An Italian boxer has been suspended after shamelessly entering the ring showing off offensive tattoos that have no place in society. An Italian boxer who entered the ring for a title fight on the weekend with visible Nazi tattoos was suspended on Friday (AEST) by the Italian Boxing Federation. Michele Broili, 28, created an outcry as he lost an Italian super featherweight title fight on points to Hassan Nourdine in Trieste on Saturday. Nourdine, who is of Moroccan descent, said he felt “disgust” when he “saw the tattoos on Broili’s body praising Nazism” as well as “Roman salutes” — considered a symbol of fascism — from people in the stands. The 34-year-old Nourdine said that Broili had been “cordial” at all times before and after the fight. Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport said it was “unacceptable” that the boxer was allowed to enter the ring with these tattoos which featured several “Nazi symbols” on his chest. The federation court suspended Broili at least until November 19, the date scheduled for the end of the preliminary investigation opened by the federal prosecutor. The Italian’s tattoos left his opponent disgusted. “The court considers that the public showing of tattoos with unequivocal Nazi symbols and evocations during an official sports competition represents serious and unjustified behaviour for a licensee,” it said. The court added that the tattoos oppose “the general principles of equality, of non-violence and non-discrimination at the base of the sports system”. The National Office for the Fight against Racial Discrimination (UNAR), attached to the office of the Prime Minister, expressed indignation that the fight went ahead.
via news-com.au: Italian boxer banned because of ‘disgusting’ Nazi tattoos
siehe auch: Italomarokkanischer Matchwinner „angewidert“ – Wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht: #Boxer steigt mit #Nazi-#Tattoos in den Ring – #PunchANazi. Zwischen dem Triester Michele Broili und dem ursprünglich aus dem Marokko stammenden Hassan Nourdine aus Asti ist am Samstag in Triest der Boxitalienmeistertitel im Superfedergewicht ausgetragen worden. Die Begegnung selbst, die nach Punkten von Hassan Nourdine gewonnen wurde, trat aber wegen der vielen auf dem Oberkörper von Michele Broili prangenden Tattoos, die eindeutig dem Nationalsozialismus und dem rechtsextremen Milieu zugeordnet werden können, vollkommen in den Hintergrund. Die den Nationalsozialismus verherrlichenden Tätowierungen, die der 28-jährige Michele Broili auf seiner Brust trägt, sorgten dafür, dass seine Niederlage im Titelkampf um den Boxitalienmeistertitel im Superfedergewicht vollkommen in den Hintergrund geriet.