WBA bridgeweight champion Muslim Gadjimagomedov confident in his victory over the German Leon Hart.
In the co-main event “Betting League. “IBA Night of Champions” Thursday in Ufa, two-time world champion, 2020 Olympic finalist, 2024 European champion Gadzhimagomedov (4-0, KO 3) will make his first defense of the WBA bridgeweight belt in a 12-round fight with German Leon Hart (22-5-1, KO 13). The next tournament will take place within the framework of the forum “Russia – a sports power”.
“It’s not easy to defend a belt when you’re already champion. After all, your opponents have a different attitude towards you – everyone wants to take away your belt. Therefore, defending the belt is much more difficult than winning. Hart is a good boxer, I watched his fights, I saw the fight with Evgeniy Tishchenko. There is danger in him and he definitely won the first round. But we will face it, because a lot of work has been done, we have had a lot of fights. It was a great camp, we were ready to the max.
— Before the last fight, you promised to eliminate your opponent and you kept your promise. Maybe you will do the same thing this time?
– I’ll think about it. If there are rewards, like in the fight with the Chinese, then I can knock him out (smile), – reports the words of Gadzhimagomedov, correspondent of .
Live broadcast of the “Betting League” tournament. “IBA Champions Night” will be broadcast on the channel, broadcasting begins at 4:30 p.m. Moscow time.
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