Russian boxer Dmitri Dvali called the fight with Uzbek Shakhobiddin Zoirov his main confrontation in his career at the moment.
An eight-round fight in the weight category up to 53.5 kg between Dvali and Zoirov will take place on the main card of the tournament “Betting League. Night of IBA Champions”, which will take place on July 12 in Serpukhov, near Moscow. Dvali, 23, is the 2024 European champion, 2023 world bronze medalist and 2021 world champion among the military. Dvali will hold his second fight in the professional ring. In March in Sochi, at another IBA Night of Champions tournament, the Russian defeated Zhasurbek Latipov ahead of schedule. Zoirov, 31, is the 2016 Olympic champion, 2019 world champion and 2021 Asian champion. He has five victories in the professional ring.
— I had time to rest after the European Championships. I had a month to do it – I unloaded both physically and psychologically, and also healed from microtrauma. In general, I fully recovered and started training at the end of May. We are preparing for eight rounds. I think we can easily manage this distance. I once had a 6 round fight, although it all ended in the fifth three minute period. I liked the professional boxing format.
I am very interested in meeting the Olympic champion. You can only improve by competing with the best. So for me it is a big challenge right now. But I expect to face even bigger challenges in the future. We want to reach the maximum in Olympic and professional boxing. At the moment, the main challenge is the fight with Zoirov. But I am focusing on the phrase “for now”.
I don’t have any ideas yet regarding a full transition to professionals. I want to become an amateur world champion and win the Friendship Games, and only then think about making a complete transition to professionals. But it’s always a conversation about the future, you need to achieve maximum results in Olympic boxing, and then fully immerse yourself in the pros. For now, I combine,” said Dvali, whose comments to were provided by the press service of the Russian Boxing Federation.
Live broadcast of the tournament “Betting League”. Night of IBA Champions” will be broadcast on the channel. In the main fight of the show on July 12 in Serpukhov, Russian Muslim Gadzhimagomedov will fight for the vacant WBA bridgeweight belt with Chinese Zhang Zhaoxin.
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