“Golovkin, offering a way out to the IBA, drags Kazakh boxers into a desperate and hungry story” – Kravtsov

Gennady Golovkin proposing that the Kazakhstani Boxing Federation withdraw from the International Boxing Association (IBA) condemns Kazakhstani boxers to unfavorable conditions, the chairman of the coaching council of the Russian Boxing Federation told . Edouard Kravtsov .

Earlier, Golovkin, a 2004 Games finalist, former WBC, IBF, WBA, IBO middleweight champion, said in an interview with Reuters that he wanted the Kazakhstan Boxing Federation to leave the IBA led by Umar Kremlin and move to World Boxing. Since February 2024, Golovkin has held the post of head of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

– In my opinion, Gennady now has a problem, like many great boxers who end their careers. He seemed to have received a high position and the trust of the Kazakh people, but he did not quite adapt to modern realities and what is happening in amateur boxing. It is necessary to understand that Gennady is a great and famous boxer, but also a wealthy boxer. And the key to all this is wealth. As they say, a well-fed man will never understand a hungry man. And the involvement of Kazakh boxers in World Boxing… This is an involvement in the system in which Gennady himself probably competed. Gennady is trying to involve Kazakh boxers in a desperate and hungry story. The main problem is that he is not adapted and does not understand the realities. I repeat, a well-fed person will never understand a hungry person. You have to understand that all boxers want to become like Golovkin – both big and rich. And what this organization offers does not presuppose either one or the other. There is no schedule, no funding, but there are political ambitions. More precisely, not even their own, but those imposed from outside this organization. It was created from scratch – without a history, without a mentality. This is a road to nowhere, ”Kravtsov told .

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