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Drozd admired Ismailov’s courage before the fight with Durodola

Drozd admired Ismailov’s courage before the fight with Durodola

WBC world boxing champion and EBU European boxing champion Grigory Drozd admired the courage of MMA fighter Magomed Ismailov, as he spoke on Friday, February 25.

“I admire the courage of Magomed. For me, in his face, it looks like some kind of scam. If we talk about boxing skills, then, of course, Durodola has them several orders of magnitude higher. The guy boxed in several fights in 12 rounds and boxed for titles, so I honestly marvel at the courage, ”he emphasized.

On the night of Saturday, February 26, Ismailov (Bald Predator) defeated the Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodolu in a boxing match at the REN TV Fight Club tournament. After the fight, the Russian admitted that he was warned about the strong blow of the African and these warnings became the key to success.

On February 24, the Russian announced that he plans to stick to the “street fighter” style in the upcoming fight. Durodola said that Ismailov was not fast enough for a boxer.

On February 16, boxer Kostya Tszyu supported Ismailov before the fight with the Nigerian. He came to training to Ismailov and gave him instructions. The athlete, in turn, noted that it was a great honor for him to train under the guidance of Tszyu.

The duel between Ismailov and Durodola became the main event of the tournament on February 25 and was held in the format of “four rounds of three minutes”. The athletes were wearing 10-ounce gloves. In addition to them, the audience saw the fight between the 2021 world boxing champion (amateurs) Mark Petrovsky and the Kenyan Collins Oyal, as well as the fights between Maxim Topor Shcherbakov and Albert Karmazyan (bare fists).

Source: IZ

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