Two-time Olympic champion Oleg Saitov said that in his time Cuban boxers were the main rivals, but today Russian athletes are significantly stronger.
The match between the teams of Russia and Cuba will take place on December 24 in Samara. Silver medalist of the 2021 World Championship, three-time Russian champion Dzhambulat Bizhamov will fight in the weight category up to 80 kg with two-time Olympic champion and 2015 world champion Arlen Lopez. The confrontation in the weight category up to 92 kg will also be interesting – multiple medalist of the Russian championships Sergey Sloboyan will meet with two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion Julio Cesar La Cruz.
— For me, the Russia-Cuba confrontation is the main one. Especially in my time, the Cubans were the main rivals. Today, boxing is evolving and progressing. It seems to me that Cuban boxers are no longer the strongest, but they are still dangerous, prepared and serious opponents. At the moment, Russia is stronger than Cuba, it remains only to prove it in the ring,” said correspondent Saitov.
Live broadcasts of professional boxing tournaments can be seen on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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