The two current heavyweight world boxing champions both have PhDs, believe or not

Believe or not, but the two current heavyweight world boxing champions both have PhDs... The two researchers are the Ukrainian heavyweight boxers and brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko.

Wladimir Klitschko, called "Dr. Steel Hammer"(born 25 March 1976, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan), currently holds the IBF, WBO, IBO and Ring Magazine world heavyweight titles. His older brother, Vitali Klitschko, is the current WBC world heavyweight champion.

In the summer of 1996, Klitschko finished Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky Pedagogical Institute (Ukraine) and was accepted in the postgraduate study program of Kiev University. On 18 January 2001 in a conference hall of Kiev University of physical science and sports, Klitschko presented his doctoral dissertation and was awarded a Ph.D. in Sports Science. Klitschko speaks four languages: Ukrainian, Russian, German and English.

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Vitali Klitschko, called "Dr. Ironfist", (born 19 July 1971 in Belovodsk, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan) is a Ukrainian professional heavyweight boxer and the current WBC world heavyweight champion. He has the highest knockout percentage (94.9%) of any heavyweight boxing champion in overall fights.

Vitali is the first professional boxing world champion to hold a Ph.D. In 1996, he graduated from the Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Pedagogical Institute (Ukraine) and was accepted into the postgraduate study program at Kiev University. On 29 February 2000, he presented his doctoral thesis on "talent and sponsorship in sports" at the Kiev University of Physical Science and Sports, and his Ph.D. in Sports Science was conferred.

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References:
Klitschko KOs Chambers to keep titles. CNN.
Klitschko-Chambers round-by-round blog. CNN.
Wladimir Klitschko. Wikipedia.

Vitali Klitschko. Wikipedia.

Most People Crammed Into A Car: 20 (Guinness World Records Video)

How is a Guinness World Records video relevant to a medical blog? Well, if you have a few minutes to spare and watch some of the videos from the official YouTube channel of Guinness World Records, you can't help but notice that a few of the record attempts definitely look hazardous to the health of the contestants: http://www.youtube.com/user/GuinnessWorldRecords/videos

For example:

Heaviest weight lifted with the eyelid
Car Drawn By Hook Through Mouth
Stretchiest Skin!
Truck Pulled By HAIR?!
Heaviest road vehicle pulled by teeth
Coconut Smashes To The Head?!
Most scorpions in the mouth
Climbing Stairs... WITH YOUR HEAD
Chainsaw Juggling... On A UNICYCLE
CAN CRUSHER
Most pig iron bars broken with the head in one minute
Most boiled eggs swallowed and regurgitated

In this video, 18 members of the Climb Fit Team (all Australia) squeezed into a standard Smart Car on the set of Australia Smashes Guinness World Records, at the Warringah Mall, Sydney, Australia, on 25 January 2010:



The record is now at a limb-bending 20 and was achieved by the Glendale Cheerleading Team (USA) on the set of 'Guinness World Records Gone Wild' at The Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA, on 28 September 2011.

Now, this is impressive: Most consecutive ninety degree push ups. In this video, Christian Bázan (Spain) executed 12 consecutive 90 degree push ups on the set of 'Guinness World Records', Madrid, Spain, on 16 January 2009. The Record now stands at 13 and was achieved by Jesus Villa (USA) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on 18 September 2010.

First Gunshot Victim in the New World - National Geographic Video

Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the 500-year-old skeleton of a man who died from a gunshot wound. Experts believe he's the first shooting victim in the New World.