Head of boxing promotion company Pravda Khetag Tsopanov on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIFE) spoke with and spoke in detail about plans to organize a match boxing against Vladimir Mineev in the second half of Magomed Ismailov and Dmitry Kudryashov as well as a possible abandonment of the Heavyweight Grand Prix Vyacheslav Datsik who will soon undergo surgery on his arm.
Kudryashov, who recently beat Vagab Vagabov in 45 seconds, and Datsik, who also knocked out Saulo Cavalari in the first round, are set to compete in the Pravda Grand Prix Final.
– When will the Heavyweight Grand Prix Final take place?
– Initially, we planned to hold the final fight in August. But now we are talking with Datsik’s team, and we are told that Vyacheslav will be operated on day by day. It’s an old wound that they decided to treat now. According to them, by October he will be ready to fight. It is clear that we will not sit without events until October. We have an interesting conversation with Yusuf Raisov, Magomed Ismailov, Dmitry Kudryashov. We are now in negotiation with Vladimir Mineev.
Coming back to the Grand Prix Final, we need an answer from Datsik – is he ready to hold the final fight or not. I would like the Kudryashov – Datsik final to still take place. But even if Datsik refuses and leaves this Grand Prix, I want to put an opponent against Kudryashov, who is technically even better than Datsik and (Vyacheslav’s opponent in the Grand Prix semi-final) Cavalari.
– You named the names of Mineev and Ismailov …
“We don’t fight them by the rules of boxing. We are discussing a boxing match between Ismailov and Kudryashov. Watch Magomed’s social media as he develops this idea. We contacted him about it, and Magomed says it’s possible. But he has a duel with Alexander Shlemenko ahead of him, and after that Magomed will be ready to discuss it. There will be negotiations on the weight class and the financial components.
– Is Kudryashov ready?
– Dima is ready to fight with everyone. In my opinion, he now has a second wind at heavyweight. This applies to both media and fitness. Kudryashov knew! Those who forgot – remembered, and those who did not know – found out! That’s very cool. His fight with Vagabov aroused the interest of spectators. I looked at the data from Mediascope – over the past week in Moscow we became the third among all programs on all TV channels, and in Russia – sixth place (the fight was broadcast on ).
– Now about Mineev’s boxing match.
– We are discussing the opponents, we are considering two names. I won’t name them, because there’s a kind of bad tradition: you practically bring someone to a press conference, and in the end everything falls apart. We are waiting for the signing of the contract. We are planning our next tournament for mid-late July with the participation of Mineev.
Source : MatchTV
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