Athletistic/MMA. Legendary Russian MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko said he did not lose hope of fighting under boxing rules after negotiations with American boxer Mike Tyson failed.

A few days ago, representatives of Tyson’s team announced that they were not considering the possibility of fighting against 47-year-old Emelianenko.

– Mike Tyson’s rep said your fight with Mike was unrealistic.

– Well, he said it, that means he said it.

— But you are only interested in boxing superstars, in older legends? Or, say, a fight with an MMA fighter?

— I am interested in Francis Ngannou. I’m not good at MMA anymore. And in boxing, it would be interesting to fight him.

“But Ngannou is not a fifty-year-old Tyson. He almost beat Fury. I knocked it over.

– I saw this fight.

—And you realized you could handle Ngannou?

– I would like to fight him. This is not inflated self-esteem, but it would be interesting for me to fight with him.

– You are a fearless person.

– You know, if a fighter enters the ring and his veins are shaking, he is a raw and failed fighter.

“You’re still hungry for a fight.”

– I am a fighter, yes. Probably still in service. I understand that I’m not good at MMA. I have injuries. “Now I have excluded wrestling from my training,” Emelianenko said in an interview with SE.

Fedor Emelianenko retired from MMA in February 2023. He has 47 fights and 40 victories.

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