The corresponding appeal was written by a boxer on his Facebook page.

According to Usik, a convincing reason for the preservation of boxing in the program of the Olympic Games - 2020, is the great work of boxers and the dream to climb the pedestal. Therefore, he asks for the support of all not indifferent.

Earlier it became known that boxing can be excluded from the program of the Olympic Games in Tokyo due to problems inside the International Association of Amateur Boxing, namely corruption.

After the accusations from the IOC, AIBA stated that the organization will carry out a number of reforms in the management of the association and will cooperate as much as possible with the committee for the sake of keeping the box in the Games program.

As previously reported in "URA-Inform", Ukrainian Vasily Lomachenko won the World Championships under the WBO version in the second featherweight title over the Cuban Guillermo Rigondeaux. Due to this, he took the first position in the ranking of CompuBox among the current boxers.