Vitali Klitschko would run in the 2012 Kiev mayoral election. During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Klitschko was elected (he was top candidate on UDAR's party list) into the Ukrainian parliament; when his party won 40 seats. Klitschko was chosen the leader of the party's faction in Parliament. Klitschko announced on 24 October 2013 that he intended to take part in the next Ukrainian presidential election that was then set for 2015. Experts and lawyers then argued that it was unclear if Klitschko could take part in these elections. Under Ukrainian law, a presidential candidate must have had his residence in Ukraine
Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko to capture the crown. The Lineal title would not be contested again for five years until Wladimir Klitschko beat Ruslan Chagaev in June 2009. Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko, billed as "Battle of the Titans", was a professional boxing match contested on June 21, 2003 for the WBC, IBO, "The Ring" and "Lineal" Heavyweight Championships. It was Lewis' last professional boxing match, having decided to retire after eventually rejecting a rematch. A year earlier, Lennox Lewis had finally met Mike Tyson in the ring and achieved a landmark victory by knocking out Mike Tyson in