The arrest of Antonio Tejado last August for his alleged involvement in the violent robbery at the home of his aunt María del Monte and her husband, journalist Inmaculada Casal, surprised not only those around the singer, but also the young child. One Macarena gym, related to one of the main detainees For this crime known as ‘Russian’.
Last Friday morning the Civil Guard raided this well-known establishment, highly respected in the boxing world. The owner, a Russian national, is known for training young people from the neighborhood and boxers of all nationalities; It turns this boxing district in the heart of Seville into a small ‘UN’ with students of Filipino, Colombian, Ukrainian or Georgian origin. among others.
Friday morning who They received ‘family’ educationThis world-renowned gym did not understand why the Civil Guard came to the facility and asked them to take their belongings and leave, even though the street where the gym was located was blocked by agents, preventing movement. passage to pedestrians.
This gym is known for its achievements in sports, as well as the Andalusian and Spanish championships, but also for the social work undertaken by its owner. Father of man currently detained He turned to different purposes to help his studentsIn addition to preventing youngsters at the gym from going astray, some of the establishment’s users were also surprised to see their own sons involved in such a big charge.
From launching a campaign to cure the rare disease of one of his youngest boxers, to quitting multiple drugs. “We are a family here and family helps each other”The owner of this establishment kept repeating some of these reasons when asked.
Young people with little resources did not pay, the gym covered the costs of competitions and transportation, and many families even went to the owner of the gym, a former boxer in his old country of Russia, to help their sons when they were in this situation. Bad company. .
HE ‘Russian’ was actively part of this ‘family’ until an injury kept him away not only from the ring but also from the gym. In a fight in Marbella in September 2022, the man who has now been arrested suffered a broken jaw. He hasn’t fought again since then, and it wasn’t common to see him training in the gym.
From then on, he did not frequent the establishment except for occasional visits and occasional training, very different from the rest of his family. Both his father and brother were responsible for running group classes and private workouts, where many chose to stay in shape.
This was the case when Antonio Tejado, who often visited this gym, admitted in a television news that they helped him overcome his addictions and thus regain his physical form. He’s not the only well-known face that frequents this gym, as he’s among his subscribers as well as those from the neighborhood. There are singers, dancers and some other influencersIn ‘Family’, he finds the charm of a neighborhood gym where boxing takes place.
Those treating this family cannot help but be astonished when they learn what happened. For most, this was a normal family who came to Spain from Russia almost 20 years ago with the dream that boxing would not be considered a stigmatized or violent sport, and with the hope that Seville could host an international boxing match in the future. character.