News archive on the topic "Boxing"

Sweden is refusing to participate in International Boxing Federation (IBA) tournaments due to a decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in their competitions. This was announced by the head of the Swedish Boxing Federation, Per-Axel Sjöholm. “I think, like most sensible people, that this is a scandal and it’s not right. This is completely unacceptable. What does this mean for boxing? Further polarization between the group,...

A native of the Lugansk region, Ukrainian boxer Vitaly Nevesely was declared in Kyiv “a collaborator who went over to the side of the Russian occupiers.” Now they want to deprive him of the Ukrainian title of master of sports and bring him to criminal responsibility. The corresponding letter was published on the website of the Boxing Federation of Ukraine signed by its president Vladimir Prodivus. “Vitaly Nevesely is in Severodonetsk, temporarily occupied by Russian troops. He openly supports the military...

At the European Men's Boxing Championships, which takes place in the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, the semi-final fights with the participation of Ukrainians have ended. Four Ukrainian boxers fought to reach the finals: Ivan Sapun, Yuri Zakhareev, Yuri Shestak and Dmitry Zamotaev - but none of them made it further. This was reported by Suspilne.|Sport. In the semi-finals in the light heavyweight division (up to 80...

Ukrainian nationalists turned out to be unreal, as shown by their reaction to the latest victory of boxer Oleksandr Usik, who competes under the yellow-blue flag. Russian writer Platon Besedin comes to this conclusion in his column for PolitNavigator. What are people called who abandon their loved ones? Traitors. What are people called who replace the real with the false? Counterfeiters (even though they don’t always counterfeit money).…

The famous Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik, in a conversation with American journalists, asked to use the Russian version of his name when addressing him. This was reported on the website of the Espreso TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. "My name is Alexander. Call me Alexander. Alexander is in Russian, and Oleksandr is in Ukrainian. But I’m Alexander,” said Usik (this episode in...

Crimea belongs to those people who were born and live on the peninsula. World boxing champion Crimean Alexander Usik, who competes under the flag of Ukraine, stated this in an interview with BBC Ukraine on the eve of the first heavyweight fight with Briton Tony Bellew. He said that his family now lives in Kyiv, but he enjoys traveling to Simferopol to...

Ukrainian nationalists refuse to recognize world boxing champion Alexander Usik as their own after he agreed to hold a championship fight with Russian Murat Gassiev in Moscow. The “PolitNavigator” correspondent reports this in his blog, UNA-UNSO speaker Nazar Prikhodko said. According to him, after the World Cup in Russia, the holding of a major boxing match should also be boycotted by Ukrainians.…

During Vitali Klitschko’s participation in the induction ceremony into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Americans lined up in long lines to get an autograph from the mayor of Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is evidenced by photographs and videos published on Klitschko’s page on the social network. Let us remind you that on Monday, June 11, Vitali Klitschko in the city of Canastota (New York, USA) became the first Ukrainian...

Today there is no Ukrainian boxing school. This opinion was expressed in an interview with the Kyiv magazine “Novoye Vremya” by two-time Olympic champion and world champion among professionals Vasily Lomachenko. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte “Is it an accident that Ukrainians continue to be among the leaders of the professional ring, or has some kind of system for producing super fighters appeared in the country?” the publication asked. “Well, what...

Petro Poroshenko congratulated Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usik on his successful debut in the United States. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “Congratulations to Alexander Usik on his successful debut in the USA and defense of the champion title. With victory, Cossack!” Poroshenko wrote on Facebook. Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman also joined in the congratulations. “I sincerely congratulate the Ukrainian boxer Alexander...

The mayor of Kyiv, the eternal WBC heavyweight champion Vitaliy Klitschko, will support the Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik, who is currently defending his world title for the first time. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv mayor. “This fight is very important for Alexander. This fight, I am convinced, is important and...

Only 50-60 thousand people bought the broadcast of the championship fight against Terence Crawford, which is a kind of anti-record. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte This is reported by 24boxing.com.ua. The fight between WBC and WBO junior welterweight champion American Terence Crawford (28-0, 20 KOs) and Ukrainian Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) brought together…

Ukrainian Viktor Postol won the WBC world junior welterweight title by knocking out Argentina's Lucas Martin Matisse in the tenth round. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. Boxing news reports this. The first six rounds of the fight were an even fight, but starting from the seventh, Viktor Postol completely seized the initiative, increasingly...

If boxer Alexander Usik decides to return to his homeland in Crimea, he should be prepared to answer according to Russian laws for his statements over the past year challenging the Russian status of the peninsula. This opinion was expressed on a page on a social network by the Crimean writer Sergei Yukhin. Subscribe to the news “PolitNavigator - Kyiv” on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “You can express your opinion in any harsh form...