You should not pay attention to replacing the Russian anthem with the Soviet one before the fight between boxer Arthur Beterbiev and American Markus Brown. So the incident was assessed by the former world boxing champion and State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev, whose words are quoted by “Sport-Express”.
“The music is the same. It makes sense to mention that they don’t do this anymore, but no more, ”the athlete advised. He also congratulated the Russian on the victory.
Earlier on December 18, Beterbiev knocked out Brown and defended the world light heavyweight titles according to the versions of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF). For the Russian, this victory was the 17th (17 – by knockout) in 17 fights. Brown, 31, suffered a second defeat with 24 wins (16 by KO).
Before the fight, which took place in Montreal, the organizers played the anthem of the USSR instead of the anthem of Russia during the presentation of the participants.
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