Two boxing champions die fighting Russia

Created: 05/25/2022, 15:45

From: Julius Fastnacht

The toll of blood in the Ukraine war is increasing every day.

Athletes are also among the victims of the war - most recently, two boxing champions die in battle.

KIEV – As the Ukrainian Ministry of Youth and Sports announced on Tuesday (May 25), former kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion Alexei Yanin, a well-known athlete, was killed defending the country.

The athlete is said to have died in the battle for Mariupol back in April.

Yanin was probably a veteran with combat experience: he had already volunteered for the Ukrainian armed forces in 2014 and was active in the war for Donbass.

He is not the only prominent Ukrainian athlete who was killed in the fighting against the aggressors from Russia.

According to an Instagram post from a regional boxing association, amateur champion Oleg Prudky has now lost his life.

“Another tragedy in our boxing family.

One of the best boxers in the Cherkasy region, ​​Oleg Prudky, died in the east! ” the post said.

Ukraine conflict: boxing champion dies in fight against Russia

As reported by the British tabloid Mirror, Prudky was a past Ukrainian champion in the super lightweight weight class.

He took part in various tournaments around the world, including various European championships.

More and more athletes are among the dead in the Ukraine war.

Finally, two boxing champions die in the fight against Russia.

(symbol photo) © Don Emmert/AFP

"It's very difficult to accept news like this every day - an irreparable loss to our boxing family.

I offer my sincere condolences to the boxer's family.

Damn war, take away the best sons of Ukraine!” writes the Cherkasy boxing federation.

War in Ukraine: Several Ukrainian athletes are killed

Prudky was part of the Otaman boxing stable, for which Alexander Usyk also competed in the past - a world-class athlete.

According to the Mirror, Usyk himself is now out of the country, having returned to the country at the start of the Ukraine war.

He is now preparing for his title defense fight against Britain's Anthony Joshua.

The deaths of Yanin and Prudky meanwhile join a long list of deaths of Ukrainian athletes.

Shortly after the Russian invasion began, two Ukrainian soccer professionals were killed in early March.

(Julius Fastnacht)