Bektemir Melikuziev is ready to completely extinguish the superstar!

Rio olympic silver medalist Uzbek amateur standout Bektemir Melikuziev will have his most important fight in professional boxing on January 30, 2021.

Despite his young age, Melikuziev has a lot of experience in amateur boxing, will fight against Sergey Kovalev of Russia (34-4-1, 29 KOs), who was the former world WBO, WBA (Super), IBF and IBA, WBC diamond champion in super lightweight.

The fight is scheduled to take place at the Luzhniki Arena in Moscow.

In fact, Sergey Kovalev had to fight his next fight against Cuban Sullivan Barrera. According to reports, the opponent was unable to prepare the documents required to travel abroad and therefore stated that he could not come to the battle in Russia.

Kovalev then chose Bektemir Melikuziev as his opponent. The Russian boxer made the following statement on his social network page.

- Hello everyone! The date of my next fight was clear. On January 30, I will fight against Bektemir Melikuziev from Uzbekistan at the Luzhniki Arena in Moscow. Bektemir won two victories in 2020. My opponent was the vice-champion of the Olympic Games in amateur boxing, the silver and bronze medalist of the world championships, the two-time champion of Asia, - writes Kovalev.

Kovalev also said that the fight against Bektemir will be the first step in his return to the world championship title, that the clash in Russia will give him extra strength and will delight his fans with more beautiful victories.

Bektemir Melikuziev also showed that he is not afraid of the former world champion, he is confident.

- Kovalev is one of the brightest stars of the next decade. This is exactly what I dreamed of when I took my first step into professional boxing. I am well prepared and ready to celebrate the victory on January 30, - said Melikuziev.

It should be noted that the Asianboxing.info website, which has its own reputation in the world of boxing, in recent years has announced the names of masters of leather gloves, who can enter the top ten in the ranking of the strongest professional boxers in the world (pound-for-pound).

Experts of the site predict that Bektemir Melikuziev will reach the top of the P4P rating by 2023. Bektemir Melikuziev did not spend much time in professional boxing. He had his first professional fight on June 13, 2019 against Martin Rios Fidel, where he defeated his highly experienced opponent in a clean knockout in the first round.

Promoters of Bektemir made all his fights in the United States, face opponents who have participated in many fights in the professional ring and are listed at the top of the rankings. As a result, Bektemir spends less time to win the first championship belts. In particular, Melikuziev won his first trophy - the World Boxing Association Continental Americas regional belt, defeating Vaugn Alexander by UD in his fourth fight in December last year.

Bektemir also outclassed Alan Kampa, finishing him in the third round of his sixth fight on October 30 and won the World Boxing Organization Inter-Continental belt.

Overall, this boxer has won five of his six fights by knockout and one by points, and he is rapidly rising in the rankings.

Aliko Frolov, one of his managers, also said that the Uzbek boxer was ready to fight against such famous opponents as former world champion in his weight class David Lemieux, Daniel Jacobs, Sergey Kovalev or Sullivan Barrera.