The Ukrainian boxer spoke about the decision that left Oralbay without Olympic gold – Boxing/MMA

Olympic champion Paris 2024 Ukrainian Alexander Khizhnyak told why he didn’t turn professional after the 2020 Olympics, where he won a silver medal, Sports.kz reports with reference to Vringe.com.

— After the end of the Tokyo Olympics, there were many offers to go into professional boxing, but there was still something unfinished, unfinished, a childhood dream. “How can it be, I live once, life will end, and boxing will end someday, and I will not become an Olympic champion.” I didn't want it to be like this.

I started preparing for the new Games again, professional boxing took a bit of a back seat to me. I tried not to think about professional boxing. When there were questions about whether I planned to go pro, I tried not to answer these questions. He said that this issue is closed for me for now, my goal is…