The absolute world champion from Russia has set a condition for Usyk to hold a fight

The absolute light heavyweight champion of the world, Artur Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KOs), has expressed his readiness to fight Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs). At the same time, the boxer, who is shamefully hiding under the flag of Canada, has set a ridiculous condition for our compatriot to hold such a fight.

Beterbiev said this in an interview with the propaganda TV channel Match TV. The boxer, who calls the leader of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov his brother, noted that both opponents must change their current weight categories to organize the fight.

"Is this fight real? "Yes, it is. If he goes down to the first heavyweight division and I go up. Then this fight can be made. I would be interested in this fight," Beterbiev said.

Earlier, he complained that many fans and experts accused him of being jealous of the Ukrainian super champion.

It should be noted that the boxers have met several times at the amateur level. In 2007, at a tournament in Kaliningrad, the Russian won 12:10, and the Ukrainian took revenge in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup and the 2012 Olympics with the same score of 17:13.

Because of these defeats, Beterbiev harbored a grudge against Usyk and accused him of cowardice. And after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he called Oleksandr sick because of his position against the aggressors.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, Ramzan Kadyrov was humiliated in Saudi Arabia during the fight between Artur Beterbiev and Dmytro Bivol.

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