Гугули Валиев

Boxer from Tskhinval Marat Pliev has reached the final of the large international tournament among the youth, being held in Magnitogorsk. As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "Pliev has won on points in his next most tough fight. His rival is number two in the Russian youth boxing national team. The fight ended with the score 7:4. Tomorrow, in the final Pliev will meet in the ring with a fighter from Latvia ", - said Slanov. According to him, the South Ossetian fighter is fighting in the weight class to 70 kg.

South Ossetian boxer Marat Pliev has won on points in a preliminary fight of large international tournament among the senior young men, being held in Magnitogorsk. As reported to IA "Res" by the instructor of the sportsman Vitaly Slanov, «Pliev is performing in a weight category to 70 kg. He met with a representative of the Uzbekistan team and won him on points. The next fight of our sportsman will be held tomorrow. His rival will be the Russian boxer»,-Slanov has told.

South Ossetian boxer Marat Pliev is taking part in the large international boxing tournament among the youth started in the city of Magnitogorsk on February 23, 2012. As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the sportsman Vitaly Slanov, "Pliev is performing in a weight category to 70 kg. Boxers from 15 countries of near and far abroad are taking part in the competitions. In particular, from the United States, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries "- said the coach.

A shot putter from Tskhinval Valery Kokoev will take part in the track and field athletics championship of Russia, starting today in Moscow. As reported to IA "RES" by the trainer of the sportsman Igor Tsakhilov, «the strongest Russian sportsmen will take part in the tournament. The competition between them will be very severe. Russia national team personnel, taking part in the forthcoming World championship in Istanbul, will be created as following the results of the tournament, - Tsakhilov has told. - Therefore it is necessary for our sportsman to prove to be the best and achieve the right to participation in a world championship».

Scheduled for today the rating fight of professional boxer from South Ossetia with the U.S. champion among professionals under the WBC Prince Burer has been canceled due to health problems of the American boxer.

Today, a well-known professional boxer from South Ossetia Aslanbek Kozaev is going to hold his next rating fight in the U.S. city of Hammond (Indiana). As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "Kozaev will perform in the weight category to 66 kg. He will meet with the U.S. champion according to the professional version of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Prince Burer. The rival of our athlete is 24 years old.

South Ossetian shot putter, the world-class master of sports Valery Kokoev took second place in the Moscow Athletics Championship. As reported to IA "Res" by the coach of the athlete Igor Tsakhilov, "our athlete put the shot by 19 metres 39 centimeters and took second place.

Professional boxer from South Ossetia Aslanbek Kozaev will hold regular rating fight with the champion of the United States among professionals according to the World Boxing Council (WBC) Rins Brewer. As the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov told IA "Res", "the fight will take place on February 18, 2012 in the U.S. city of Hammond, Indiana. Aslanbek`s opponent is 24 years old. He has won 25 out of the 26 fights. 16 of his wins are KO's. He is a serious contender with a powerful blow, - Slanov has noted. – The athletes will be boxing in the weight category 66 kg. In case of victory, our boxer will have the right to contend for the European championship according to WBC». According to Slanov, Kozaev is now being trained in Chicago.

On the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Development of South Ossetia and the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic, in the second half of February the first congress of the South Ossetian entrepreneurs is going to be held in Tskhinval. It has been reported to IA "Res" by Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic Roin Kozaev. "We plan to invite to the congress entrepreneurs and the leadership of the Republic, representatives of legislative and executive branches of government - We are also going to invite representatives of the fiscal authorities, various associations of businessmen, academics and directors of enterprises."-Kozaev has told.

The pupil of the South Ossetian School of boxing, the world-class athlete Robert Pliev has been appointed to the post of the head coach in boxing of the Public and State Athletic and Sports Association "Youth of Russia". "I am grateful to the management of the sports organization
"Youth of Russia" for their high confidence and I'll try to do everything to justify it," - Pliev said to IA "Res". According to the trainer, he is currently in the North-Ossetian village Fiagdon. "Here, along with the leading coaches of the senior high team on boxing of the Russian Federation Viktor Volkov and Sergey Ryzhkov, we are holding the training camp for junior members of the Russian national team - Robert Pliev has underlined. - And January 15 I will fly to Moscow and take up my duties in my new job.