The executive director of the RCC League of Yekaterinburg, Nikolai Klimenko, spoke in an interview with about the prospect of new fights Alexandra Shlemenko after defeating Alexandre Ilic .
In his 81st professional fight, Shlemenko won by technical knockout against Serbian Ilic in the last minute of the first round. The fight took place during the RCC 17 tournament and became revenge for Shlemenko for his defeat on August 26, 2022.
— Are you interested in the third fight between Shlemenko and Ilic?
— The first fight was still, to a certain extent, a fluke (an accidental blow that led to a knockout — Editor’s note). There was only one hit, and we couldn’t even imagine how their fight would have turned out. And now Alexander showed a dominant manner and was able to use a different style. And here I don’t see a third fight. I would perhaps like to see Ilic in other disciplines, in kickboxing, but I don’t see a third fight yet.
— What do you think of Shlemenko and Ismailov’s revenge?
– Hard to say. Yes, such a return of Alexander assumes a rematch with Ismailov, but next year will be very busy and I don’t know if you will be able to organize this fight.
— You didn’t have the idea of a fight between Shlemenko and Valery Myasnikov?
— Honestly, I didn’t even think about this fight. It seems to me that even Alexander will not accept this fight. I can’t say that Myasnikov does not have media training, he won with bare fists against a powerful opponent, but I didn’t even think about such a fight.
— Could it be that Shlemenko is fighting with one of the couples Vladimir Mineev – Ivan Shtyrkov?
– Now it is more important for the league to organize this rematch: Shtyrkov – Mineev, and such a fight is possible in the future. No one put up such a fight,” Klimenko told .
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