- What were your emotions?
- Denis came to the corner and said: "Bro, I don't think they will give it to you. I said, "No, everything will be fine."
What were my emotions? I don't know, I don't think there are any to this day. A very big fatigue. Moral fatigue, we haven't been home for a long time, tired. I'm glad it worked out, I'm glad Denis is in the club of champions. He deserved it. I'm glad I helped him to do it.
- What exactly were you preparing for?
- We prepared for 12 rounds, we did a lot of work. We prepared for 17 weeks. There was a lot of physical exertion.
What I noticed first of all is that the left from the bottom is very dangerous. Worked through various plans to work with that. Watched about 15 of Navarrete's fights and realized one theme that he's always had a lot of trouble with left-handers.
And since I know Denis is a very cool lefty, I said let's work up half a round of whatever we're doing - shadow fighting, sack, sparring. Half a round right-handed, half a round left-handed.
And with the front hand always wind him up, finish his attacks with the front hand. "Eat his leg" is boxing slang. So that his front leg was inside Denis' stance.
So that we could twist him completely with punches, because he is a guy who always rolls forward, he is very weak on his feet. Reach out, "pull out", pull on him, counter, constant control of the front hand, because the head is always forward and the person goes forward. That's why there was such a theme.
Recall, May 18 Berinchik won by split decision of the judges - 115:113, 116:112, 112:116.