russian boxer Pavel Sosuline admitted that during the decision in the game of the 1/16 finals, he was absolutely sure of his victory.
On Sunday, Sosulin defeated Sangwan Sumit of India by split decision and reached the 1/8 finals of the World Championship in the weight class up to 75 kg. At this stage, Sosulin on May 9 with Frenchman Moreno Fendero.
– At the beginning, I missed a bit, I had the first fight after a week off, and I had to light up. I overslept the first round, and from the second round I started to work fully. After the second, I recovered very well and I understood that I could improve. Fortunately, everything worked. Of course, the physical training helped me, because we had a great training. Everything we did in training camp in Kyrgyzstan and Sochi helped me, we “didn’t give freebies”.
– Before the third round, you lost on the scores 1:2 (two judges gave a draw) … As a result, you lost in the second segment with a score of 2:3.
– Yes? And they told me I won 5:0 in the second round. Well, nothing, during the fight I didn’t slow down and “lane forward”. At the end, I realized that the opponent lacked strength. When the winner was announced, I was two hundred million percent sure of my success,” the correspondent said, citing Sosulin.
On Monday, five fights with the participation of Russian boxers will take place simultaneously. During the morning session, Dmitry Dvali (up to 54 kg) and Muslim Gadzhimagomedov (up to 92 kg) will enter the ring, and in the evening – Edmond Khudoyan (up to 48 kg), Sharabutdin Ataev (up ‘to 86 kg) and Vsevolod Shumkov (up to 60 kg). The broadcast will take place on “Match! Fighter” (from 11:55 a.m. Moscow time and from 3:55 p.m. Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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