russian grandmaster Vladislav Artemiev in an interview with he spoke about his love for boxing and said he would be interested to see a duel between the British Tyson’s Fury and Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
Earlier, Usyk said he was ready to enter the ring with Fury at no cost. Usyk owns the WBA, IBF, WBO heavyweight championship belts, he has 20 victories in the professional ring. The WBC Fury heavyweight champion has won 33 fights, one of his fights ended in a draw.
– I read an interview where you talked about your love for boxing. How did you start getting into it?
“It’s been like that since childhood. When I was in school, I had a classmate who loved martial arts. I spoke with him and was infected with the love of boxing. But as a spectator. So, when I was a child, I studied the history of this sport in detail, I watched old fights. Basically, I’m always aware of the news. I watched the last fights of Alexander Povetkin, three fights of Gennady Golovkin with Saul Alvarez … As a fan, boxing interests me, Artemyev told .
Do you have favorite boxers?
– If you take my top 3 from the old days, then I always liked heavyweights: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman. If you take someone from modern times, I love Tyson Fury. He is very outrageous, but talented. I also like Oleksandr Usyk, a great boxer. Among our people, I have always supported Sergei Kovalev, but it is a pity that he lost the titles. Dmitry Bivol is also strong, he beat Alvarez, but I know him a little less.
– Many people call Fury almost the greatest in history. Where would it be on your list?
– It’s hard for me to say, but in the top 15, I might definitely award it. I think he’s a great boxer. Still, Klitschko won, along with Joshua and Wilder. In fact, it has gone through all the top rivals. It will be very interesting if they end up fighting Usyk.
– Have you personally communicated with anyone of the boxers?
– Officials and athletes of the Russian Boxing Federation came to the last star tournament (“Chess Stars 2022”) in Moscow. We talked a bit with them, it was very interesting. They even did me a favor unexpectedly.
Do you follow MMA?
– Sometimes I read the news. In general, I was born in Omsk and lived there until I was 18 years old. They like martial arts there. From there, Alexander Shlemenko, I try to follow him. Petr Yan is also from Omsk, I follow his achievements. I was very upset when he lost the UFC belt to an American fighter (Aljamain Sterling) due to a defended blow. I got really pissed off. It seemed to me that Peter was clearly stronger than his opponent. Then he had controversial defeats. That’s the problem with boxing and MMA – the judges decide a lot. If the fights are close, they can easily give victory to a non-Russian.
Source : MatchTV
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