One of Russia’s most popular MMA fighters, Magomed Ismailov, is in his second boxing fight in a year and is in no rush to return to MMA. Ismailov’s named boxing fee is 30 million rubles, and for this money Magomed beat the unstressed Serbian (like U in the word KO) Alexander Ilich. Ilic knocked down a month ago and finished Alexander Shlemenko. But in boxing, you can’t kick with your knees. The fight turned out to be imperfect: Ilich hardly hit, Ismailov hit a lot.
What is Magomed Ismailov talking about
– The first round was completely inactive, right? Maga asks after the fight. “Well, if my older brother is around, I still have to scout. Otherwise, he will give me a pat on the back of the neck.
– You promised to feed Ilich with khinkal after all.
– If we catch up with him now, then with pleasure. He turned out to be a very strong guy.
– Do you think that in this battle they avenged Shlemenko?
– If I fought, everything would go faster, but Ilich struggles weakly. Bringing down Shlemenko is work. Bringing down Ilic is a victory, he has no fight, he has to work at it. He will not be able to resist me in the fight. Here Shlemenko can, he will get up, leave. But Ilic doesn’t have that. And the Helm is already a difficult and serious task. Whether you knock him down or stand with him, it’s a tough job. I don’t think I got revenge, it was a sport.
Why did you fight at the press conference?
“Because I like to undermine my opponents. But if I didn’t hug him now, I’d be ashamed of my every action. When I grabbed him by the neck, when I pulled him, as there I behaved disrespectfully towards him, I would be ashamed. In fact, I respect him.
– You think you just reduced the demand for Ilich in Russia. Why wouldn’t they so actively call him to Russia for such a fight?
– How it’s gonna be. He defended six rounds – and I hit like that … In general, few people would have defended, I was well prepared. Well taken out, well applied. I have to watch the fight again. Maybe he didn’t hit enough, well, sorry, my sparring partners didn’t hit me enough either. We have such specific work. If we work half our life for them not to hit us, but to hit us, then we have not done our job well.
I also wanted to say to all the cameras now: I’m writing a book. About what – I will not say yet. It could be called an autobiography, but at the same time it’s such a tutorial with philosophy.
Are you still interested in fighting with Shlemenko?
Sasha, I’m coming to get you!
Did the 30 million fee for Ilic make you very happy?
– 30 million – I already thought – it was not enough. I didn’t have enough. You need at least 40. Not enough for all I wanted to spend before this fight.
What is Ramazan Ismailov talking about
– What will happen next?
– Now we have one more fight with a boxer under boxing rules. I can’t say who it is yet. In my opinion, he is also a southpaw, I don’t want to lie, I saw one of his fights and I can say that he fought with Kovalev.
“Canello?” (Saul Alvarez, one of the best boxers in the world. Boxed with Sergey Kovalev in 2019) – a question from a correspondent
– What kind of Canelo, what are you? There is a level! It would have been announced a long time ago. But closer to the goal, we will announce this fight. If it works he will definitely be the favorite in battle, Mage will have to come up with something.
But, on the other hand, Muhammad (Ramazan only uses this variant of the pronunciation of the name Magomed. – “”) is easier to work with a classic boxer. It’s like that now – Ilic doesn’t work from the jab, and any punch can be thrown. Because at some point he felt less in danger and less threatened and moved forward more brazenly. And the classic boxer, who is higher level than Muhammad, he works hard, from him.
– Were you afraid that he would throw something in the last round, because Alex had a very bad start to the fight and seemed to save his strength?
– No no. We have already worked from this and we have felt it. He just stopped doing anything there, because he had our counterattack on every shot. And Maga began to impose his own, even when he pinched him, I shouted “easier, easier” so that he did not rush and invest in blows.
– 10 days ago we heard Alexander Shlemenko say: “Maga, so are we going to fight or not”?
– Of course, of course, they have already signed contracts, it’s just that the RCC, in my opinion, postponed all fights until after January. Shlemenko wants to fight in another league, and he needs that to fully reveal himself. Maybe in the next fight we will see the old Shlemenko. With whom I don’t know yet. And for Muhammad there will be another fight, also normal.
– Magomed has two wins this year by boxing rules, maybe there will be a third and not one by MMA rules. Would you say that this year was successful in this case?
– Sure. The victory over Durodola is already a chance for us. They fought in 16 oz gloves because Durodola didn’t want this fight to be a rated fight, they told him: if you don’t want a rated fight, put on 16 oz gloves and it will be a rated fight. display.
– Does the fight between Mineev and Ismailov make sense according to the rules of boxing?
– It all depends on you, the public. If the public is ready and if there are people willing to pay the right amounts, then why not. It will be interesting for everyone. Mineev is a beater, a master of the sport in boxing, I think the fight is going to be intriguing both ways. Moreover, Mineev and Muhammad know each other, they would have a great story.
– It seems that Kamil Gadzhiev is interested in it.
– If you are interested, let the appetites of the fighters be satisfied and that’s it. No problem.
– How do you find the fight Shlemenko against Souza?
– Look at. This fight was tough for Alexander, but we’re not ruling him out, he’s a world class fighter. Sometimes he fights with a dangerous opponent and reveals himself as much as possible, then he fights with an average opponent and he is not very good at it. Shlemenko has such quality that he looks good against strong opponents. We hope he fights one more fight and makes his condition.
Source : MatchTV
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