The European Azerbaijan Society and the Mo Farah
Foundation have co-organized a night of charity boxing between the
legendary Repton Boxing Club (est. 1884) and the Azerbaijani club Gabala
at the York Hall Leisure Centre in London.
Vice President of the
Heydar Aliyev Foundation Leyla Aliyeva attended the event, called Gala
Charity Boxing Night: Repton vs. Gabala, which commemorated World
Refugee Day.
The nigh was organized in partnership with adviser
to the President of Gabala Sport Club Tony Adams and famous boxer Darren
Barker.
The funds raised at the event will be spent to cover needs of refugees and IDPs.
The visitors were presented with brochures about the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The
organizers encouraged the visitors to join Many Happy Returns campaign
aimed at supporting the Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs.
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