Another Russian Loophole
A supposedly Kazakh tennis player Elena Rybakina — the winner of the Wimbledon tournament 2022 — actually has kept her …
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A pro-Russian Kazakh Tycoon Prevails at Wimbledon
Elena Rybakina won the Wimbledon trophy on July 9, 2022, becoming the first Kazakh tennis player to get the most …
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 …
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 …
Roy Jones Jr: “United States’ Boxing is not as Good Anymore”
Roy Jones Jr., the legendary U.S. boxer and 1988 Olympic champion, addressed questions during the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships. He noted he never fought Kazakh boxers due to limitations in their professional participation. Jones emphasized the decline of U.S. amateur boxing stems from a lack of unity, crucial for achieving success.
Lennox, Evander and I
The 56th WBC convention in Kiev, Ukraine, took place on September 30 – October 5, 2018. It was a major …
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 …
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 …
Gangster-Sponsored Athletes
The previous post of mine primarily dealt with a shady past of Gennady Golovkin — a prominent professional boxer from …
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 …
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 …
Rocky from Kazakhstan
Abdrashid Abdrakhmanov is an outstanding Kazakh boxer of the Uighur ethnic origin. The year of 1969 was crucial to him. …
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 …
A Bunch of Perverts
Amateur boxing rightfully boasts of legendary names, glorious traditions. One should mention such superstar, as a Cuban pugilist hero Teofilo …
The Ultimate Match Fixing
German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently marked her 60th birthday on July 17. No doubt, her wealthy friends among Bavarian automakers …
Argentine Should Prevail
After just several hours, the new winner of the FIFA World Cup will own this prestigious trophy. The two archrivals, …
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 Association (AIBA). Athletic community must do something about this inequality.
Since 1986, it has been led by Presidents of the Asian origin: Anwar Chowdhry (1986 – 2006, Pakistan)
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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 and access to the ocean of information in the Internet, manufacturers of sports apparel made a mistake, writing Kzakhstan
instead of Kazakhstan. The Kazakh flag itself was insultingly distorted in one of the London’s locations. Instead of
the sun in the center of the flag, they left it void with the circular hole. Britons have been …
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 evident. Of course, some of them still persist. For example, today’s cumbersome gloves and headgear considerably reduce fighting capabilities of pugilists. Just two
places in Olympic Games for super-heavyweight boxers from Asia are not enough for this populous continent. But within the last four years things noticeably changed. As a result, the current
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