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The State Duma announced their readiness to help the Brazilian fighter recognized as a love for Russia to obtain citizenship of the Russian Federation
State Duma deputy, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, Dmitry Svishchev, told Match TV that he was ready to help the Brazilian fighter Walter Walker, who admitted the UFC in the USA in love for Russia, with the receipt of Russian citizenship.
Walker on Saturday at the tournament in Nashville won the first round of Kennedy Nzechukva. The Brazilian went to the fight under the Russian song “Mother Earth”. After the battle, Walker, who is married to a Russian girl, turned to the fans in Russian and confessed his love for Russia.
“We want to congratulate him.” The representative of such a distant country as Brazil, living in Russia, was still imbued with our country, our homeland, apparently, even fell in love with it. Quite often, when foreigners come for a short while to Russia and remain forever, they begin to love the Russian soul, nature, earth. It is very pleasant that this is related to sports, with the UFC. You can only congratulate him.
This is largely due to the fact that he has a Russian wife and Russian children with Brazilian blood. We understand why we love Russia, and here we see that representatives of other countries also love Russia, because they live, work, perform, create families, give birth to children. There is nothing surprising for me personally, so we live in this country.
– How do you like the idea to give him Russian citizenship?
– Of course, citizenship should be issued according to all the rules. If he meets all criteria for obtaining citizenship, and if he has a desire to obtain Russian citizenship, then why not? If a person, first of all, proves this to his love for Russia. Even if, according to some criteria, it does not meet, then, it seems to me, you can meet. Because such people need to be encouraged and motivated. Not all our fighters come out with national and folk songs, and here a person from another continent has come under our national hit and confessed to the love of Russia. Therefore, you can meet.
The most important thing is whether he has a desire. In addition to love, there are still many criteria that are necessary: personal motivation, desire and others. If he has such a desire, and he will turn to our fraction of the deputy corps, then I think we will consider and maybe even turn to the relevant authorities with a request to help, ”Svishchev said“ Match TV ”.
Walker is a native of Brazil, in 2019 he moved to Russia. Now he lives and trains in Moscow. In mixed martial arts, he won 14 victories with one defeat.
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Famous British organizer Frank Warren He commented on the situation around the world heavyweight champion according to WBC, WBA and IBF Alexandra Usika.
“We’ll see what happens with Oleksandr Usyk. He’s only fought once this year, which has had a negative impact on his high-level title fights. He needs to defend his belts next year. If he doesn’t do that, he’ll have to give up his titles,” Warren said.
Previously, Alexander Usik (24-0, 15 KOs), the holder of the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles (over 90.7 kg), talked about his plans and admitted when he plans to end his professional career. The boxer recently vacated his WBO title and lost his status as absolute world champion.
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Absolute world champion in the second lightweight category Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) commented on the victory of the fight played on Saturday, December 27th.
In Saudi Arabia, the Japanese representative defeated Mexican Alan David Picasso by unanimous decision and defended his WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.
After the final bell, the reporter asked Inoue whether he should take the first place in the ranking of the world’s strongest boxers, which is currently occupied by Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
“Mr. Usyk came to watch my fight tonight, but I’m actually not very happy with my performance. I should have done much better. So I won’t say anything about the rankings and I’ll do much better next time,” Inoue admitted.
Usik visited Riyadh to watch the Japanese “Beast” fight and after the fight, he went to the ring to congratulate the champion on his victory.
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The strongest boxers of our time – Ukrainian Alexander Usik and Japanese Naoya Inoue – We met in the ring of Mohammed Abdo Aren in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) on December 27th.
On this day, a boxing night took place, the main event of which was the fight in the weight category up to 55.3 kg. WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF world champion Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs) defeated his Mexican opponent Alan David Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs).
The fight continued for all 12 rounds and ended with a confident victory for the Japanese “Beast” by unanimous decision.
After the final gong, Usik approached the champion in the ring, congratulated him on his victory and shook hands. Inoue admitted that he was not 100% satisfied with his performance and appreciated the Ukrainian’s place in the ranking of the strongest boxers of our time.
Next year, Usik plans to fight against former American champion Deontay Wilder, and Naoya is considering two options: Junto Nakatani or Jesse Rodriguez.
VIDEO. Kings of the boxing world. Usyk congratulates Inoue after victory in Riyadh
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Usyk congratulates Inoue 🙌#RINGV: Night of the Samurai | @RingMagazine ▪️ pic.twitter.com/bzSrWqLlZy
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) December 27, 2025
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