/nginx/o/2020/09/28/13376577t1h10e4.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1)
TVNET: Congratulations on winning over Hozy Burton and entering the final of the Golden Contract tournament. Not counted as a favorite of this fight, but you won quite convincingly.
–
R. Bolotņiks: Yes, I counted as a fighting “underdog”. I don’t know anything about the bets, but the favorite was really him. In fact, I was one of the last in this tournament, no one thought I could show anything. With each fight it got better and better. I watched Burton’s fights, and my team and I took this fight very seriously. I work with Dmitry Shihola [cīņas dienā bija kopā ar Mairi Briedi Pasaules boksa supersērijas finālā Minhenē]. Briedis also helped me prepare. We were ready, we knew that he was a good boxer in the first two or three rounds. Works very well with hands – very good jab (straight blow), left right, and also good aperkots (bottom blow) good. He had to get a little tired and then show his work.
–
TVNET: In the ninth round, you sent him to the knockout twice. It seemed that the fight would be stopped, but it continued …
–
R. Bolotņiks: It’s the judge’s decision, he’s the key. The judge in the ring is the boss. I also watched myself make more than ten blows and he didn’t answer a single one. It also seemed to me that the fight should be stopped. Nothing. People saw and now know that I can work all ten rounds first. It is very good.
–
TVNET: At the end of the fight, he moved with his hands down in the ring for a while. He seemed to challenge him even a little.
–
R. Bolotņiks: Those were emotions, I’m an emotional jack. Of course, I also wanted to play a little. There were tasks in my head, and the coaches also shouted to keep their hands up and get there. One lucky blow can come together and it all ends, so I started thinking with my head. I knew I was superior to the other half of the fight, and I just had to calmly finish the fight and drive home with my belt.
–
TVNET: The opponent was almost head court longer. You must definitely prepare for this too. It is not so common to box with such slender boxers. How do you deal with it?
–
R. Bolotņiks: Nothing nothing. You can work with everyone, you can hit everyone. The main thing is to approach the fight properly, choose the right technique, the right sparing partners. I have already fought the third fight in a row against a long opponent. The first was Sergei Yekimov, then Steven Word and now Burton. Well, I’m used to it.
–
Richard Bolotnik (from right)
FOTO: Boris Simson/LNK Boxing
–
TVNET: This was a 10 round fight. Please tell me how to recover after such struggles? Does something hurt you, how does your body feel?
–
R. Bolotņiks: The body, of course, is tired. Hands hurt, in fact everything hurts. But I am comforted by the fact that I won. Next to me is a wife who envelops me and tells me that I am a pig. I’m tired, but I haven’t had any injuries. That’s all right.
— .
