Mixed style Russian fighter Alexander Shlemenko said that in the return match with Serbian Aleksandar Ilic he plans to prove that the result of the first fight was a misunderstanding, expressing hope for the quality of the referee’s work.
Earlier, RCC promotion head Nikolai Klimenko said that the rematch between Shlemenko and Ilic was scheduled for December. Last August, the 39-year-old Russian lost to the Serbian by knockout in the 22nd second of the fight.
– This fight is necessary. I’ll tell you why: a really annoying loss that happened right away. Yes, you could say he blinked, you could say he didn’t listen, that is to say all the preparation was in vain. And besides, I think the judge stopped it early. After all, I had already done 80 professional fights, I had to be given the opportunity to at least try to come back a little. I’m not saying if I would have won at that time, if I would have recovered or not. We will not know it. But they should have tried me.
I will not personally demand (the replacement of the judges), but I will try somehow to talk with the judge, with the referee, so that they are more attentive to their work. In this fight [судья] was foreign, it is clear that the fight is international, but it seems to me that our judges are also doing a good job, ”Shlemenko was quoted as saying by the RCC press service.
According to him, he intends to continue participating in combat under the auspices of the RCC.
— I have always been interested in playing RCC, I play a lot in RCC, I have won a lot of fights there, defeated serious fighters. I am well received by the public at RCC, they know me well there, to be honest, I think I am the star of RCC. So I would like to play in the championship. I also have a responsibility to the people who came from all over Russia to fight against Ilic, the people who support me, who watched me on television, and it was unpleasant for them to see what they got seen. Many of them did not even understand what happened, so I want to correct this situation and show that it was just a misunderstanding, ”Shlemenko noted, also stating that he would prepare for the fight in Omsk.
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