“I learned about the fight against Genov a week before. The offer was not very good, but I agreed. At first they talked about 167 pounds, closer to the battle they said that there would be 175. At the weigh-in, I learned that my opponent was generally allowed to weigh 180. I was a maximum of 175 without proper training,” said Shonia.
“In the contract for the fight, which is in my hands, 8 rounds were sited. Therefore, when the fight was stopped after the sixth, and the referee began to separate us, I was outraged. I slowly enter the fight, get warm gradually, building up with each round and was going to give everything in the last two rounds. Nobody told me that the meeting from 8 rounds was suddenly changed to a 6 round fight.”
“I saw what they wrote later about what happened. Like, a boxer beat his coach up. But in the corner was not my coach. It was a manager, who did not bother to tell me about the change in the number of rounds, also he did not protect my interests due to the weight advantage of the opponent. I have all my fights by myself and I train myself. I am my own coach.”
“After the incident, there was even a talk not to pay me. But the situation, in the end, was decided in my favor. I got my money and I was not disqualified.”
“Did I feel famous now? Well no. In Sofia after the battle, people came up, took pictures, talked with me. In Kiev, everything is calm. I didn’t become popular,” Shonia said.