“You can say that in the 1/8 finals of the World Championship I” moved “the opponent” – boxer Khataev

Russian boxer bronze medalist at the Olympics Imam Khataev said he had a lot of problems in the game of the 1/8 finals of the World Cup, but in the end he “moved” the opponent.

On Tuesday in Tashkent, Khataev defeated Cristian Pinales of the Dominican Republic by majority decision of the judges and reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in the weight category up to 80 kg. On May 10, Khataev will face 2021 runner-up Alexei Alferov in the quarter-finals.

– Today’s fight was similar to the fight in the semifinals at the Olympics (in Tokyo, Khataev lost to Britain’s Benjamin Whittaker by split decision). In the third round, the opponent was tired and I understood my advantage. I was a little pissed off with his boxing style, I thought he would try to work the clinch, and it was good that he got reprimanded. But they opened the scoring for me in the second round, although there were mutual blows. But after that, I met an adversary. In the third round I wanted to give everything, from the start I didn’t want to give points. But it turns out that I didn’t have time somewhere and had to run well.

– Okay, this fight should be analyzed well, because the opponent caused a lot of trouble with his way.

– Yes. The opponent turned out to be very uncomfortable, tall and imposed a high pace.

– Can you say that you “moved” the Dominican?

– Yes, you can say that I “moved” him, – the correspondent conveys Khataev’s words.

In the evening session on May 9, Dmitry Dvali (up to 54 kg), Tarkhan Idigov (up to 67 kg) and Pavel Sosulin (up to 75 kg) will play their 1/8 finals. All fights can be watched on the Match! Fighter”, the start of the broadcast at 3:55 p.m. Moscow time, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.