The ESPY Awards honored Vitali Klitschko, mayor of Kyiv and an Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame member, for his courageousness on Wednesday.
The sports activities award present named the Ukrainian mayor this 12 months’s recipient of the Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness, described as an award meant for somebody who reveals “energy within the face of adversity, braveness within the face of peril and the willingness to face up for his or her beliefs it doesn't matter what the fee,” ESPN stated.
Klitschko, Kyiv’s longest-serving mayor and multiple-time world heavyweight champion alongside together with his brother Wladimir, is a vocal Vladimir Putin critic and has defended Ukraine alongside together with his brother whereas in Kyiv.
The boxer had by no means been knocked out in his profession and “hardly ever” misplaced a spherical , in line with ESPN.
Actor Dwayne Johnson accepted the glory on Klitschko’s behalf and, in line with folks, remarked that he's “a person who will inform you very plainly, that sports activities is a part of the explanation he's the place he's.”
“Vitali is a hero, who has proven the world what braveness really appears to be like like.”
Previous recipients of the award have included Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali, Billie Jean King and Jim Valvano.
Klitschko, in a video speech shared on Twitter, quoted Mandela who as soon as stated “sport has the ability to vary the world.”
You may watch Klitschko’s full speech relating to the award beneath.
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