“Viktor Miroshnychenko was 66 years old”, — write: sport.ua
“Recently, he has been receiving a lot of treatment. The Boxing Federation of the Dnipropetrovsk Region helped him fight the disease.
Viktor Volodymyrovych is a European champion, a prize-winner of the World Championship, a winner of many international tournaments. During his career in Olympic boxing, he had 416 fights and won 360 victories.
In honor of Viktor Volodymyrovych, a boxing tournament is held annually in his hometown Ukrainska. This year it took place already on the 24th.
The Boxing Federation of Ukraine expresses its sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of Viktor Miroshnichenko! Eternal memory to him!” – notes FBU.
Although Miroshnychenko was born in Russia, in the Rostov region, he became a Ukrainian and condemned the invasion of the Rashists.
“I myself am Russian, my parents are Russian. But I love Ukraine – I grew up here, graduated from school, technical school, institute, boxed, made this region, Donbas, famous. You have to hold on. We must believe in our soldiers, and we will win,” Miroshnychenko once told RFE/RL.
Boxing left children in Russia with whom he did not communicate.
