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 …
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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 …
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 Bunch of Perverts
Amateur boxing rightfully boasts of legendary names, glorious traditions. One should mention such superstar, as a Cuban pugilist hero Teofilo …
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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