At the IBA Night of Champions tournament, Russian boxers defeated the US team in a match match. “Russia against the USA.”
The tournament was held in Moscow under the auspices of the International Boxing Association (IBA). The Russians won all five matches.
In the category up to 60 kg, Vsevolod Shumkov defeated Abel Mendoza. Yuri Osipov defeated Nikita Ababiya (up to 72 kg), Pavel Sosulin defeated Alexis Espino (up to 75 kg), Kwame Ritter lost to Beshto Shavlaev (up to 80 kg) and Joe Jones , could not beat Alexey Egorov (up to 90.7 kg). .
IBA is chaired by Russian Umar Kremlev. The organization refused to comply with the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to deprive Russian and Belarusian athletes of national identity due to the events in Ukraine. Czech Republic, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and many other countries protest appeared from the IBA to create his own World Boxing organization.
The decision was taken at the IBA Congress in Dubai.
Previously Albert Batyrgaziev became champion The world according to IBA.