Belarusian kickboxer Pyotr Romankevitch told in an interview with how he eliminated the Russian. Vyacheslav Datsik .
The fight took place according to the rules of boxing in an MMA cage and ended with a victory for Romankevich by knockout. The 33-year-old athlete is world and European kickboxing champion. For Datsik, 43, this defeat was the third in 2023.
—During the battle, did you think your suit would work?
— Everything is automatic, but only after the first lap did I realize what the corner advised me: Slava fell a lot and I didn’t catch him. And in the second round, when Slava fell, I picked him up at the first opportunity. I wanted Slava to feel he could do something, believe in himself and hit. He turned, I extended him with a straight right and hit him sideways with a left, he turned around and didn’t see that blow. And the blow hit either the chin or the neck.
— They say Slava hits hard, have you ever felt it?
— I didn’t have much time, but Datsik’s school is not standard, he is not a boxer, nor a kickboxer, nor an MMA fighter, he is famous for his collective farmers. So I wanted to understand where all this comes from and put emphasis on it. You might not be able to read it in one go, but we’re not corn-protecting either.
— How to find a sparring partner for a fight with Datsik?
— In Belarus, there are practically few heavyweight sparring partners. And Slava is the only one like him in the world.
— Have you asked any of the technical heavyweights to work less well with you?
– No, that didn’t happen. It is important to spend 5-6 sparring sessions in preparation and you will understand how ready you are. I trained with middleweights: Nikita Shostak, Denis Goncharenok. The guys are fast, hit hard and after them Datsik’s speed – you can stand and smoke. Very slow. It hits hard, the gloves are new, I even felt the blows to the back of the head, but there was nothing particularly dangerous. From the outside the image is the same, but in the ring everything looks different. I worked the first round on the jab and got involved from the second round,” Romankevich told .
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