Ukraine’s Boxers Hope for Peace, Are Ready To Fight by Lucas Carroll
(FEB 26) 18 year old Matvii Razhba has spent months training for a major national boxing tournament scheduled for two weeks from now and was hoping for a win, the next step toward his dream of boxing for Ukraine in the 2024 Olympics. “At the age of 10 I went into boxing,” he said. “I realized that I could defend the honor of my country in the ring and glorify our beloved Ukraine.”
Razhba attended a social media training with several other boxers that their manager sent them to on Wednesday afternoon at a Kharkiv, Ukraine start-up space just 25 miles from the Russian border. That evening, the group of boxers ended their day in the gym. “Yesterday we trained, prepared for the tournament,” he said. “But now we will prepare to defend our country.”
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