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WORLD

LEADER

In this April 8, 1996 file photo
Ukrainian boxer Wladimir
Klitschko poses with his gold
medal at the 1996 Atlanta
Olympic Games.
Associated Press

Former heavyweight
world champion
Wladimir Klitschko
retires
By GEIR MOULSON and
JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Associated Press
BERLIN (AP) — Former
heavyweight world cham-
pion Wladimir Klitschko an-
nounced his immediate
retirement from boxing on
Thursday.
The decision ends an era
when the Klitschko name
alone could guarantee
one of the biggest fights
of the year. At their peak,
Klitschko and his brother
Vitali held all of the ma-
jor heavyweight titles be-
tween them.
Klitschko, who retired with
a 64-5 record, lost his titles
to Tyson Fury in 2015 and
failed to regain the WBA
and IBF belts in April, when
Anthony Joshua beat him
by an 11th-round technical
knockout.
Klitschko had been lined
up for a rematch against
Joshua, who will now likely
face mandatory challeng-
er Kubrat Pulev. Pieters leads Bridgestone Invitational
“As an amateur and a
professional boxer, I have
achieved everything I Thomas Pieters, from Belgium, tees off
dreamed of, and now I on the fifth hole during the first round of
want to start my second the Bridgestone Invitational golf tourna-
ment at Firestone Country Club, Thurs-
career after sports,” Klitsch- day, Aug. 3, 2017, in Akron, Ohio.
ko said in a statement Associated Press
released by his manage- Page 19
ment.
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