Heavyweight Adam Bogatyrev After the fight with Evgeny Goncharov, he told about the injuries he suffered in the first round of the fight at the ASA Grand Prix final.
Bogatyrev, 29, lost to Goncharov, the current ASA League heavyweight champion, 38. The fight, which took place in Moscow, lasted five rounds and ended with the belt holder winning by unanimous decision. Goncharov was defending his title for the second time.
– How are you doing?
– Everything is fine, alive and well, but there are injuries. I said it before the fight, and I say it now: “So it was just destined to happen.” I won’t say that I was poorly prepared, because I have never been so well prepared in my life. I can only tell you that I felt like I was in a cage, but at the same time I wasn’t. I don’t know how to explain it. I will also say that in the first exchange I broke my hand. Then at the end of the first round or at the beginning of the second, we collided with our foreheads, but because Zhenya is a little lower, his forehead hit me in the eye or the bridge of my nose, I couldn’t see anything with my left eye. After the fight, I went to the Sklifosovsky Institute, did a CT scan, it seemed that there was nothing wrong, but they told me that when the swelling goes away, I still need to take a picture, maybe the bone was affected. And the metacarpal bone was broken in the third and fourth fingers of the right hand. I continued to work with my left hand, but note that I almost did not strike with my right hand after the first round.
— Did your arm hurt or do you not feel pain from adrenaline (I have heard both versions from athletes)?
“I hit with this hand, but I made no effort to deliver the blows.” I invested several times, there was the same effect that is said to sparks from the eyes. I just put my hand on my head so that they would not hit me there. At the same time, as I said, he has no KO power. He seemed to hit me several times, although some blows were occasional, in some places I turned my head away, in others I put my hand, but the result is evident in every sense.
— The hardest shot you missed from Evgeniy?
“I threw a double jab and tried to throw an elbow, but I missed it through my hand to the temple; I got a good blow on the left side – either a straight right or a straight right. It was a hard blow.
— Does it make a difference to you whether someone wins against Evgeniy Goncharov or keeps the belt until a rematch with you?
— Revanchist sentiments usually live here and now. Evgeniy has one more fight on his contract, I have two. If the league gives me a chance, I can take the belt away from him. But if he leaves the league, with the specific purpose of meeting him… It’s not about me. They write to me: “Challenge him for a rematch.” What will this revenge bring me? He will not give you any more money. I can beat one of my enemies, they will pay me the same as for Evgeniy Goncharov. Why should I then climb on Evgeniy if I can beat the bag? – Bogatyrev told .
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