Russian boxer Sergey Lipinets in an interview with , he said that he intended to fight on November 25 in Las Vegas with the flags of Kazakhstan and the town of Ozyory near Moscow.
Former IBF junior welterweight champion Lipinets (17-2-1, KO 13) will face 26-year-old Dominican Michel Rivera (24-1, KO 14) on November 25 in Las Vegas. Born in Kazakhstan, world kickboxing champion Lipinets, 34, made his professional debut in 2014 and in his starting five fights he boxed four times in Russia, the rest of his career spent exclusively in the United States. United, where he is preparing. .
— From now on, Russian boxers at the professional level can no longer participate in fights with national attributes. If I understand correctly, you will be introduced as a boxer from Kazakhstan.
— Yes, I will be introduced as a boxer from Kazakhstan. I am very happy and proud to represent both Kazakhstan and Russia. All boxing fans know that I was born in Kazakhstan and spent my entire childhood there. And in the fourth grade he moved to Russia. I started kickboxing in the town of Ozyory (Moscow region) with Konstantin Vladimirovich Mironov. I became a world champion in this type of martial arts, after which I moved to the United States and already started my boxing career.
Yes, unfortunately you cannot go out with the Russian flag. So I would bring out two flags: Kazakhstan and Russia. Now I only speak Kazakh… But even in this situation I found an alternative… I hope everyone will like it. This is the flag of my city Ozyory, but now it is already part of the Kolomna urban district. But before that, it was our Ozersky flag. And now I’m going to take it with me. Previously, my uniform was half with the Kazakh flag and half with the Russian flag. Now, in the second half, there will be the Ozersk flag. It remains only to prove everything in the ring,” Lipinets said in an interview with .
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