Russian Vsevolod Shumkov cannot be considered a favorite in the fight for the IBA title in the weight category up to 57 kg against the 2019 world and Asian champion Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov from Uzbekistan, this opinion was shared with by the chairman of the coaching council of the Russian Boxing Federation Edouard Kravtsov .
The fight for the IBA belt between Shumkov and Mirzakhalilov will be the headliner of the IBA Night of Champions tournament, which will be held on Saturday in Baku. The 2024 European champion, 2023 World Championship bronze medalist, three-time Russian champion Shumkov has one official fight in the professional ring – in November 2023, the Russian defeated Garik Gevorkyan ahead of schedule. Shumkov, 22, is participating in the IBA Night of Champions series; in February, he defeated Cuban Seidel Horta in a challenger fight. Mirzakhalilov, 29, has four victories in the professional ring (3 by KO). In February, an Uzbek boxer defeated Mexican Luis Rodriguez Ocana in another fight for the IBA belt.
— I would not consider Vsevolod an obvious favorite, or even just a favorite. In this fight, the situation is very tight. Mirzakhalilov is an experienced boxer who has everything in order psychologically. If you remember the fight of his contender with the Mexican, I thought that he would collapse along the way given the pace they had picked up at the start. But in the end, we saw that Mirzakhalilov himself “squandered” the Mexican. In addition, Mirazizbek hits selectively and misses few goals. Even taking into account subjectivity, if we talk about preferences, then in percentage terms I would give 60 to 40 in favor of Vsevolod – no more. And I will draw attention to subjectivity. But the fight is very competitive, it is difficult to say whether Shumkov is the favorite in this fight,” Kravtsov told , according to the press service of the Russian Boxing Federation.
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