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Ukrainians are included in the list of boxing superstars who won Olympic gold medals

12up sports media company has released a ranking of famous boxers who won Olympic gold medals. In total, seven well-known boxers are included in the rating. Two of them are Ukrainians. Atlanta-96 champion Volodymyr Klytschko was named third, while Beijing-2008 and London-2012 winner Vasyl Lomachenko finished fifth.

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"Unlike most boxers, the Ukranian superstar boasts two gold medals as part of his incredible amateur career - one in the featherweight division in the 2008 Beijing Games and the other in the lightweight division at London 2012." 12up writes about Lomachenko. 

 

"At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Wladimir Klitschko took home gold for his country in a performance that annouced to the world that the heavyweight division had a new ace... ". It is reported by the company.