African boxers who flew to frosty Yakutia lost all their fights

Boxers from African countries who flew to Yakutia in the midst of cold weather lost all their fights to local boxers. This was reported by the Sport Yakutia telegram channel.

African athletes were invited to the international “Challenge of the North” tournament, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the physical education movement in the Sakha Republic. In the main, 8-round fight, the African champion, heavyweight boxer from Namibia Nathaniel Kakololo lost on points to Yakutian Peter Vasiliev. His compatriot Lazarus Shaningwa lost to Mikhail Varlamov in six rounds. Nicholas Buule from Uganda lost to Peter Egorov by technical knockout.

African boxers arrived in Yakutsk on the coldest day since the beginning of the season, the thermometers at the city weather station dropped below -46, and at the airport they showed -49. The athletes were completely unprepared for the extreme conditions. They went to customs control in sneakers, light down jackets and tracksuits. The receiving party promptly changed the athletes into insulated overalls of Yakut utility workers.

Subsequently, African boxers became so imbued with the extreme nature of the Yakut climate that one of them even came out wearing a hat and felt boots for the traditional duel of views – the ceremony preceding the fight.