Alexander Lebziak: Super Series for Boxers as World Championship for Footballers – Boxing News

"GASSIEV – TWO: He has a left hook and the right right"

– What do you think of the idea of ​​the tournament?
– The idea is excellent and the final fight will take place in Moscow. And both are very good opponents.

– Colleagues even allowed themselves to compare this super series with the World Cup. Do you agree?
– Absolutely. The organizers have managed to gather all the strongest boxers in the world weighing up to 91 kg. So at the level of the participants in the football championship it is quite possible to compare

– All the best participate, or someone has forgotten – Denis Lebedev, for example?
– Well, yes Denis does not. The rest of the best fighters for today have fought. But Murat Gbadiev and Alexander Usik stand out among themselves and will find themselves right in the final

– Gbadiev is considered a "drummer". What other badets do they have?
– He generally begins more calmly, and diverges after the fourth turn .

– Why?
– At this level, each tactic develops its own tactics. In Murat, she is often like that, but maybe her team will choose another tactic for this fight

– What do you say about her shot?
– Murat is in two hands: he has a very good and straight left hook. He does a lot of simple strikes, and then explodes a series – on five-six shots.

– How to characterize Usik?
– Technician. Much will depend on his physical training. Will he be able to maneuver actively every 12 rounds.

– You were also a technical boxer. What kind of tactics would have been chosen on the Usik website?
– Many would go as far as possible. When the rival was getting closer, he was trying to keep it, pile it up. The antenna, in fact, is bigger, it can be piled up. As Klitschko did in the battle with Povetkin.

"I could not play Wembley, even though I could be there"

– Who's the favorite?
– I can not give some advantage, I'll say it – 50 to 50. Although I support Murata.

– Four belts are at stake, plus a huge $ 10 million prize. There is no thought: oh, would I get rid of a dozen godkov now?
– That does not arise, at our age we must look at the pbadport more often, – Alexander laughs. – I always say: we are ready for the street, but there is already no ring for the ring. Time does not come back, that now you regret it …

– Usik was not afraid to come to Moscow, given the current relations between Russia and Ukraine
– It is quite reasonable. in his address. Can this affect the course of the fight, or does the boxer hear nothing?
– Anything can happen, people are different. A boxer of this level hears all the sounds that come in the ring, but he chooses only the voice of his trainer from these sounds.

– Povetkin and Joshua will fight in London at Wembley. Someone has already said that for Alexander it's a fight of all life.
– It is very good that such a fight was organized in such a stadium. If you can not play Wembley, even if you manage to fight there, laughs Alexander

– How do you evaluate the chances of Povetkin
– I'm sure that Sasha is preparing the way the more serious. And on the odds – of course that there is!