Tweet
Big mafia picking on the little mafia.
-
-
-
absolutely gutted at this news, to think what could have been.
he was a genuine bad man in the ring, ended any potential of a career of Douglas, always maintained he would have been the ideal tune up for Saunders to face Golovkin.Comment
-
...............Back in June 2017, Billy Joe Saunders was gearing up to fight Georgian Avtandil Khurtsidze, only for the plan to fall apart when Khurtsidze was named as one of 33 criminals arrested in a crackdown last summer by the US Justice Department.
Khurtsidze, we learned, was involved in a Brooklyn crime syndicate known as the Shulaya Enterprise – described as an “organized criminal group operating under the direction and protection of Razhden Shulaya” – and subsequently found guilty of racketeering, wire fraud and various other charges.
Now, as Saunders prepares for a WBO middleweight title defence against Demetrius Andrade in Boston on October 20, Khurtsidze has, by all accounts, been battling a Colombian – prisoner, not prizefighter – at the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center.
Hasn’t been doing a good job of it, either. The website Crime Russia reports that Khurtsidze and Shulaya have both suffered knife wounds following a dispute between Shulaya and a leader of the Colombian gang that escalated into something ugly. The incident left Khurtsidze with facial damage, which means he now awaits not only a sentence for his crimes but also a return to health, and does so from a hospital bed.
What a difference a year makes. From preparing to box for the world middleweight title at the Copper Box and taking in the joys of Westfield during fight week, to getting arrested in Brooklyn, locked away in jail and then stabbed by a Colombian gang member. Fair to say it’s been quite the whirlwind 12 (and a bit) months for Avtandil Khurtsidze.Comment
-
I like mike tysonComment
Comment