World Boxing President: The participation of Ukrainians on the World Cup is possible thanks to the nickname

The Ukrainian Boxing Team is actively preparing for the first fights of the World Cup, which starts in Liverpool today. Although it was not clear a week ago whether our team would be able to obtain permission to participate in representative competitions. Due to the fact that the Boxing Federation of Ukraine could not issue membership in World Boxing, we had to miss the World Cup in Kazakhstan and the Asia Championship in Thailand. Fortunately, the day before we were taken to the Society of the recently created World Boxing. It was created by a number of national federations of amateur boxing to save boxing tournaments at the Olympic Games, because the pro -Russian IBA was permanently deprived of the right to hold them

President World Boxing Boris van der Warst In an exclusive comment Sport.ua, he confirmed the participation of Ukrainian boxers in the September World Cup.

“I am happy to report that Ukrainian boxers can take part in the First Boxing World Cup in Liverpool, which begins on Thursday. Indeed, this process lasted almost last day and was difficult. But the consensus was achieved through the communication of my advisor and the legend of Volodymyr Klitschko boxing. This was also made possible by repeated requests from regional boxing executives in Ukraine. This is all facilitated that World Boxing resolves the issue of admission of Ukrainian athletes. It is clear that no one wanted Ukrainian athletes to miss this historic event.

World Boxing is built on a democratic basis, honesty and transparency. UBF recently guaranteed that he would hold a National Congress before the November World Boxing Congress with the election of the Executive Council and amendments to their statutes. And acceptance of new members.

Ukraine’s participation in the World Cup is extremely important. Ukrainian boxing is world -renowned for its champions. Given the ongoing invasion of Russia into Ukraine, World Boxing was motivated to find an opportunity for Ukrainian boxers to be included in Liverpool 2025. The presence of Ukrainian boxers will contribute to a general high level of competition, ”Van der Warst said.

Anatoly Yangol