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A professional boxer from South Ossetia Murat Gassiev will fight the next bout in Ufa (Bashkortostan) on May 31. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov.
"The fight will take place in the weight class 90 kg. Gassiev will hold the six-round match with the Russian boxer Vladimir Semenov. The opponent of our athlete is 34 years old. To date, he has already held 28 fights, "- said Slanov. According to him, Semenov is rather experienced athlete of great physical strength and power.

An athlete from Tskhinval Richard Bitiev won his first preliminary boxing match in the championship of Russia among young people.
As IA "Res" has been reported by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "Bitiev is performing in the heavyweight class. His opponent was an athlete from Ingushetia, who had previously become a winner of the North Caucasus federal district. In the first round our boxer took the lead and knocked him down. Further the advantage of Bitiev was evident throughout the fight, and the bout ended with a score 20: 2 in his favor".

The Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC version in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev had another bout with the famous Filipino professional boxer - the world champion under versions of WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO Manny Pacquiao. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov. "It was the six-round sparring, unlike the previous one, which lasted four rounds. The sparring was held while Pacquiao was being trained for his next fight. June 4 Manny Pacquiao will have to fight for the world title with an American boxer, the world champion of the WBO, Timothy Bradley and our athlete is helping him in training", said Slanov.

Athletes from Tskhinval Soslan Tedeev and Richard Bitiev are taking part in the championship of Russia among young people, which has started today in Kemerovo. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athletes Vitaly Slanov.

The Futsal team of South Ossetia conceded victory in the first game at the European Championship, which started May 14 in the Belarusian city of Brest. Thishas been said IA "Res" by the head coach Eric Berezov.
"We met with the Russian national team. This is one of the strongest teams – it is the winner of the last year European Championship. In the first half our players were not able to fully adapt to so experienced rivals, the boys were a bit worried and the first time ended 2-0 in favor of the Russians "- said Berezov. But then, he said, the South Ossetian players had adapted to thecontender, they coped with emotions and began to play more effectively.

A wrestler from Tskhinval Inal Tasoev has become a winner of the Russian championship in wrestling among athletes 1995 - 1996 years of birth, which was held in Vladikavkaz. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Tamerlan Kochiev.

The national team of South Ossetia went to Belarus to participate in the European indoor soccer championship. As IA "Res" has been reported by the head coach Eric Berezov, "the tournament will be attended by teams from Russia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Belarus, Catalonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Norway and South Ossetia."
He added that the South Ossetian team had included Ruslan Pukhaev, Aslan Tautiev, Yuri Bibilov, Kajakh Bestaev, Alan Khadikov, Soslan Gigolaev, Ruten Khamitsev, Arsen Tsidaev, Zaur Ikoev, Sergey Makeevich, Edward Kokoev and Soslan Dzhussoev.

South Ossetian fighter Sarmat Tadtaev will participate in the upcoming championship of Russia among the athletes born in 1994-1995. This has been said IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Uruzmag Tadtaev.

A renowned South Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev is now in the U.S with his coach Vitaly Slanov. As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete, the invitation was received from the coaching staff of the world famous legendary American boxer Floyd Mayweather to take part in the preparation of Mayweather for a world title fight, according to WBA and WBC with a Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto, - said Slanov. - Miguel Cotto – is the world champion of 2004 - 2006, under the WBA version. He is the current world champion under the WBA version. The fight between Mayweather and Cotto will be held May 5, 2012 in Las Vegas. "

Atsamaz Dzigoev has reached the semifinal of the 27th All-Russia tournament on boxing in memory of the Olympic bronze medalist in Tokyo Vadim Emelyanov. As reported to IA "Res" by a coach of the athlete Murat Kokoev, "in his next match with a representative of the North Sea team our athlete won by TKO. The fight was stopped before the end of the first round".