Former ASA Heavyweight Championship challenger Adam Bogatyrev In a conversation with , he expressed confidence that he would be able to defeat champion Evgeniy Goncharov in a new fight.
Goncharov and Bogatyrev met in the final of the heavyweight Grand Prix on August 16, and fought for Goncharov’s championship belt. Following the results of the five rounds, the judges gave preference to the current titleholder. Bogatyrev’s defeat ended his four-match winning streak.
— I don’t think there are any professional athletes in your area. There was your close friend Murat, there was your brother and there was one more person. Don’t you think this is a mistake?
“I’ve been preparing with these guys for a long time. And if the angle works well, why change it?
– Someone might say that a professional athlete would give you advice on how to box with one hand (Bogatyrev has already stated that he broke his right hand in the first round – ed.)
— I can box with one hand, I have already broken my left hand in fights, I had such a case. I tell you, I looked like I was in a fight, but I was not. At some point, everything went wrong, because the plan was initially different and I did not absolutely adhere to it. One thing I can be sure of is that Zhenya’s head seems to be made of cast iron. It seems to me that after the fight, everything hurts him as much as it hurts me. I know that I kicked hard, I am sure that I tore off his head and liver with my left foot, but he held on and recovered like a robot, 5-7 seconds after each failure.
– Do you think about when you will return to the cage??
— Actually, I was very tired of the media: there was a lot of communication in front of the camera, and it was tiring. At the same time, I will not say that I was devastated on the day of the fight, on the contrary, I was armored. My pulse did not exceed 70 in the locker room, I was so calm. Everything was perfect. I do not know what went wrong in the fight: in the first round I worked, and after breaking my hand, I began to look for a punch. Knee, elbow, high kick. This is visible to the naked eye. I am sure that someday I will beat Evgeniy. Yes, I lost now, and there is a lot to say. I just want to say that he did not win. And I lost.
— What are the chances that you will return to combat in 2024?
“Maybe I’ll be back by the end of the year, but I can’t say for sure.” Let’s see how the hand heals. I’m not going to rush.
— What do you think of Evgeniy now, given that you have stimulated the fight quite brilliantly?
“And I already said then that as a human being I have no complaints against him.” I know him as an athlete. Personally, I know him only from the time we spent in the cage with him. How he is in life, I don’t know. If he needs my help in something, he can turn to me. “I am an open person in this regard,” Bogatyrev told .
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