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The 40 year old two-time heavyweight champion has set his sights on Kyiv's mayoral position and hopes to focus more on the worsening situation in his native Ukraine. Last month, the pro-democracy heavyweight told Spiegel Online: "Ukraine is a wonderful country with great potential and hospitable people... Unfortunately, we are observing some very negative political developments. Like Yulia Tymoshenko, one opposition leader after another is being placed in prison. That damages Ukraine's image in the eyes of the world... Ukraine is transforming itself into an increasingly authoritarian regime."

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