A book about the appearance of boxing in the republic was presented in Buryatia

A presentation of a book about the appearance of boxing in Buryatia and the brightest moments and people in the history of this sport took place in Ulan-Ude. The presentation of the publication took place at the City Park Hotel, informs Sport RB.

This book is generally dedicated to the great sons of the republic: the first Olympic boxing champion from the USSR Vladimir Konstantinovich Safronov, he won gold in Melbourne in 1956 and the silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, Wellington Innokentyevich Barannikov. The authors are historian Vladimir Fomin, candidate of pedagogical sciences, and journalists Bayaskhalan Dabain and German Namzhilov.

– We are beginning to forget such great boxers as Safronov, Barannikov. Not to mention those who are slightly lower rank. The three of us tried to remember almost everyone, – German Namzhilov shared about the book.

The second author, Bayaskhalan Dabain, said that the book turned out to be more of an encyclopedia, it cannot be attributed to fiction. A lot of documentary information, which briefly outlines the story about the biography of athletes.

Historian Vladimir Fomin reminded those present that in 1947 the first city boxing championship was held, this year is the year when boxing appeared in Buryatia.

– History, without it there is no future. Therefore, a book about boxing appeared. Since the end of 2017, we began to work and several books were published so that the memory of the great and not only great boxers would live with us. The Boxing Federation helps, we have a very famous philanthropist, wrestler Lev Bardamov. He built a three-story museum building on Protochnaya Street. And there, on the facade of the building, there will be busts of famous athletes. We agreed with him, we will cast bronze busts of Safronov and Barannikov and, on top, bas-reliefs of their coaches Rinchinov and Nikolaev, – shared Valery Dorzhiev, President of the Boxing Federation of Buryatia.

At the presentation of the book, the authors and the sports community once again came up with a proposal to name the Physical Culture and Sports Complex in Ulan-Ude after the famous Olympians Vladimir Safronov and Wellington Barannikov.