Russian MMA fighter Alexei Oleinik told that he did not want to hold boxing matches with any Ivan Shtyrkov nor with Magomed Ismailov but nothing can be ruled out.
At the end of August, Oleinik defeated his compatriot Tagir Dzoblaev in a boxing match at a tournament in Kazan. The 46-year-old won by first-round knockout in his boxing debut. Oleinik has 60 wins, 17 losses and a draw in MMA. From the summer of 2014 to the fall of 2022, the fighter participated in the UFC.
– Before the RCC Boxing Promotions tournament in Chelyabinsk, you together with Olympic boxing champion Evgeny Tishchenko organized a number of open events and even a duel of views. Do you plan to pursue your career in boxing?
– One way or another, I will develop in this direction, but I really hope that I am not against Zhenya Tishchenko. First, we are not yet at the level. Second, I don’t like to fight guys I treat very well. With people with whom there are friendly relations. But what I’m saying is that I don’t like it. It’s just that in my life I’ve realized that it’s better not to give up on anything. Speaking specifically of boxing, I would love to work with boxing a few more times. Just even to understand something about myself and about boxing. It’s just that I didn’t have time to find out what I could do in the last fight.
You are now an undefeated boxer.
— (Smiles). We understand we are joking now. I just want to try my hand at percussion. When I understand that there is nowhere to go back, that it is impossible to get up, to get involved, etc., when it is the technique of percussion that goes.
– Maybe consider the format of boxing matches between MMA fighters. For example, Ivan Shtyrkov and Magomed Ismailov had a boxing match. Do you consider any of them as your rivals?
“I wouldn’t want to think about it. But I’ve said before that I won’t say I’ll never fight anyone I know. I know them both, I respect them, I love them as individuals, as athletes. In general, I would not like it. But if everything turns out in such a way that you have to fight one of them, hopefully we will have a duel and then we will shake hands,” Oleynik told .
The next UFC event is Sunday in Sydney. The show will be broadcast live on the channel. In the main event, Nigerian middleweight champion Israel Adesanya will face American Sean Strickland, and in the co-main event, Russian Alexander Volkov will face Australian Tai Tuivasa. The start of the broadcast on on Sunday at 05:00 (Moscow time), on Match! Fighter” – at 01:30 (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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