The State Duma of Russia issued an appeal to the IOC on the future of boxing – Boxing/MMA
Olympic champion, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Svetlana Zhurova in an interview with VseProSport, she stated that the parish Alisher Usmanova the post of head of the FIE may affect other sports, Sports.kz reports.
“I am very worried about the boxing federation. Usmanov has now been selected in fencing, and there is confidence that everything will be fine there. But in boxing, a federation with such a history is deprived of all accreditations and a new one is created without a history. Only because the old one has Umar Kremlev. I would like the IOC to come to its senses and not engage in nonsense, because the IBA is supported by most countries in the world. In connection with the history of Usmanov’s arrival in the FIE, perhaps the situation will change in other sports. They'll finally leave boxing alone…