MOSCOW, 21 Mar. Russian boxer David Avanesyan told Match TV about the problems he faced during the fight against Finn Oskari Metz in London. WBA (Regular).
"I've been asked here so many times not to talk about Russia. "Don't think about saying anything about Russia, don't speak Russian" etc. I don't like this atmosphere. In terms of people's attitudes, I did not feel anything like that, everything was fine. I'm talking about television. <…> Even in the locker room, during my conversation with friends, they told me not to communicate in Russian. What is that?! We still continued to speak Russian", the athlete noted.
The Russian is 33 years old, he fought 33 times, won 29 times (17 by knockout), suffered three defeats, another fight ended in a draw.