Jerusalem Boxing Club
| Jerusalem Boxing Club | ||
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| Club data | ||
| founding | 1981 | |
| Address / contact |
10 Rabbi Hisday St., Old Katamon, Jerusalem |
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| 1. Chairman | Gershon Luxembourg | |
| 2nd chairman | Eli Luxembourg | |
| Members | ? | |
| Club colors | light blue-white | |
| Club successes | 2 × participation in the Olympic Games | |
| Internet | ||
| Homepage | luxboxing.org ( Memento from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) | |
The Jerusalem Boxing Club is a boxing club open to amateurs and professionals near the old town of Jerusalem . It is the only club in the country where Israelis and Palestinians practice boxing together. The training room is located five meters underground in an old air raid shelter.
history
The Soviet Union - Emigrant and journalist Gershon Luxembourg founded after his arrival in Israel the club in 1981, to learn to defend themselves better. But word quickly got around about the high quality of the sport and attracted like-minded people. Shlomo Niazov and Aharon Yakobashvily, members of the Israeli team at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , took their first steps here. Sergey Volodin represented 2003/04 at the World Championship in Havana and Sergey Golovanov in North Korea, Yehuda represented Luxembourg at the European Championship in Saratov. Other boxers who trained at the club represented the country at other important championships.
For the first ten years only Israelies were members. This changed when Luxembourg happened to meet a Palestinian and invited him to train. After that, other young Arabs were also able to join the club.
Equipment and sportsmanship
Today the club is headed by Gershon and Eli Luxemburg, who both started their careers in the Uzbek capital Tashkent . They were excellent professional boxers who had started under the direction of Sidney Jackson, a New York world champion who had founded his own boxing school in Tashkent. While Eli studied sport in the USSR and was twice Soviet champion there, both are multiple Israeli champions in their weight class and certified boxing trainers.
In the bunker there are two training rooms that are equipped with a boxing ring, punching bags and other sports and fitness equipment. One wall is equipped with mirrors so that you can study your own fighting stance. There is also a sauna. Exercise is four times a week.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stefan Osterhaus: “Boxes for Peace” , NZZ , January 11, 2013
- ↑ "Hit against prejudice" , Deutschlandradio Kultur, January 6, 2013
- ↑ "Flying fists instead of rockets" , Deutschlandfunk, December 8, 2012
- ↑ luxboxing.org ( Memento from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )