Russian boxer Zaur Abdullaev said that if he beats Venezuelan Roger Gutierrez, he would have to fight for the title of mandatory challenger according to the WBA.
The fight between Abdullaev and Gutierrez will headline the RCC Boxing Promotions tournament, which will take place on February 10 in Yekaterinburg. Former WBC Silver champion Abdullaev has 18 wins, with his only loss coming against former absolute lightweight champion and now junior welterweight champion Devin Haney. In his last fight in September, Abdullaev beat the then undefeated Russian Roman Andreev earlier than expected. Gutierrez is a former WBA super featherweight champion. He has 27 victories, 5 defeats and one draw.
– Preparations are taking place as usual; first of all, the team and I went to Kislovodsk for physical training and regained our health. Now we have arrived in Yekaterinburg, we are doing sparring, in general everything is fine. Preparations continue as usual, but for my second fight I have a new boxing coach, Shafidin Allahverdiev. We only worked on the last fight for a month and didn’t have time to demonstrate everything. This time we started practicing different techniques in advance, including new ones. And I myself want to show new technical aspects in this fight. I think in 2024 you will see a new Zaur.
My team has been watching Gutierrez fights, he’s big and clumsy, but we collect the keys and train to defeat him. I think everything will be fine, my goals are higher, I want to be a champion, so I have to beat such opponents. Now I’m moving forward in the WBA line, it almost didn’t work with the WBC, I have to start again now, a little late, but better late than never. We are both in the standings: Gutierrez is eleventh, I am tenth. And German Vladimirovich (Titov) told me that in case of victory there should be a fight against the mandatory challenger,” Abdullaev told .
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