Russian boxer Albert Batyrgaziev said WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis refused to fight him.
Thursday in Ufa during the “Betting League” tournament. Night of IBA Champions” Bytargaziev defeated Filipino Albert Pagara by technical knockout in the fifth round and achieved the first defense of the IBA belt in the weight category up to 60 kg. Batyrgaziev is the 2020 Olympic champion and interim WBA super featherweight champion.
— I already want to organize 12 rounds, because demand creates supply. If you feel more pain, we will do 12 rounds. I’m referring to title fights, I’d like to have them more often. I would like to unite the belts, I feel that this goal is close. If earlier I didn’t talk about names like Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson… I thought it was too early, now is the time to start talking about them. We made Gervonta Davis an offer, but he turned it down. He chose to fight Lamont Roach in December. Even if Roach loses the lightweight fight, he will have to defend against me within 120 days. I am a mandatory candidate.
And Pagara made me understand from the first round that he wanted to go to the end, he was in no hurry. I stopped immediately, it was something new for me. I had to take it apart, pull it apart for it to start wrapping itself. There were shots fired in the air, I wish I had fired more, then there would have been a quick victory. But the opponent’s shoulder fell and, unfortunately, he could not continue the fight, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Batyrgaziev’s words.
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