Fighter Timur Nikulin told that Magomed Ismailov avoid a duel with him.
On Monday in Sochi, Nikulin, nicknamed Archangel, will compete in a light heavyweight boxing match with Ibragim Islamov, nicknamed Nikarho. Initially, Nikulin’s opponent was supposed to be Zelimkhan Dukaev, but he was not allowed to fight due to medical reasons. The next opponent, Kirill Sambros, has been in trouble with the law.
— Your opponent for the upcoming fight has changed twice. Is this unusual for you?
– It’s the first time, but I don’t care. I came to drop the guys off. I want there to be no decision from the judges, etc. I want to get in the ring, win and leave. As for the opponent, in this case, I don’t care. I’m not a tough professional. If they had given me someone else, I would have accepted just as much. Give me an opponent, the main thing is to make me happy with money.
—Is there an opponent you would really like to meet?
– I want one thing – to beat the bald predator (Ismailov’s nickname – approximately). That’s all. I think he’s avoiding a fight with me. He starts rocking with a certain Max Divnich. An incomprehensible man who lost to everyone in his last fights. Magomed Ismailov doesn’t want to go out as a loser, so for now it’s like this, unfortunately.
Besides Magomed Ismailov, I can mention the name of Vladimir Mineev. These are two sharks that I have seen dueling with. I now recruit and win against real opponents, like Lendrush Hakobyan. I think I won this fight. People saw everything.
— What are your impressions of the fight between the Briton Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou? Last weekend, WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury defeated former UFC champion Ngannou by split decision.
– Ngannou is a winner. I even left him a comment saying he was the winner. And they started writing to me: “Oh, beautiful. » If Fury shows up in this form for a fight with Usik, then Alexander will calmly dismantle him.
– But do you understand that Fury will not be in such shape during a possible meeting with Usik?
– To understand. Fury wanted to make money very easily. Many people say that Timur Nikulin makes money from guys like Nicarjo, who is not particularly good at boxing. But remember: in our first fight, Nicarho easily won the first round, then succumbed to emotions. Nobody knows what would have happened next,” Nikulin told .
The tournament will be capped on November 6 in Sochi with a middleweight fight between former WBA regular champion Russian Rajab Butaev (14-1, KO 11) and 2016 Olympic champion Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (11-1, KO 6) from Uzbekistan.
The Sochi tournament will be broadcast live on November 6 by the channel, the broadcast begins at 10:30 p.m. Moscow time, and on Match! Fighter” – at 5:30 p.m. Moscow time.
Source : MatchTV
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