Elena Rybakina won the Wimbledon trophy on July 9, 2022, becoming the first Kazakh tennis player to get the most prestigious award of the sport. …
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Never Ending Game of Corruption
Several days ago, the Tokyo 2020 Olympics kicked off. This major event has already become notorious as a flagrant violation of human rights, forbidding foreign …
David and Goliath: Kazakh Style
In the first half of the 1990s, there was a curious event in our boxing history. A Kazakh city of Aktau witnessed, how a light …
Roy Jones Jr.: “United States’ Boxing is not as Good Anymore”
A legendary U.S. prize-fighter, winner of the Seoul Olympic Games, 1988, Roy Jones Jr. has kindly agreed to answer my questions during the AIBA World …
Lennox, Evander and I
The 56th WBC convention in Kiev, Ukraine, took place on September 30 – October 5, 2018. It was a major event for professional boxing, because …
Patrizio Oliva: “Never Surrender in the Life!”
Boxing champion of the Moscow Olympic Games, 1980, has kindly agreed to give me an interview by phone. Our conversation took place on July 16, …
Teófilo Stevenson and Kazakhstan
One of the greatest amateur boxers of all times, formidable Cuban heavyweight passed away six years ago. The three-times Olympic champion, Teófilo Stevenson was a …
Gangster-Sponsored Athletes
The previous post of mine primarily dealt with a shady past of Gennady Golovkin – a prominent professional boxer from Kazakhstan. But, his present sponsors …
GGG’s Criminal Connections
Both amateur and professional boxers have been considerably involved in unlawful activities. It is true for almost any region of the world. Kazakhstan is no …
A Sports Festivity for Everyone
Here in Kazakhstan, they have established quite an original kind of athletic competition. The Confederation Cup, whose finals were held in Almaty on December 3-4 …
Rocky from Kazakhstan
Abdrashid Abdrakhmanov is an outstanding Kazakh boxer of the Uighur ethnic origin. The year of 1969 was crucial to him. On his way to Las …
A Journalist’s Workout
A tall and well-built guy in his late thirties, about 6’4 and more than 200 lbs, has displayed elementary skills in the outdoor athletic activities. …
A Bunch of Perverts
Amateur boxing rightfully boasts of legendary names, glorious traditions. One should mention such superstar, as a Cuban pugilist hero Teofilo Stevenson. The AIBA, the world’s …
The Ultimate Match Fixing
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently marked her 60th birthday on July 17. No doubt, her wealthy friends among Bavarian automakers and Siberian gas tycoons …
Argentine Should Prevail
After just several hours, the new winner of the FIFA World Cup will own this prestigious trophy. The two archrivals, Germany and Argentine, will face …
Regional Disparities of Amateur Boxing
Not so long ago, the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships finished in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is time to mention regional disparities of the International Boxing …
Bizarre Olympic Tricks
London 2012 Olympic Games have been a noteworthy display of not only athletic prowess, but also strange political overtones. For example, despite of hefty salaries …
They Voted for Reforms
Amateur boxing wasn’t in good shape at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Controversial judging decisions, pervasive corruption, decrease of TV-audience, and other shortcomings were …