FORMER BOXING CHAMPION VITALI KLITSCHKO, TO RECEIVE ARTHUR ASHE COURAGE AWARD

The Hall of Fame boxer and mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2022 Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award, ESPYS on July 20 in Los Angeles. The mayor of Ukraine’s capital since 2014, the former heavyweight champion is a longtime outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin dating back to the conflict with Russia in 2013.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, Vitali, along with his younger brother and fellow Hall of Famer, Vladimir, has served as one of the faces of the resistance. The Klitschkos took up arms in a territorial defense battalion in Kyiv, alongside star boxers Vasiliy Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk who followed suit in other parts of Ukraine.

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