“McGregor offered to tighten my belt, but couldn’t do it” – Batyrgaziev

Russian boxer Albert Batyrgaziev said he was Irish Conor McGregor couldn’t tighten his belt at the awards ceremony after beating Cuban Lazaro Alvarez.

On Saturday, Batyrgaziev defeated multiple Cuban Olympic medalist Lazaro Alvarez by unanimous decision and won the IBA professional belt in the weight category up to 60 kg. After the fight, it was announced that the Russian had won $300,000 and the Cuban had won $200,000.

– Based on the judges’ scores, we can conclude that the victory was easy. Even if from the outside your confrontation seemed competitive.

— The whole distance was tense. Losing concentration, even for a second, can be dangerous. I tried to control what was happening, I approached each lap as if it were the first. The opponent didn’t slow down either. I had a great experience. I hope we showed the beauty of boxing. There was no moment when any of us could relax, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Batyrgaziev’s words.

— You are the first holder of the IBA professional belt.

– This is something new. I won’t be able to tell you about my feelings, but I will make some defenses and then I will tell you.

— During your fight, Conor McGregor, Roberto Duran, Islam Makhachev, Petr Yan, Michael Buffer and many others were in the room.

“I heard that during the warm-up. It’s good that so many famous people came to watch the tournament. Much respect to them. Boxing is beautiful, it’s a classic sport. I would like to thank my opponent.

—What are you going to spend the $300,000 fee on?

— To be honest, I didn’t look at the amount on the certificate. If you hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known. Let’s see.

— Did you exchange words after the fight with Conor McGregor, because he rewarded you?

– He said I was great. I wanted to tighten my belt, but I couldn’t.