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A major scandal is about to overshadow the showdown between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev in London on December 12. To date, the world champion’s promotion company, run by Eddie Hearn – Matchroom Boxing Limited, steadfastly refuses to credit any Bulgarian journalists.
“It is entirely within the competence of Matchroom Boxing Limited to issue a document with the names of the representatives of the Bulgarian media who have requested accreditation for the release of our journalists from the mandatory 14-day quarantine.”
“This letter is called a Quarantine Exemption and is sent to anyone entering the UK on business, especially journalists. The organizers of all events for which foreigners would travel to the UK, I emphasize, are authorized to issue such letters”. .
“And I again emphasize that this document, which is issued in full compliance with British law, so far primarily serves media representatives,” said journalist Vladi Lazarova, Kubrat Pulev’s press officer.
Dozens of talks have already been held about the unprecedented situation with the Chancellery, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Kubrat Pulev’s lawyer John Worth, who has been in London since the middle of last week and is trying to solve the case. , with Matchroom, with its press officer, with the entire leadership of the Bulgarian Professional Boxing Council, as well as with the British Boxing Board. The case was reported to the president of AIPS, Gianni Merleau, and the director of the British Association of Sports Journalists, Ashley Broadley.
“Matchroom’s explanation last week is ridiculous. It is claimed that the hotel has only 12 rooms for journalists, which are provided to the English media. My information is that in the hotel in question, where the so-called” Globe for Pulev and Joshua, there is a whole floor empty, a floor is provided separately for Joshua’s team, and at this time, exactly 10 rooms are allocated for the Pulev team. “
“The last explanation I received from Matchroom CEO Frank Smith literally took me out of my skin because he says we were late. I have tried for at least two months to try to get information about the match in our media. The inquiries about the conditions that Bulgarian journalists must comply if they want to be accredited by Epic Sports Top Rank until now they have never received a reply, much less one containing a deadline for our applications. “
“Frank Smith was briefed by me of the names of our journalists, our media and possible arrival dates, as well as our willingness for all travelers, regardless of leaving with a negative PCR test, to be retested at London, for our Even this proposal was not accepted, and our access to the activities before the game, press conference and stopovers, as well as the game itself, was denied. “
The response from the Secretary General of the British Boxing Board, Robert Smith, co-organizer of Thursday’s event, was succinct: “We can’t help you.”
As of Friday, efforts to resolve the case have been aided by the Sports Ministry. From there, they sent a letter, personally signed by Minister Kralev, to the British Ministry of Sport, the British Boxing Board and the service that issues permits to enter the country without quarantine. At the moment, the only response came from the secretary general of his boxing board, Robert Smith, who informed our Sports Ministry that he was referring the case to… Matchroom, ”Lazarova said, as quoted by Monitor.
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