Former Thai boxing champion Yossi Kedem was disappointed by canceling Israeli championship: "Everything changes" • UFC president insists on holding world championship

• Yossi Kedem. Getting used to the new reality

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Last week, the Israeli Boxing Championships were scheduled to take place in Beer Sheva, a local event that attracts quite a few of the field's fans. They waited a long time for the climax of the humble Israeli scene, but unfortunately they will have to keep waiting.

The outbreak of the Corona virus has led to the abolition of competition and raises many questions: Will it ever again take place, what will be the fate of the more violent and less violent martial arts? Blood, a lot of rock and sweat are not exactly the cup of new reality facing global sports.

"We already see that everything is changing," says Yossi Kedem, a former Thai boxing champion who was scheduled to participate in the canceled championship as well. "Training goes to apps. No doubt our industry will be aggravating testing, but the story is the training routine that is going to turn all these industries into something else From what we knew, the workouts in the gyms, and not just on the professional level. "

While the ball industry is trying to find solutions, the mattress is having trouble adjusting to the new situation: entertainment events such as staged wrestling are holding events without crowds, and in boxing the Corona virus infected five athletes who competed in London last month. And of course there is the most violent branch of all, where less than two weeks is scheduled for the UFC League Peak event - the battle for the World Championship title between Habib Normgomedov and Tony Ferguson.

The organization's management is not ready to hear about the cancellation, but Normgomdov himself is stuck in his state in Dagestan and is not practicing regularly, so the battle is likely to be postponed to August, in the hope that by then it can be held with or without an audience. By the way, most of the money in these industries comes first from the viewers at home and only then from the audience in the courtroom.

Is this the future of the industry? For Dimitri Slita, a former Jewish boxer and fighter promoter today, the answer is unequivocally yes. About two weeks ago, in his league, he held a boxing event without a crowd, which attracted hundreds of thousands who even paid substantial sums of money to watch the sport they love so much. "The boxers should pay their rent next month," all parties concluded.

UFC president Dana White told the New York Times this week: "I have consulted with the White House, and as far as we're concerned, they continue as usual - currently without an audience and only live broadcasts. For the millions at home, such a fight in Las Vegas will attract many viewers during this time as well." .