Eddie Hearn, the famous British promoter, reacted to the fight between Israil Madrimov and Magomed Kurbanov. Uzbek Madrimov impressed Eddie so much that he called him "the new Golovkin".
"This guy is a beast. The guy is the new Gennadiy Golovkin, he easily passed Kurbanov. Remember this name, Uzbek power, Israil Madrimov will fight for all the belts in the first middleweight division," BoxingScene quoted Hearn as saying.
The fight between Israil Madridimov and Magomed Kurbanov took place on March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and ended with the victory of the Uzbek boxer by technical knockout in the fifth round. At stake in this fight was the vacant title of the world champion in the first middleweight division of the WBA.
