Fights
The Tokov fighter admitted that he loses his instinct of self-preservation when he fights too often
Anatoly Tokov / Photo: © Bellator
Former Bellator middleweight title challenger Anatoly Tokov recalled how his four fights in 2015 affected him.
— For me, the year ended with a battle with AJ Matthews at RIZIN. It was normal, I didn’t feel any difficulties. And at first I had three fights in three months – it was a bit difficult: constant weight cutting, the need to keep myself in good shape and the lack of opportunity to develop. When you fight at such a rhythm, you cannot gain physics or learn something new. You just keep fit.
In my case, the difficulty is also that my instinct of self-preservation disappears when I fight too often. I don’t have the jitters that I usually experience before fights. It happened that I entered the cage and it didn’t matter to me who I would fight. For me, fighting a fight was like drinking tea. And a couple of times it played a cruel joke on me. As Mike Tyson says, fear is a fire that can either burn you or warm you. It needs to be there, but you need to control it. But I simply didn’t have this feeling,” RT quotes Tokov as saying.
Tokov will fight Magomed Ismailov on March 9 in Moscow at the ASA tournament dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the league. The 33-year-old Tokov has 30 wins and three losses.
All ASA tournaments are broadcast live on the Match TV and Match! Fighter”.
Source: Sportbox
Ukrainian boxer Alexander Usik He could sign a contract with an American promoter, his manager Egis Klimas had previously mentioned this.
As the portal revealed, three promotional companies are competing for cooperation with the Ukrainian. Top Rank, led by promoter Bob Arum, known for his collaborations with Vasily Lomachenko, Alexander Gvozdyk and Denis Berinchyk, is looking to sign Usik. Another option for Usik is PBC, headed by Gervonta Davis, and Golden Boy, whose owner and main representative is the living legend of boxing Oscar De La Hoya.
Previously, Alexander Usik (24-0, 15 KOs), the holder of the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles (over 90.7 kg), talked about his plans and admitted when he plans to end his professional career. The boxer recently vacated his WBO title and lost his status as absolute world champion.
Source: Sport UA
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Fights
“The grappling match with Makhachev will not take place, because Islam earns a lot of money in the UFC” – Tsarukyan
UFC lightweight number one Arman Tsarukyan said that he does not yet consider a potential grappling fight with the promotion’s welterweight champion Islam Makhachev to be realistic.
On Tuesday, Tsarukyan and Sharabutdin Magomedov, known by his nickname Shara Bullet, ended in a draw in a grappling bout in Yerevan.
— The grappling match with Makhachev will not take place, because Islam earns a lot of money in the UFC. I don’t think anyone can afford to pay him that amount,” Red Corner MMA quotes Tsarukyan as saying.
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Source: Sportbox
Former world heavyweight champion, British Tyson Rage I am sure that WBC champion Oleksandr Usyk will leave his belt vacant due to the lack of interesting opponents:
“Usyk will not fight opponents ranked in the WBC because it is impossible to make good money from these fights. How much money will he make by fighting Agit Kabayel or Lawrence Okolie?”
Frankly, these are insufficient. After making a ton of money fighting Tyson Fury, you don’t want to go back to fights that have no financial benefit.
Usik will therefore give up his WBC title and Agit Kabayel will become the full world champion. He will be able to defend against (German boxer) Okolie or Moses Itauma,” Fury said on the DAZN platform.
Kabayel’s next opponent will be Poland’s undefeated representative Damian Knyba. The fight for the WBC interim title will take place in Germany on January 10.
Source: Sport UA
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