Former world boxing champion according to WBA, IBF Denis Lebedev told that he was upset by “media” boxing fights, which devalued the sport.
Recently, the organization of boxing matches between media personalities who do not have a theoretical and physical training base in this sport has become more frequent.
— Lately, boxing seems to have become media entertainment, everyone challenges each other. Does this bother you as a professional?
– To be honest, yes. Strange people fight among themselves according to the rules of boxing. Laugh. I still don’t like the trash talk they do, but the kids watch. It has nothing to do with boxing, but we have to take it under our wing. If we (Russian Boxing Federation – approx. “”) can somehow influence this, we will restore order there. Be sure. We always try to keep this under control.
But, I repeat, I don’t really like all this, because it loses the quality of boxing. It turns out that anyone can go out and fight according to the rules of boxing. Boxing is an art, the ability to foresee a situation several steps ahead, the ability to endure and think in difficult situations. “Many wonderful qualities are developing in boxing, but now it is not clear what is happening,” Lebedev told .
Source : MatchTV
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