Bronze medalist of the 2023 World Championship, Russian boxer Dmitri Dvali said he would not change his name.
On Wednesday in Belgrade, Dmitry Dvali in the under 54 kg category defeated Serbian Tamir Galanov by unanimous decision and reached the semi-finals of the European Championship. The fights for this stage will take place on Thursday.
— The battle was very difficult. They were counting on another fighting style, another physical form. You saw, I got up, my legs went up. Usually I can move, twist. The condition was serious. Maybe the downtime had an effect, even though I was getting back into shape, like before Morocco, before the World Cup. But the opponent is good. I will fight for gold. We came precisely for this purpose.
— Galanov is a four-time Russian champion, finalist at the 2011 European Championship. Since spring 2021, he has played for Serbia. Have you met Tamir?
— I met Tamir in Russia three years ago. There was a good fight there, I was just starting my adult boxing journey. I won and literally a month later he left for Serbia.
— In 2016, Galanov changed his name when things went wrong. Previously his name was Belik.
– I wouldn’t change it. I like mine. Dimitri. We are an Orthodox people. What is with us stays with us,” reports a correspondent, according to Dvali.
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