KIEV (Reuters) - Boxer-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko pulled out of the race for Ukrainian president on Saturday, throwing his weight instead behind billionaire confectionary oligarch Petro Poroshenko.
Klitschko's withdrawal sets up a May 25 contest between the man known as the 'Chocolate King' and Ukraine's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko.
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