russian boxer Alexei Egorov told that for him the confrontation with Yevgeny Tishchenko is fundamental, since Tishchenko unfairly took his place at the 2016 Olympics.
Earlier, RCC Boxing Promotions press service told that the first heavyweight fight between Egorov and Tishchenko is scheduled for November 18 in Yekaterinburg.
– A rather serious challenge not only for me, but also for Eugene. We are both very good boxers, Evgeny and I know each other very well. After all, we went through the entire Olympic cycle before Rio de Janeiro. In general, I think that Eugene went to the Olympics unfairly, because there was no selection, since he and I had a ticket. But there was not even a fight, just unilaterally, the leadership of the federation and the technical staff then decided that Evgeny would leave. And that’s all.
And now it’s a very important fight for me, because the situation with the Olympics is very similar, so we competed for the right to box in the Olympics, but then they didn’t give me the right to really compete. And now we’re competing for the contenders fight, because we’re both in the WBA rankings. And it is quite realistic that the winner will become a contender for the fight for the world title. This fight is therefore important for him as for me. Everything in this life is cyclical, and now we are converging again, now the ring will show who is stronger,” Egorov told .
2016 Olympic champion Tishchenko has 12 wins and one loss in the professional ring. In his last fight, the 32-year-old boxer beat Yves Ngabu by split decision in May. Thanks to Egorov, 32 years old, 12 wins and a defeat as well. In November 2022, Yegorov lost in a duel for the WBA championship belt against Arsen Gulamiryan, and in May of this year he “closed” this failure in a duel with Vladimir Zhigailov.
Egorov is ranked second in the WBA rankings and Tishchenko is ninth.
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