Honored trainer of Ukraine Dmitry Sosnovsky shared his thoughts on the result of the fight in which Ukrainian Denis Berinchik (19-1, 9 KOs) lost early to American Keyshawn Davis (13-0, 9 KOs) and lost the WBO lightweight title.
- You have to look at things realistically. Firstly, age is a big difference, practically 11 years. Secondly, the level to date. It's hard for me to say how they were preparing, because I wasn't at the training camp. But it was noticeable that physically he was inferior, a little bit out of time. Age also played a role here, it makes a big difference. In boxing, speed, strength and endurance are the components due to which boxers win.
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Anthropometry too: the opponent has longer arms, he looked more powerful. The only thing I want to note and I am satisfied with is that Denis deserves to be recognized for his faith and service to our sport. God helped him, he became a champion. He worked hard for many years. And now what happened happened. Boxing is boxing, there's always someone who has to lose.
-What can this defeat mean for Denis' future career, considering that he is already 36 years old?
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- Denis waited for his moment, he became a champion. 36 years old is a pretty solid age for boxing. Considering that they have given 10-15 years to this sport, trained and worked hard. The decision is up to him, he has a team, promoters.
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Denis has come a hard way. The fights were also hard to organize. If he became a world champion at 25, like this Davis, maybe his fate would have turned out differently. But Denis waited and worked hard. It's hard for me to advise anything.
He's a champion, accomplished... Look, silver medalist at the World Senior World Championships, silver medalist at the Olympics, world professional champion. What more could you want? Of course, we would like him to be a champion everywhere, but we have what we have.
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God bless him. Thank God that we have more people like Berinchik. To those skeptics who say bad words to him, I always answer - put on the gloves, go out and become a world champion and Olympic silver medalist. It's easier to talk, but it's harder to go out and box. He came out, tried, wanted to - but he could only do what he could do today," Sosnovsky said.
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Recall that on the night of February 15, Berinchik lost to Davis by knockout in the fourth round.
