Ivan Baranchyk: An unlikely journey from Belarus to Miami, Oklahoma

When junior welterweight powerhouse Ivan "The Beast" Baranchyk first entered a boxing gym at age 12 in his native Belarus, he quickly learned why boxing is known as the loneliest sport. "The man who ran the gym I went to was supposed to be the trainer but he had a drinking problem," Baranchyk recalled. "Instead […] The post Ivan Baranchyk: An unlikely journey from Belarus to Miami, Oklahoma appeared first on Boxing News 24.