President of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Umar Kremlev said that following a meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, he had received the full support of the head of state.
Kremlev has led the IBA since December 2020.
– Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has demonstrated his good physical shape and energy to win in any field. We are also responsible for winning. We discussed in detail the stages of the development of boxing in Venezuela, the organization of international competitions and the Night of Champions, as well as the creation of a Boxing Center by the sea and sports bases for the training of athletes in the mountains at an altitude of 2000 meters. I also thanked him for his support of boxing and we discussed how we would implement the concept of introducing boxing into the school curriculum. In general, we received the president’s full brotherly support in all projects,” Kremlev said during his visit to Venezuela.
In June, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended to the organization’s session that recognition of the IBA be withdrawn because the association had not fulfilled the necessary conditions for its reinstatement proposed by the IOC. in December 2021. An extraordinary session of the IOC will be held on June 22.
Boxing tournaments are broadcast live on the federal channel and the thematic channels of the holding, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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