Boxer Andrei Mikhailovich on being born in Russia: I come from an orphanage
Undefeated New Zealand boxer, World Boxing Organization (WBO) middleweight champion Andrey Mikhailovich has spoken about his Russian origin. His words are quoted by Stuff.
“I come from a shitty orphanage in the middle of nowhere,” the athlete described his birth. He called his life story crazy, because after the first years of living in an orphanage, he was able to become a professional athlete and win the title of world champion.
Mikhailovich was born in St. Petersburg in 1997 and adopted by a New Zealand family at the age of 18 months. He has had 21 professional boxing fights and won 21 of them.
Earlier, former absolute world champion Kostya Tszyu spoke about the difficulties in organizing a fight with the participation of his son Tim in Russia. According to the athlete, it is very difficult, he also noted that in Australia, television companies pay the organizers of fights, which is not the case in Russia.
Source: Lenta
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