Immediately in contact with the person responsible for protocol at the Élysée, the boxer, originally from Mauritius through both his parents, was reassured: it was indeed him, under his qualification for the Tokyo Olympics in 2021and his career. “It’s nice, but it still shocked me! »
On Wednesday, the Spuc Pessac boxer, current professional French champion, won Paris. “I trained at Insep in Vincennes, then I took the presidential plane at 10:30 p.m., arriving this Thursday morning. There are around fifty guests, we travel in first class conditions. » And in another world, “among ministers, deputies, Prisca Thévenot (MP and former government spokesperson, also of Mauritian origin, Editor’s note), an ambassador from Ghana, a senior official of the army general staff” and, more familiar, “the former footballer Vikash Dhorasoo”.
Macron “open”
And the president? The boxer posted in story on his Instagram account a check photo with Emmanuel Macron. “There are a lot of people, he is in high demand, but he takes the time to talk. He is open, we discussed boxing, he knew my background. » In the photo, he is wearing a polo shirt from the sponsor of the French Olympic team, “but it wasn’t me who gave it to him, he already wore it, he loves sport”.
Samuel Kistohurry did not know the story of the famous photo of Emmanuel Macron in boxing training, all biceps out, at the time of his verbal skirmishes with Vladimir Putin. But he will perhaps have time to talk to him about it between now and Saturday, the date when the athlete will leave the presidential convoy to return to Paris by airliner, in preparation for his next fight.
