Klitschko brothers 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 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 the WBC belt. He eventually lost
Vitali Klitschko vs. Odlanier Solís knee injury. It was known that Solis had torn his cruciate ligament and damaged cartilage in the fall. Solis promoter Ahmet Öner yelled and was very angry and frustrated after the fight. He showed up at the post-fight press conference, but only to give his opinion about Vitali Klitschko's manager, Bernard Bönte, whom he yelled and screamed at. Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title against Tomasz Adamek on 10 September 2011 in Poland, winning by TKO in the 10th round. The referee stopped the bout after Adamek received punishing blows and was ruled out as he was no longer