On December 9, Russian boxer Grigory Drozd expressed confidence in the victory of athlete Maxim Babanin in a duel with Brazilian Beato Costa at the Storm on the Volga boxing tournament in Samara.
“Maxim Babanin is a well-known guy. Former member of the national boxing team, international master of sports. The guy who could climb even higher. In amateurs, he probably reached his limit, he was very tall. They have been waiting for him in the professional ring for a long time, ”the specialist said in an interview with REN TV.
The boxer is convinced that Babanin’s pretty appearance is deceiving, since he is capable of “hitting very hard”.
“Max knows how to deal with such guys – open, hands are low, and there are technical flaws in his legs,” Drozd emphasized.
A day earlier, Russian mixed fighter Artem Lobov gave a forecast for the upcoming fight. In his opinion, the advantage should be on the side of Babanin. The athlete noted that at the amateur level, the Russian fighter achieved excellent results, winning medals at the world and European championships.
Babanin himself stressed that he was ready for anything in the upcoming battle with Kosta. His rival, nicknamed the Brazilian Giant, promised a spectacular fight with the Russian fighter.
The fight will take place as part of a professional boxing evening, which will take place in Samara on December 17 at the sports and concert complex “Palace of Sports”. The professional boxing evening will be shown by REN TV.
This evening, in addition to Kosta and Babanin, WBA Asia South champion Edgar Ghukasyan will compete with a professional boxer from Argentina Ricardo Villalba, as well as fist fighter Maxim Shcherbakov, nicknamed Ax, and Denis Vildanov, known as Big Daddy.
On December 3, the promoter of the fights, Vladimir Khryunov, said that the goal of the tournament was to find a “Russian diamond” – a boxer who would become the same as Mike Tyson. According to him, all fighters have the same chances of winning, and therefore the intrigue will persist until the end of each fight.
Source: IZ
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