Russian heavyweight fighter Alexander Emelianenko explained why he challenged Alexander Shlemenko to a fight according to the rules of boxing.

– Why challenged Alexander Shlemenko?

“I never challenge. But I’m just saying, he’s such a … man without an opinion. Hostage of the public and the crowd. He does everything for the sake of all people. As they say, so does Shlemenko. He starts to sing along to them. Somewhere declared about me. Well, he didn’t respond very flatteringly. Therefore, I think that it’s better for us not to play through the press, social networks or somehow play a broken phone, but to enter the ring and find out everything there once and for all. Fight like men and close all questions.

– Do you think he will agree?

I’m sure he won’t agree. He already in the hall said that I chose my strongest side. He understands that… If in mixed martial arts he refused to fight me, then in boxing he will 100 percent not go out and fight with me.

– You don’t like Alexander Shlemenko?

– Very arrogant, arrogant. With arrogance. Hostage, I repeat, the public. And very proud. And pride is one of the deadly sins. We need to land it on the ground.

Didn’t you get to talk to him today?

No, I don’t talk to him. I have his coordinates. We were somehow pushed head-on: someone dialed him on my behalf … Then he redialed me, and I explained to him: “Listen, I didn’t say that, I don’t even have your number.” Well, we kind of talked, everything was brought to naught. It looks like the issue is closed. He said he didn’t want to fight me because he needed to recruit a lot. And I will never fall into his weight category. They dotted all the “i”s, and then he disappeared somewhere. And now, in order to be remembered, he again began to talk about Emelianenko. And give some proud conclusions, explanations, something else. Well, I don’t like this guy. Arrogant, arrogant, and misbehaves and speaks incorrectly in many matters. He knows for whom you can open your mouth, and for whom it’s better to stick your tongue in your ass, nod your head and pretend that nothing is happening, ”Sport24 quotes Emelianenko.

In early August, Alexander Emelianenko denied rumors about the end of his sports career. On September 24, a boxing fight between him and Vyacheslav Datsik is scheduled in Moscow.