Former WBA and IBF world champion Denis Lebedev says that Alexei Dronov in a duel with the Kazakh Kamshibek Kunkabayev at the World Championships in Tashkent, he lacked experience, but the Russian boxer has potential.
On Thursday, Dronov lost to Kunkabaev by split decision and failed to reach the 1/8 finals in the weight category over 92 kg.
– I think the Kazakh is very good and agile. Dronov didn’t have enough speed, even though he was ready, but he didn’t keep up with his opponent a bit. He lacked combat experience, but Alexey will reveal his potential in the future. This is only the beginning of his journey, I think he had every chance, but in the end he could not come true. In the end, Alexey did everything he could – fought and punched. He could handle it, but he needed to pick up speed. The formula is three rounds of three minutes, so you have to adapt to this framework. He clearly hit the “two” at the end, and he’s a decent boxer. It seems to me that the Kazakh will fight in the final.
I can say that the athletes of the Russian team got off to a good start at the World Championships. Vasily Egorov boxed well today and picked up speed in every round. We roll, but the first fights are always difficult. Affects excitement, another time zone. Of course, the heavyweight is always dear to us, because it is the elite at all times. It’s a pity that this happened. If the Kazakh is in the final, it’s because we worked well today. We took the first round, but later the opponent adapted. I think something had to be changed. The coaching staff will draw conclusions and we will become better,” said correspondent Lebedev.
On Friday, Eduard Savvin (up to 57 kg) and Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (up to 92 kg) (both in the morning session), as well as Imam Khataev (up to 80 kg), who will step into the ring during the sessions of the evening.
Watch all matches from May 5 at the World Championships live on (10:25-11:25 Moscow time) and Match! Fighter” (from 10:55 a.m. Moscow time and from 5:30 p.m. Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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