Rustavi, Georgia: A grand show of professional Boxing was held in Rustavi Sports Palace in recent days. The show was held with the support of Rustavi City Hall and the mayor of Rustavi, Nino Latsabidze.
It should be noted that professional boxing is a type of boxing that is controlled and approved. According to their contracts, professional boxers compete for a purse that is split among them. It is also known as prizefighting.
The Mayor of Rustavi Municipality, Nino Latsabidze attended the event along with the fans, the Sports Minister Shalva Gogoladze, three-time Olympic mission and Parliamentarian Lasha Talakhadze, members of the Parliament of Georgia and the State Trustee Giorgi Dokturishvili.
It is noteworthy that on the last day of the grand show, the mayor of Rustavi congratulated the Georgian boxers and all the athletes who finished this event with victory.
Minister Latsabidze gave a congratulatory speech at the event. In her speech, she stated, “We had a very emotional and victorious day yesterday in our Sports Palace.” She congratulated the Rustavi professional boxer Lasha Guruli for a very important victory in her career.
In her speech, she also noted another Rustaveli boxer Giorgi Kapanadze who also got victory at the grand show.
The mayor shared the glimpses of the grand show on her official facebook page on March 16, 2025, Sunday. Along with photograhs, she also shared a small note about te grand show.
In her note, she mentioned, ” I’m glad that Lasha Guruli won this fight in his hometown and we Rustavi have the opportunity to host such high-level tournaments in our city.”
According to the information shared by the Rustavi mayor, it should be noted that the Rustavi Olympian Lasha Guruli defeated Ghanaian boxer Bernard Abey and won his debut fight in professional boxing.
It is also worth noting that the mayor Nino Latsabidze saluted the Rustavi sportsman on the ring, along with the delegate of Rustavi and Garabani historical villages in the Parliament of Georgia, Irakli Shatakishvili.
Notably, the president of Georgia Mikheil Kavelashvili was supporting the Georgian boxers present at the event. It should be noted that there were a total of 15 fights on the sports evening. The four main fights held at the boxing show ended with the victory of 4 Georgian boxers.
