Negotiations with WBA champion Lamont Roach have failed, the US team categorically does not want to go to Russia, there is an offer coming, the manager and coach of the 2020 Olympic champion told . Alberta Batyrgazieva Edouard Kravtsov.
On July 23, the WBA sent a formal notice to both sides and gave them 30 days to complete negotiations, with a deadline of August 22. Batyrgaziev had already beaten Irishman Jono Carroll for the interim WBA super featherweight title in July and is now set to face Roach.
— We have until August 22 to negotiate. But the negotiations are at an impasse. We asked the WBA to ensure that the auction takes place as soon as possible. We will have to wait until August 22, and then, I think, the auction will be decided within 10 days. And based on the results of the bidding, the fight will go in one direction. The American side categorically does not want to go to Russia, citing the political situation, etc., and speculating on this topic. Although we know that American boxers coming to Russia have never had and will never have any problems from a security point of view. Brandon Glanton recently beat Alexey Egorov in Moscow, and Glanton and Roach have the same promoter. But now this promoter is trying to speculate on a political issue. The negotiations are difficult, at an impasse. We will wait for the auction and then proceed to the results, ”Kravtsov told .
Batyrgaziev, 26, has 11 wins in the professional ring and is undefeated. The 28-year-old American Roach has 25 wins, losses and one draw.
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