The Ossetian mixed martial arts fighter Alan Gigolaev will hold the title fight in the championship of Georgia (USA) in the weight class up to 70 kilograms. According to the sportsman, he will defend his championship belt in a fight with the American boxer Marcus Jackson.
A boxing evening will be held in Tskhinval. As the news agency "Res" has been informed by a member of the Boxing Federation of South Ossetia, the honored coach of South Ossetia Vitaly Slanov, "the event is scheduled for October 12, 2012. The tournament is held to promote further development of boxing in our Republic, the healthy lifestyle, physical education and sport".
September 15 the Ossetian athlete Alan Gigolaev will defend his title of Georgia (USA) in mixed martial arts in the weight category up to 70 kilograms. Before the title fight Gigolaev told the correspondent of IA "Res" in detail about the upcoming bout, mixed martial arts trainings.
Karateka Christina Zhuravleva finished third at the Kyokushinkai karate competitions, which are being held these days within the frames of the V-th Open All-Russian Youth Games of martial arts in Anapa. As IA "Res" has been informed by the head coach of the Kyokushin-Kan Karate Federation of South Ossetia Vladimir Sozaev, "Zhuravleva held three matches. She has won two of them, and one lost with insignificant advantage to her opponent and eventually won a bronze medal "- said Sozaev.
An athlete fromTskhinval Akhsar Tadtaev has reached the semifinal of the Russian Thai boxing Championship among the athletes born in 1997 - 1998.
The athlete of the judo school in Znaur district of South Ossetia Soslan Valiev won the silver medal in Sambo competitions held within the frames of the V-th Open All-Russian Youth Games of martial arts, that are being held these days in Anapa.
Athlete from South Ossetia Ivar Talibdjanov is participating in the Thai Boxing World Championship, which has started today in St. Petersburg.
According to the sportsman, he is performing in the weight class up to 86 kilograms.
"The competition is attended by athletes from 100 countries. All-female teams will also perform in the competitions. The athletes, taking part in the competition, are very strong, many of them are the world champions, champions of Europe and the winners of various major tournaments. I`ll do my best to justify hopes of our Ossetian fans"- said Talibdzhanov IA "Res".
As the head instructor Vladimir Sozaev reported IA "Res", "the tournament will be held in Anapa September, 9 – 19, 2012. It will be the large- scale children`s competition. It will bring together more than eight thousand young representatives of different types of martial arts from many Russian cities and regions, as well as from other states,"- said Sozaev.
South Ossetian professional boxer Murat Gassiev will fight his next rating bout October 12, 2012. As IA "Res" has been informed by a coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "Gassiev will meet in the ring with the Ukrainian athlete Viktor Shcherbakov. The rival of our boxer is 29 years old. In professional boxing, with varying success, he fought 16 bouts".
National Olympic Committee is planned to be established in South Ossetia.
As reported to IA "Res" by the Chairman of the Committee on Youth Affairs, Sports and Tourism Vadim Bogiev, "Republic of South Ossetia is a sovereign state. Our independence has been recognized by several states that are members of the United Nations and other international organizations.It is natural that our country should have its sports structures, which, along with the other ones, are the indispensableattributes of any independent state".
According to him, South Ossetia received congratulatory telegrams from a number of countries whose teams had participated in the recent XXX Summer Olympics in London.
