Secretary General of the Russian Boxing Federation on the IBA decision: “Any lifting of sanctions against our athletes is positive”

Any lifting of sanctions against national athletes is positive news, said the general secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation. Tatiana Kirienko whose comments were provided to by the organization’s press service.

Earlier, the press service of RCC Boxing Promotions told that the International Boxing Federation (IBF) lifted sanctions against Russian athletes and reinstated them in the rankings.

— This is good news for Russian boxers. Any lifting of sanctions against our athletes is positive because it gives us the opportunity to move forward. But now our boxers can already choose, since a series of professional tournaments has been created – “Night of IBA Champions”. And the conditions there are better than in any other professional federation. So, even though the organizations made mistakes in their actions, IBA came out on top,” Kiriyenko said.

The “Night of IBA Champions” tournament in Serpukhov on July 12 will be broadcast live on the channel.

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Source : MatchTV

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