Former world boxing champion and now State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev assessed the chances of Russian mixed martial artist (MMA) Vyacheslav Datsik in a boxing fight against Zelemkhan Dukaev, nicknamed Machine Gunner. His words are quoted by REN TV.
Valuev drew attention to the fact that Dukaev had impressive knockouts, but said that Datsik was able to put up a decent resistance to him and become the winner. “The fighters are brutal, but by the rules of boxing, so on average the chances are equalized somewhere, despite the fact that many of these fighters came out of boxing completely,” he added.
The duel between the fighters will take place on January 28. It will start at 23:00 Moscow time.
Recently, Datsik has focused on performances in pop MMA and fights according to the rules of boxing or kickboxing. The fighter repeatedly had problems with the law, we are judged, he was serving a sentence. The last time he was sentenced to a year in prison for illegally crossing the border with Estonia.
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