Before the final matches of the Youth World Boxing Championship, Ching-Kuo Wu, the president of the AIBA, stated during a meeting with Armenian and international journalists that he had met with the heads of the Azerbaijani delegation, they had expressed no complaint about the organizers and had conveyed their gratitude through him for receiving them, insuring their security, for everything. It seemed that that was it, and the Azerbaijanis were honest. But, as one could expect, they have two standards – the real one for the outside world and the one they use inside their country. Returning to Baku, Pavriz Baghirov who won a bronze medal in the 64kg weight class, forgetting about the disgraceful behavior of Azerbaijanis toward Armenian boxers in Baku, complained to Azerisport that when the Azerbaijani boxers would approach the Yerevan ring, the local fans would whistle. Talking about their security, the boxer admitted, nonetheless, that everything was up to the mark, but he didn’t forget to besmirch, stating that they had been “locked” so well that they hadn’t even had an opportunity to see the city. And they didn’t see anything interesting from the bus window on the way to the airport, but they managed to notice that there were no new multistory buildings in Yerevan.
Ashot HAKOBYAN
