Yesterday evening the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov received an honorary belt of the World Boxing Association (WBA) "for his contribution to the development of boxing." The Chechen leader received the award from the hands of the WBA representative in Europe, Thomas Putz.
Yesterday the 'Coliseum' sports hall in Grozny hosted a fight between the WBA super heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev and Australian Lucas Brown. Despite the fact that Kadyrov supported Chagaev, victory ended by TKO in favor of Brown.