Resuming professional boxing match Performing antibody test on athletes New Corona June 20, 17:00
The JBC = Japan Boxing Commission, which is in charge of professional boxing, will carry out the "antibody test" of the new coronavirus for the first time for players participating in the game next month in order to resume the scheduled match in Aichi Prefecture. .
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, all the matches of professional boxing have been canceled since the end of February, but it will be held in Aichi prefecture on the 12th of next month in Japan without attendance. The new rookie qualifying is expected to resume in sequence.
JBC obliges athletes to participate in a virus antibody test, and 11 athletes who participate in the match on the 20th and 12th were tested at a hospital in Aichi prefecture.
This is the first time that JBC has tested an antibody for an athlete, and as a result of the inspection using a dedicated kit at the hospital, no athlete possessed the antibody.
On the day before the match next month, the players will be quarantined in the hotel room after undergoing the same inspection as on the 20th, and they will play the game with thorough infection prevention measures.
Kyota Kogure, who participates in the Super Featherweight game, said, “I want to do my best because I am glad that even the unaided audience can still play the game.”
"The boxing must be strictly controlled only for sports that have a lot of contact," said Tsuyoshi Yasukawachi, Executive Director of JBC. However, I would like to do my best with the determination that the industry will not unite infected people."