Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform Ukraine, Kiev who contended in two local elections there. On 10 December 2005 the parties PORA and Reforms and Order Party agreed to create a bloc "Civic party" PORA-ROP " that would contend in the March 26, 2006 Kiev city council elections. The bloc was led by Vitali Klitschko a Ukrainian professional boxer and current WBC heavyweight champion and became "Bloc Vitali Klitschko "PORA-ROP"" which won 14 seats in the 2006 election. Klitschko thus is a deputy of the Kiev City Council since April 2006 The bloc felt apart very soon after the election. During the simultaneous elections for Mayor
Vitali Klitschko of the undercard of Lewis' fight with Kirk Johnson for the IBO title, as the WBC would not sanction the fight for their title. Johnson, however, pulled out of the fight due to injury and Klitschko, due to his being in training for a fight on the same day as Lewis, took the fight on short notice. Immediately after he accepted, the WBC elected to sanction the fight as a title match and Lewis' "The Ring" title was also up for grabs in addition to his lineal title. Klitschko, a 4–1 underdog, dominated the early going with many harder punches.