‘Polar Bear’ is prohibited in boxing

Iceland He completely prohibited boxing in 1956, allegedly his risks, and only provided his skill in the amateur category in 2002, under the supervision of the Icelandic Sports and Olympic Association. Since then, the number of unpaid competitors in a country with a population of only 370,000 inhabitants has increased to nearly 700. Many will consider the proportions of the Ugian people.

For Kolbeinn Kristinson (1988, Gardabaer – Reykjavik, Iceland) Court’s command is complicated by things and, living in Iceland with his wife and two children, for any battle fixed assuming a lot of additional costs, time and contacts associated with existence in boxing training outside of the country.

But he does not release gloves. Continue to climb the ring, continue to train and since last June, the belt of Baltic Union who won against Ukrainian Pavlo KrolenkoBecause the Finn Mika Honoyonen He retired from illness. He had no choice but to continue fighting.

Wonders a phenomenon

With 113 kg of weight and 1’98 m. Hand Kolbeinn Imagine. He explained that “at 21 he was working with a boy who became the first professional boxer to Iceland, Skulli Armannson. He told me “you are big, you have a long arm, you can get into a ring and practice boxing.”

And he added: “I wanted to put myself in shape, so I started to box.” That means it took him about a decade to achieve a 14-0 record (8), a slow time for a heavy prospect. Kolbeinn I can get to the 80th place and with it the opportunities will increase.

The greatest setback face is to participate in the fight against the organized international statistics. He acknowledged “I don’t have a hard fight, so I don’t have the same kilometers on the clock like the other 30 -Year -old Boys.”

“This year I want to fight five or six times, be part of 50-100 best and win a belt with four large international boxing organizations,” he said. Interestingly, admitted that “next year I want to start fighting for the more important title, reaching a Saudi billboard and paying me accordingly. In the long run, of course, I want to be a champion in the world.

Kristinson Just don’t have to travel Europe To get fights, but also perform their training at ‘Sugar Hill’ Steward In Detroit. “I go as often as possible, and if it’s a stopping improvement, it’s for a month.”

Tyson Fury Sparring

But its prestige does not come for playing fighting, but for sparring the best heavyweights in the world: Tyson Fury, Joseph Parker, Filipyd Hrgovic, Agit Kabayel, Jarrell Miller, Jared Anderson and Robert Helenius.

Convinced his possibilities, he explained that “my technical skills are up to the best, I have the power in both hands, tenacity and courage. That’s why I want to fight more. It’s easier to say This is to do this when you live on a distant sub -arctic island where it will be prohibited Kristinson He said this was what was being formed and proved to be his fighter character. He wants to proceed to the ring so that other fellow citizens in Iceland can practice it. “I’m not in boxing because I’m poor and I need it. I’m in it because I want to. Fifteen years, and I’m still strong despite the obstacles, because of my desire, showing everything,” he proudly explained .