On January 23 in Osaka, the Ukrainian lost to the Japanese by unanimous decision and lost the WBA bantamweight title.
“Artem didn’t have a good fight, this happens. He had no counterattacks, and there were also moments when the Japanese struck in the air, but Artem could not catch him.
Yes, Dalakyan had one jab, but there should have been more of them to stop his opponent. Artem has a knockout punch that he can use to stop his opponent, but we didn’t see that in this fight.
Perhaps Artem needed to deliver strong blows to his opponent, but he was constantly moving. I don’t know what the plan was. In the second half of the battle, it was necessary to stop in the center and seize the initiative,” Senchenko said.