Artur Beterbiev's coach spoke about his injury – Boxing/MMA
Trainer of the absolute light heavyweight world champion Artur Beterbiev Nuripasha Talibov spoke about the champion's injury, which he suffered in the first fight against the former world light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in October 2024 Saudi ArabiaSports.kz reports with reference to Championat.com.
“The trouble was that Arthur was not ready for this fight. He had surgery and his leg did not heal. Previously, when we were preparing, we walked a lot in the mountains, ran, but now he replaced this work with a bicycle. My opinion is that Arthur was a little afraid that he might not be able to withstand the distance, because he knew that he was not quite ready. If he were healthy, he would be twice as strong.
As Arthur told me, age is just a number. He looks good…