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An excited crowd reached out to touch Ukrainian boxing star Vitali Klitschko as he went on the campaign trail for his corruption-busting party ahead of Oct. 28 parliamentary polls. "We have declared a battle for Ukraine and we will win," said the giant world heavyweight champion and opposition leader, who stands two metres (six foot, seven-and-a-half inches) tall, to applause from supporters in a Kiev hall.

His party UDAR, "Punch" in Ukrainian, is running second in the latest opinion polls to President Viktor Yanukovych's ruling party, and is backed by around 16 percent of voters.

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