Russian fighter Anatoly Malykhin in an interview with , he said that only discipline and help from his wife helped him reach the middle weight limit.
Malykhin will fight on Friday in Lusail (Qatar) with Rainier de Ridder from the Netherlands for the ONE middleweight belt, which belongs to the Dutchman. The fighters met in December 2022, when Malykhin won by first-round knockout and captured the league’s light heavyweight belt. The Russian also currently holds the heavyweight title.
— The fact that I managed to reach 93 kg is a credit to my wife. She cooked all the time, counting calories. And I… I just opened my mouth and chewed. And this, I will say, is not the most difficult task. The woman will calculate everything, the amount of proteins and fats, when to eat berries, the amount of water. I am so grateful to him. There is a phrase – like that which Christ has in his bosom. So it is better to ask him such a question. Because she was the one counting everything and running with that scale. I lost weight very easily. Maybe it was just easy for me. After all, I have been playing sports all my life, but here I cannot live without discipline.
I am an ordinary person. After the fight, I will definitely eat a bar of chocolate and a kilo of chocolate cake. Wow, I’m going to eat it! But I still want to take care of myself, because I really liked the way I looked. A lot of work has been done.
And so my advice to people is discipline. Get up from the sofa and walk, ”Malykhin said in an interview with .
During his career, the Russian won 13 early victories and suffered no defeats. De Ridder has 16 victories and the only defeat against Malykhin.
Watch the live broadcast of the ONE 166 tournament on Friday, March 1 from 3:30 p.m. (Moscow time) on the channel, matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru sites.
Source : MatchTV
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