“A crowd was waiting for me after practice. And now they are coming, say hello ”- Russian boxing champion Sergeyev

Russian boxer Sergei Sergeev explained in an interview with how fights with peers in his childhood influenced his character.

Sergeev became the champion of Russia in the category up to 75 kg at the national championship in Khabarovsk. The boxer became the first athlete from Tatarstan to win a gold medal at the national championships.

— I grew up in the village of Krugloye Pole, 10 km from Naberezhnye Chelny. Like a town. At the beginning, I did dance, I also frequented certain sections. And I’m still a red-haired guy, everyone bullied me, offended me, teased me, I often had to fight. Then my father gave me to boxing at the age of eight, but everyone who offended me also went there. The public was waiting after practice… it was really a difficult moment. But the most interesting thing is that now all these people with such enthusiasm come to say hello to me, to wish me success, to congratulate me.

I myself can ask “how are you?” I don’t hold any grudges. They stopped after a year and I remained among those who registered in the section. And I didn’t fight with any of them later, I didn’t try to catch anyone, I’m even grateful for some things from that time, because I just brought up such a character, anger, which help now in the ring.

The last arrow I had when I was a child. And my father sent me there. It was as if high school students had thrown an arrow at me. I treated him like that myself, but my father said to me, “You absolutely have to go. If you don’t go now, you will show weakness and they will constantly pull you like that. Well, I went, but no one came. And afterwards, I even had a certain confidence.

It’s funny to tell, but I often drive with glasses, plus I drive a Russian car, I think they can take me for a tennis player. And everyone really starts, in one way or another, to be aggressive, to say something. I remember the last case: the guy cut me off, I waved at him and he started shouting obscenities at me. Me and my girlfriend. That’s when I already came out and also bumped into him, spoke to him directly and harshly, but didn’t touch him. And somehow, apparently, he wasn’t expecting much, he just got in the car and drove off. But in general, I remember in some interviews, even Khabib’s father always said that he shouldn’t be in confrontations and not do anything like that. Sergeev told .

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