Newcomer to the UFC league, Russian Daria Zhelezniakova told how she started boxing with a trainer Dmitri Bivol Gennady Machianov.
Currently, Bivol is considered one of the best boxers in the world, holding the WBA light heavyweight belt. The Russian spent most of his career under St. Petersburg coach Mashyanov. Before moving to MMA, Zheleznyakova also began training in martial arts with boxing.
— In one of your interviews you casually said that you trained with Dmitry Bivol…
— For a while I trained with Gennady Yuryevich Mashyanov. Dima had just finished his amateur career, his first professional fights were beginning, no one knew him yet. And at that time I trained under the guidance of Gennady Yuryevich. There were probably five other people. Sergey Kuzmin, Zurab Kvitsiani… And at the start, Gennady Yuryevich told me: “Dasha, the coolest thing in sports is professional sports.” He prepared me specifically for professional boxing. And about my amateur boxing career, he said it was just for the experience. At that moment, he still had to choose: either go with Dima to the training camp, or with me to the Russian Championship. And of course, Gennady Yuryevich always chose Dima Bivol. He probably really wanted to work with me, but after a while he realized he didn’t have time for me. And we separated very slowly.
– Do you now have a connection or a specific move that he used?
– The front grip, the shuttle, the leg work – that’s all Gennady Yuryevich. And it’s always in my heart. To be honest, I really loved this trainer. Now our communication has faded a little, but a year ago we called each other. I congratulated him on his birthday, he congratulated me. I have very sincere and warm feelings for this man, he is very cool,” Zheleznyakova, 23, told .
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