Nyrkkeilijät (boxers) by Johannes Haapasalo. Uuno Pitkä and Armas Wilkman have been boxing at Hakaniemi since 1932.
WBA heavy weight title match between Nikolai Valuev and Ruslan Chagaev was supposed to be held today in Helsinki. The match was cancelled only a day earlier “after Chagaev was unable to fulfill the Finnish Boxing Federation´s medical requirements.” If you believe what the Finnish media writes, this is not a very normal cancellation due to medical reasons.
Today is also the last day of school here in Finland. The weather is very nice so parks, beaches and bars will be full of youngsters celebrating the start of summer vacation.
Nikolai Valuev
very interesting silhouette