The former American boxer Mike Tyson announced in a video posted on his “Instagram” account that he will attend the big boxing event scheduled for March 1 in the city of Benghazi in Libya.
“Hello boxing world, I’m pleased to announce that I will be in Benghazi, Libya, attending the big boxing event. It’s going to be great. It will be on March 1st and will be broadcast around the world on ‘Fight Nation, ‘” said the 57-year-old athlete.
Dictator Muammar Gaddafi banned the practice of boxing in the country in 1979 until it re-emerged with his ouster in 2011 and the re-establishment of the national federation, created in 1962.
The Libyan Boxing Federation took the test and announced Tyson’s attendance on its social networks and invited all Libyan fans to participate in the “best sporting event” organized in a country that has fought more than a decade of conflict and impoverishment. firm. .
Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, is located in the east, controlled by Marshal Khalifa Haftar and administratively separate from the Government of National Unity (GUN), based in the capital, Tripoli.
Source: La Verdad
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