A new boxing gym in Grozny, Chechnya will be named after three-time heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, who passed away on Friday night, stated Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. One of the southern Russian town’s streets will also bear the legendary boxer’s name.
“Today I’ve decided to immortalize memory of Muhammad Ali. We will build a boxing gym named in his memory in Grozny, and one of the city’s streets will have his name,” wrote Kadyrov in an Instagram post.
