No Holds Barred: Joseph Agbeko-Yonnhy Perez Preview; Jens Sejer Andersen of Play the Game on Corruption in Sport

Thursday, 05 November 2009

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman begins with a
preview of the IBF bantamweight title fight between champion Joseph
Agbeko (27-1, 22 KOs) and unbeaten mandatory challenger Yonnhy Perez
(19-0, 14 KOs), which will be held Saturday, October 31, in Las Vegas,
and televised on Showtime in the U.S. We spoke about this fight with
both Joseph Agbeko and Yonnhy Perez on a media conference call.

We next turn to the persistent issue of corruption in sport, including
in the combat sports, with Jens Sejer Andersen, the Director of Play
the Game (http://playthegame.org/).

Play the Game is an international organization based in Denmark which,
according to its web site, "aims to strengthen the basic ethical
values of sport and encourage democracy, transparency and freedom of
expression in world sport."

They have recently issued a "Call for action against all forms of
corruption in sport", which has been signed by numerous leading sports
figures and journalists from around the world. (http://
www.playthegame.org/news/detailed/call-for-action-against-all-forms-of
-corruption-in-sport-4543.html)

"Corruption in sport is seemingly endemic," Jens Sejer Andersen told
us, and we thus had a lengthy discussion about how to fight it. We
examined what Play the Game is doing to help this struggle against
corruption in sport both in the Olympic movement and in professional
sports, why so many who do so end up receiving negative reactions,
problems in Olympic boxing and wrestling, and the role of gambling in
spreading corruption. We also discussed the "Call for action against
all forms of corruption in sport" and the need for the establishment
of an international agency to fight corruption in sport, similar to
what the World Anti-Doping Agency has done to fight doping. And we
explained what fans, athletes, media, and everyone else around the
world can do to fight corruption in sport.

Once again, you will not find this kind of discussion about the fight
against corruption in sport in most places in the media, but focusing
on these issues is precisely what you can expect at No Holds Barred.

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