The world of boxing and contact sports is in mourning. The Barcelonan Xavi Moya He lost his life this Saturday at Barcelona at the age of 55, victim of a motorcycle accident. Xavi Moya He has had a long and successful career in both boxing and other contact sports, several times champion of Spain, Europe and the world.
In boxing he is a three-time Spanish middleweight champion, former amateur champion of Catalonia, who also proclaimed himself IBF intercontinental champion and TWBA world champion. In addition, he is European champion (1990) and world champion (1991) in kung fu and no more and no less than nine times Full Contact world champion and seven times European champion, achievements to which we must add championship in Spain Mixed Martial Arts.
Icon and reference of the boxing and mixed martial arts scene in Spain, Xavi Moya He made good the joy of wanting is power and always showed great passion for the sport that he loved so much, being an idol for the new generations, since he started fighting at the age of 15 after being mugged after leaving school. “I thought I had to learn to defend myself. That’s how I started at that age and until now,” he once said on the ‘Club de la Lucha’ website, where he showed his preferences: “I started with Kung -fu, full -contact and boxing above all. I also won the first vale-tudo in Spain. I think the mother of all these sports is boxing and it’s probably one of the ones I like the most, even though the spectacular leg techniques of full contact were also my favorites. favorites.”
“He was one of the great references of contact sports in Catalonia. He kept the fire alive for many years and many people greatly appreciated him and it is a great loss for contact sports in Spain and especially in Catalonia , where he is one of the references, without a doubt,” he told MD Sandor Martin.
Words of praise where the president of Royal Spanish Boxing Federation, Felipe Martínezthat in the statements to MD emphasized that “Xavi has always been a fighter and is not afraid to give good fights in Spanish and Catalan boxing. The two duels with Amadeo Peña, the fight against Castillejo with people outside without entering, Jorge Sendra , Barru …in difficult times for Catalan boxing it contributed to giving the audience a spectacle.”
Of all the boxing matches Xavi fought, he always had a special love for the head-to-head match against Castillejo, the ‘lynx of Parla’. “I lost against a great rival and a better man. That’s what you’re left with, the amount of friends, former rivals and great teammates, that we talked people through together about our sport.” Rest in peace.
Source: La Verdad
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