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Boxing champ Vitali Klitschko failed to punch above his weight and soccer super-striker Andriy Shevchenko was badly off target in both Ukrainian heroes' first stabs at national politics.Early results from Oct. 28's parliamentary ballot showed the big boxer known as "Dr Ironfist" and his UDAR (Punch) party finishing in fourth place with a disappointing 13 percent of the vote - about five points below initial projections.

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