In particular, ex-world welterweight champion Andriy Kotelnik and Ukrainian middleweight Evgeny Khitrov, who won the 2011 World Amateur Championship in 2011, were banned for life..

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Note that 44-year-old Kotelnik was born in Lviv. He is the silver medalist of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.. In 2008, he became the world champion in the 1st welterweight version of the WBA, defeating Gavin Rees by technical knockout in the 12th round..

As for Khitrov, the 33-year-old ex-boxer is a native of Krivoy Rog. In 2011 he won the " In 2013 he became the bronze medalist of the European Championship in Minsk.

During his career, Kotelnik won 32 victories (13 by knockout) and suffered four defeats.;

Khitrov, meanwhile, ended his fights 20 times with a victory (17 by knockout) and lost twice.

In addition to these two boxers, another 24 people were punished.. A complete list of all suspended can be found HERE..

Donetsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Odessa, Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytsky, Chernihiv regional and Kyiv city boxing federations were included in the organizations excluded from the FBU.