Ex-boxing world champ Vitali Klitschko baffles followers by carrying Aldershot shirt
An image of ex-boxing world champion and Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko carrying an Aldershot Town shirt has left followers shocked.
The Ukrainian was snapped within the residence package of the non-league soccer package in a inexplicable pairing of the 2 events this previous Sunday (February 11).
Klitschko – who retired from boxing in 2013 after an illustrious profession – has served because the mayor of Kyiv since 2014 and is seemingly now a Shots’ fan after being given the purple and blue strip by Andy Drury from the membership’s companions RLD Builders.
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The National League membership shared two footage of the 52-year-old on X (previously generally known as Twitter), who had an enormous smile on his face whereas sporting the shirt. The membership’s official account wrote: “We were delighted to receive images of Mayor of Kyiv and former Heavyweight Champion of the World Vitali Klitschko donning the red and blue of Aldershot Town!
“Thanks to Andy Drury of our membership Partners RLD Builders for supplying Vitali with the shirt and arranging the images “It’s great to see our amazing 23/24 shirt being spread even further around the world!”
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Drury – who posed with the Ukrainian in one of many pictures – commented on the put up as he joked: “I did ask him if he would sign for us”. With the put up having been seen over 84,000 followers, there have been loads of followers shocked on the unusual collaboration.
One X person wrote: “Vitali Klitschko and Aldershot has to be the strangest link-up of all time” whereas one other added: “He’s pointing at the sponsor. Cracking me up”. A 3rd requested whether or not the previous heavyweight champion may do a job on the sector as they questioned: “Can he play centre back”.
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While a fourth was actually shocked as they stated: “Not what I expected to see on a Sunday afternoon”. Klitschko obtained into politics in 2006 throughout a four-year layoff from boxing which resulted in 2008 when he defeated Samuel Peter to regain his WBC heavyweight title.
The mid-2000s of heavyweight boxing has colloquially been named the ‘Klitschko Era’ due to the reign of dominance he and youthful brother Wladimir Klitschko had.
