25 respectively; the most wins in unified title bouts and

4453-432: The world heavyweight title. He is the only heavyweight boxer to have reigned as world champion in three different decades. Klitschko and George Foreman are the only heavyweight boxers in history to defend a world title after turning 40. As of November 2024, BoxRec ranks Vitali at No. 114 among the greatest fighters of all time, pound for pound. According to BoxRec, Vitali has defeated 7 previously undefeated fighters with

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4526-761: The world to control the expansion of boxing. The groups that historically had recognized several boxers as champions included the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), the National Boxing Association (NBA) of the United States, the European Boxing Union (EBU) and the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC); but for the most part, these groups lacked the all-encompassing 'international' status they claimed. Today, it has 161 member countries. The current WBC President

4599-475: Was also ranked 23rd in 2017 and 28th in 2019. Forbes named Wladimir the most popular celebrity in Ukraine in 2015, placing him ahead of a singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk and Kvartal 95 Studio , and ranked him second and third in 2012 and 2013 respectively (the ranking wasn't conducted in 2014); Vitali was ranked fifth in 2012. The Klitschkos were also considered big stars in Germany . A survey carried out by TNS for

4672-436: Was changed incorrectly. Member of expert commission on distributing and showing films Serhiy Osnach claims that "Inter" violates regulation about compulsory 50% of Ukrainian content (article 9 of Law Of Ukraine "About television and radiobroadcasting"). From December 5 to 11, 2015 activists of " Boycott Russian Films " campaign have made a monitoring, results of which confirmed what expert said. Activists calculated that there

4745-574: Was created a Facebook group Blacklist Inter ( Ukrainian : «Інтер в ігнор» ). Also Euromaidan activists have called for boycott of this TV channel and asked its employees not to lie in air. Censorship on "Inter" was reported earlier. Since 2014 "Inter" was criticized for the broadcasting of Russian serials. According to results of monitoring made by "Boycott Russian cinema" activists, in September "Inter" took 3rd place among top-10 nationwide TV-channels which demonstrate Russian films and serials. During

4818-453: Was described as being the best of his time, and George Foreman stated that he has the best straight left in the division. Throughout his career, Vitali has defeated 15 boxers for the world heavyweight title, the fifth-most in history (tied with Lennox Lewis ), including two – Corrie Sanders and Danny Williams – for The Ring world heavyweight championship. Klitschko is one of nine boxers to defeat at least ten different fighters for

4891-652: Was founded by the Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation in 1996. It broadcast on the former UT-3 network. 29% of the Ukrainian Independent Television Corporation was held by ORT , who also supplied Inter with programming. Besides its international version of the channel as the business project, Inter now consists of several similar projects. Those are 07 Production - a studio of the documentary films, NIS - an information studio featuring Podrobytsi , Pirat Production -

4964-483: Was founded by the Ukrainian Independent TV-Corporation in 1996. The Ukrainian independent TV-corporation 's shareholders were Dilovyi Svit 51%, Russian Channel One 29%, Pegas Television 20%. About 82.5% of Pegas Television was the personal property of Ihor Pluzhnikov . The other shares of the company were split between Pegas and Overseas sales Ltd. 17.3% and Bersted Ukraina .2%. Those two companies were his property as well. Besides Pegas he had some share in

5037-567: Was honoured with the Order of Liberty , the highest Ukrainian honour that can be awarded to a person of any nationality, for his achievements in sports and contribution to the economical, scientific and cultural development of Ukraine. In 2021, Klitschko was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame . Just like his brother, Wladimir was elected in his first year of eligibility, having been chosen over Miguel Cotto and James Toney by

5110-486: Was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame . He was elected in his first year of eligibility. As heavyweight champion, Wladimir was unbeaten for over a decade. Wladimir Klitschko is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time, and amongst the hardest punching knockout artists in history. He has been heavily praised for his fundamental approach to boxing, during which he nullifies opponents with his jab, before knocking opponents out with

5183-430: Was never knocked down throughout his career either. The WBC also awards commemorative belts to certain boxers as trophies for winning historic fights or exhibition matches. The following are the recipients of the commemorative belts: In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph in 2022, WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman said that the WBC would ban transgender fighters from competing against cisgender fighters "so

5256-471: Was taken over by Pluzhnikov's wife, Svitlana, who has 10% ownership of the Ukrainian independent TV-corporation . There is speculation that she does not have any influence on the business of the telechannel, Inter . As of December 2012 61% of the shares are owned by Ukrainian Mediaproject, 29% by Channel One and 10% by Pluzhnikov's widow. According to Yaroslav Porokhniak , head of the management board of Inter,

5329-449: Was the super bantamweight Jackie Nava from Mexico. With her former-champion father at ringside, Laila Ali won the super middleweight title on 11 June 2005. In 2010, the WBC created a "Silver Championship", intended as a replacement for interim titles . Justin Savi was the first boxer to win a Silver title after defeating Cyril Thomas on 16 April 2010. Unlike its interim predecessor,

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