Director of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Oumar Kremlev During a meeting with journalists at the press center, he spoke about his attitude to the situation with the Hardcore FC fight promotion.
At the Hardcore FC tournament in Moscow, which took place on June 22, Azerbaijani fighter Javid Rzayev defeated Russian Sergei Prikhodko. After that, he started an altercation with another Russian, Artur Kulinskiy, who was in the hall, calling him a “Russian pig”. After that, the Russian Boxing Federation first suspended the promotion’s license, and then reinstated it. Rzayev was disqualified for life from participating in any competition under the auspices of the federation.
– There must also be a punishment prescribed by law. There will be no insults and divisions based on nationality in boxing! Boxing for unification, especially within the country. We will not allow anyone to humiliate our nation. For us, such people are outcasts of society. Nationalists are not people for me. They have no feelings. We have the best multinational family. Russia is the best and happiest country because it lives in unity. But such little devils appear… There will definitely be no such people in boxing.
— Rzayev recorded several videos with apologies.
– It’s not even interesting. To be honest, I haven’t watched his excuses. I don’t know what he should do to improve. It certainly won’t happen in boxing. You have to think!
— The League could have removed this episode from the release.
“We thought it was a fake.” You never know that he was asked to say that. Therefore, after investigations, it was established that it came from the athlete himself. And now it has come to us. We have discovered what was in the head of this dishonest man. Can you imagine if he was walking around and hiding.
—Hardcore has a lot of similar problems.
– It’s not like it’s a headache. Like the UFC, they try to promote themselves on this earth. Unfortunately, it’s such marketing. It’s very sad. Marketing should be built on discipline, order and respect. People are used to negativity, and leagues like Hardcore are used to promoting themselves on this point and increasing their ratings. It’s sad. My recommendations are to let them change their PR, otherwise everything will end very sadly in the near future.
— Do you regret giving them a license?
— Personally, I didn’t. We have a department. My personal opinion is that these companies should be closed. There is no need to corrupt society. It shouldn’t be like this.
— In the comments people ask: “When will Hardcore close?” Do you support such sentiments?
– Of course, I support him. I think that I will soon talk to the Russian Boxing Federation and ask why the license was extended. I am in favor of closing this shop. The youth is corrupt. In boxing, there should be those who defend values, spiritual enrichment and discipline. We will support these promoters. Boxing is a social elevator for an athlete, “a correspondent reports Kremlev’s words.
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