FILE - Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko (L) and his brother and former Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko (R) speak to the press during visit to a volunteers recruitment centre in Kiev on Feb.
2, 2022. They’re a formidable pair, ready to do whatever it takes to defend their country against invading Russians. So far that hasn’t included armed combat, but both have made it clear they will fight in the streets if it comes to that.And, in a rich Ukrainian boxing community, they’re not alone.Vasiliy Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic gold medalist who some consider the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, hastily flew home from Greece to don combat fatigues as a member of a defense battalion.
He was pictured on his official Facebook page over the weekend with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder near Odessa.FILE - Vasiliy Lomachenko is victorious as he defeats Richard Commey for the WBO intercontinental lightweight championship at Madison Square Garden on Dec.
11, 2021 in New York City. (Mikey Williams/Top Rank Inc via Getty Images)"The Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Territorial Defence Battalion has been formed and armed," the caption read. "In the territorial defence, boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko informed the mayor."The current heavyweight champion is also in on the fight.