Was thinking about that earlier and have we really witnessed something like we are today? Really makes you think. Boxer/athletes putting careers on complete hold and answering the call. Of course WWII is the biggest with multiple top guys enlisting and championships effectively coming to a freeze around 1944 or 45'. Fighters like Lew Jenkins or Barney Ross who saw direct combat. I cannot think of a similar situation as Vitali right now who is the Mayor of the key City shitwit Putin seeks to take. There is true honor on a world scale unfolding right now and it really puts the often pettiness of the sport in perspective. In Wlad and Vitalis case it is very apparent that a fighter by definition truly never retires.