Roy Jones- 'I am Russian'

09:58, September 21, 2019

On International University Sports Day, the famous boxer visited the university [photo report]

Today, the world boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. held an autograph session at Ural Federal University. The famous American boxer arrived in Ekaterinburg for the final stage of the world championship: today he plans to visit the semifinals, and tomorrow he will perform for the audience of the last fights.

"I'm Russian," the champion addressed the audience at the beginning of the meeting.

The 1988 Olympic Games silver medalist, absolute world boxing champion gave more than 100 autographs in an hour.

Ural Federal University is the official partner of the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships, that takes place in Ekaterinburg from 9 to 21 September 2019. Besides, Ekaterinburg is the capital of the forthcoming 2023 Summer Universiade — the World University Games.

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For the first time, Russia hosts the Men's World Boxing Championships. 362 athletes take part in the championship in Ekaterinburg. They represent 79 countries and compete in 8 Olympic weight categories. Hosts of the tournament are the International Boxing Association AIBA, the Ministry of Sports of Russia, the Russian Boxing Federation and the government of the Sverdlovsk region.

International University Sports Day, established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in cooperation with the International University Sports Federation (FISU), is celebrated annually on 20 September.

Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. UrFU is located in Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural region, an economic, industrial, scientific and cultural center of Russia. The university is the project office of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center "Advanced Industrial Technologies and Materials" designed for solving tasks of "Science" National Project.