Tag Archives: Russia

Box Boxing

I just found out about a new form of boxing. Phone booth boxing. Really?

Watch brutal phone box boxing as fighters beat each other up inside iconic British booth in latest viral sport

The Sun, Jack Figg, 10 February 2022

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source: Instagram @punchclub_official

RUSSIAN fight promoters have come up with an unlikely viral sensation – fighting in an old British phone box. The term ‘fighting in a phone box’ is used when a bout is contested in close range with little breathing space, usually providing excitement. But Russian promotion ‘Punch Club’ have gone to extreme lengths and organised fights to actually be held in real-life phone booths.

What follows are punch-ups between brawlers throwing everything from hooks, to elbows and even slaps inside an iconic British phone booth.

For the full article please go to The Sun: https://www.the-sun.com/sport/4656530/russia-punch-club-phone-box-mma-fights

New viewing

Adam Curtis has released a new documentary called ‘HyperNormalisation‘. I highly recommend it. Here is a screen shot of a phone box in Russia – not in working order but I love the architecture around it.

hypernorm

 

Russia

We recently spent a week in Russa, visiting Moscow and St Petersburg:

Moscow Kremlin
Moscow GUM
Moscow
Moscow
St Petersburg
St Petersburg
Political History Museum, St Petersburg