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Purported Uzbek Crime Boss Takes Family Feud To Social Media
March 01, 2021 19:28 GMT
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A reputed crime boss from Uzbekistan has spoken out on social media about a violent family feud that involves the former head of international amateur boxing who is reputed to be one of the world s leading drug kingpins.
Ravshan Zolotoi (Golden) Muhiddinov posted a 12-minute video on Instagram on February 21 in which he spoke about being abducted and tortured by 10 men at an Istanbul hotel because of an irreconcilable dispute he had with his uncle, Gafur Rakhimov, who headed the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) and has been named by the United States as a leading international heroin trafficker.
Serbia s President committed to 2021 World Boxing Championship
Serbia s President committed to 2021 World Boxing Championship
Belgrade, Feb 19 (Prensa Latina) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday ratified his country s commitment to holding the World Boxing Championship, scheduled for the last quarter of the year in this capital. According to the website of the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA), the president and head of world boxing, Umar Kremlev, spoke on Friday during a meeting with the heads of the federations of the Balkan countries.
In the meeting with the AIBA executive, Vucic accepted the proposal to head the Organizing Committee of the 2021 World Championships in Belgrade, and acknowledged the popularity of boxing in his country and in the entire peninsula.