Former World Champion: “Ukrainians and Russians are studying boxing carefully”

March 12 at the Hordern Pavilion arena in Sydney (Australia) former WBC title Kit Turman (31-13, 23 KO, USA) returned to the ring after a three -year break. The American knocked out in the third round of Australian Brock Jarvis (22-2, 20 KO).

After victory in this confrontation, Turman told about the influence of amateur boxing and mentioned the history associated with Ukraine:

“I was a seven -time US champion but did not get to the Olympic Games. I had about 80 wins and 11 defeat, I always fought with the best boxers at all international tournaments. He was in Canada and Ukraine, which is associated with an interesting story.

There was a US team battle against Ukraine. The opponent brought in level boxers A, we had the level of S. Our boxers all lost to the Ukrainians. Except for two. It’s a cat Turman and Sean Porter. It is these boxers who beat the Ukrainians who became the world champions in professional boxing.

At the amateur level, the class that Ukraine has. Everyone knows this after the World Cups. Ukrainians and Russians carefully study boxing, learn to exercise their dominant skills at the world level. Therefore, Ukraine is really high when it comes to amateur boxing, ”Turman summed up.