Boxing card sa Nicaragua may live audience

MANILA, Philippines — MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Magbabalik ang boxing ngayong araw tampok ang isang televised eight-fight card sa harap ng live audience rito sa Managua.

Ang panganib ng pagkakahawa sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ay minaliit ni promoter Rosendo Álvarez, ang dating two-time world champion.

“Here we don’t fear the coronavirus, and there is no quarantine. The three deaths (reported so far by the Ministry of Health) came from outside and nobody within the country has been contaminated,” wika ni Álvarez na may taguring “El Búfalo.”

Sinabi ni Alvarez na 16 local boxers ang lalaban sa kanyang fight card na isasaere ng ESPN Latinoamerica.

“Because Nicaragua is a poor country and the boxers have to eat. They can’t stay shut up in their house,” ani Alvarez. “This is the only gymnasium in the world that is open and active this Saturday.”

Iginiit ng gobyerno ng Nicaragua na wala silang gaanong kaso ng COVID-19 kung saan iniulat ng Ministry of Health na may 11 ang nagpositibo at tatlo ang namatay.