- 3 cameras are shooting.
- We started, right? - Where's your clapperboard? To clap and say:
«Take one», where is it? - We film documentary movied.
- Right. "Janibek Alimkhanuly,
a professional boxer
in the middleweight division" - Well ... - Where do you start? - Where to begin... We are glad to be your guests. We're glad we made
such a documentary. This story is not only
about “Qazaq Style”, this is the history of all Kazakh people. This marks significant moments
in the history of Kazakhstan.
Because the WBO middleweight title ... - We are the first team to win the WBO belt and brought it to our homeland. Our achievements. - How are you, champion? - How is your champion spirit, brother?
- All good! - My dear friend! - Hey, bro!
- As-salamu alaykum! - How is Tima?
- Doing well. You see the flags of some
countries in the boxing ring, and all of them appear crumpled:
they are simply folded into squares. But the flag is our dignity. The flag represents Kazakhstan. It is your people! It i
s your soul.
It is a dream of your ancestors. The flag is one of the symbols
of an independent country. It's not just a piece of fabric, our blue flag is very important. Bringing such a crumpled flag
on the international stage is alien to us,
to our culture. We will not do that and
we don’t want to do that. Therefore, ironing the flag
before each fight is my duty. To iron the flag... Whose blood is this? - Did you change the flag or is it the same one
that was in the first fight? - We didn’t cha
nge it, did we?
- Yes, it's the same flag. - We didn't replace it. - The flag is a valuable thing. - We will not change it. - You won't? - We will show only the blue flag! - Do you remember your first fight, Janibek?
The one that was in California. - Yes. We waved the same flag in the boxing ring. - God willing, which round
will we win? - As soon as possible.
- Let's do this. - Knock him out in the first round,
and in the second we’ll go home. Gennadiy Golovkin's belt was won immediately by the
German boxer after him. We couldn't agree with it, and decided to return the IBF title to our homeland together
with the team and with God's help. After 15 fights, we brought 2 titles from
the USA to our country’s treasury. These are historical events. Some will understand us,
others will not.. - You think many won’t understand you? - The fact is that when you are in this field... We have a saying: "What we have
we cannot keep, lost - weeping". But it doesn't mean
everyone should respect us. How
ever, you begin to understand
some things over time. - What time do we leave? - It’s six o’clock now,
we’ll leave at seven. - At seven o'clock?
- In 40... We can leave in
about 45-50 minutes. - I take care of the flag,
and Janibek takes care of opponents. What else can we say?! - They sew it like that?
- Yes... - To make it easier to put on
and take off gloves. Turn around. - His name used to be written
with “Zh”, like "Zhanibek". But the Americans read it wrong
and used to say “Sanibek”. Someth
ing similar to this. Then I asked Top Rank so that they change it
to the letter “J”, like this. This is also complicated marketing work, people from this sphere
will understand me. - We changed it to "J" so foreigners can easily read his name. - This is how it's written. If you noticed, before boxers were promoted by last name, right, Jonybai? - Before...
- For example, Alvarez. Canelo's name is Saul and Alvarez is his middle name. We were also called by our last name,
like “Alimkhanuly”. Like,
"Kanat VS Alimkhanuly." And American fans can’t read
the last name properly. Even our manager couldn't pronounce it. Some coaches instead of "Alimkhanuly", They said: “Alhamdulillah.” But we didn't mind as well. Then we talked to Top Rank, contacted the responsible people, shared that it's important to us
that fans can pronounce our name properly. It wouldn't be right
if they couldn't remember his name. Because it's difficult. And now they can easily say “Janibek”. And the design “Qazaq Style”,
We always mention it. Because... there are many different fighting styles, but God willing, we will leave
our mark on history. - It was like this: Two thousand... In 2018... Berik and I went to the USA. We had a plan we were well prepared. We... no matter how, no matter what,
must win all 4 titles, we must become champions, leave “Qazaq style” mark on history. These are our global goals. How can we achieve these goals? We were worried about it the most
and it made us think a lot. Thank God, now
we are
the two title holders. 5 years have flown by quickly,
right, Berik? These 5 years passed very quickly. Because we had a dream,
we had a goal. We worked hard but it wasn't easy. But thank God! "He says: I'll think next time" We won't stop. There are 2 more titles that we have to win. We must become ultimate champions. This goal motivates us. Yes, when we first arrived, what to hide, back then we didn't have... we didn't expect anything bad. We believed that
everything would be fine. We bor
rowed money,
bought tickets and took off. We didn’t think at all about
the contract type, about the promoters. We negotiated with everyone. Berik was talking with Egis Klimas, and we were considering various contracts
from promotion companies. We got to know the coaches
and looked at local training facilities. Although not large,
but the one that can meet our level. What were they called, Berik? - The case was like this, Kana. We didn't know what awaited us there. Because no one was waiting for
us we weren't hand anything on a silver platter. We didn’t come with everything ready;
no one provided us with housing, a car, etc. Nobody invited us. We went ourselves
at our own peril and risk. The main thing we had was
faith in ourselves, our Kazakh blood and honor. This helped us not to break down. We had various difficulties:
we were waiting for a contract, held negotiations. We spent time waiting. We even thought about going back. What stopped us was that
we had come such a long way. Every
thing didn’t work out right away. The only thing holding us back was clarity of purpose and faith, It’s also that we can’t step back. Once we have started,
we must finish the job. - Brickhouse is making a documentary. - All good. - We will arrive at 10 am.
- At 10 am? - Okay, I'll be here too, because
I'm meeting Brian here. I'm working with him
tomorrow morning. - We are speaking Russian with Berik from Kazakhstan!
- Yeah, I know. - I apologize for my... "terrible russian accent" - That's all r
ight! - They're making... bro, they're
making a great documentary. - We've know each other for a long time... A couple of comments about Janibek. - If you can speak Russian...
- Janibek, “It’s an honor to have someone
of that caliber train at this gym. It gives us all energy,
inspiration and hope. Watching him is
a lesson for all of us. We we look forward to every visit,
every championship. Every fight he wins inspires all of us. America is in Janibek’s corner,
Brickhouse Boxing Club is in J
anibek’s corner. Godspeed, he’s got a big fight coming up, we're all intended plan
on a very sound victory. He’s an incredible athlete,
and incredible champion and most of all,
a great human being. - Bro, one question. Tell all people of Kazakhstan for example, you know
many boxers here, right, Americans, Mexicans. What is the difference between Kazakh boxers... - In Russian or... - Like Russian, what... - It doesn’t matter, you can speak in any language.
- Let’s speak Russian. - Okay, okay.
-
Let's speak Russian... - Because I asked in Russian.
- I can speak... - Yes, of course.
I can speak Russian, but I speak a little. Well, there is a difference, of course. in my opinion, boxers from the Soviet Union,
from the former USSR, It's a different mentality, a good one. They... I can't say or explain... from English to Russian,
but, in my opinion, It's a completely different mentality. Warriors! They are
absolute warriors! Especially... Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Bivol, Janibek, t
hey’re unbelievable talents. and I think the work ethic
from a very young age. It’s just completely different. They say boxing is a per man sport, America’s a rich country
but it’s caused... partially putted, a bit of weakness
with that comfort brings weakness. Those countries still producing
incredible champions through strength and hardship. And that’s what I see with all the fighters
from the former Soviet sphere Ukraine Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Chechnya,
Georgia, Armenia - whole another
class . - We are...
- How is your spirit? always ready. Because... We train right up until the fight. Whether you're in the mood or not, we have to train and do our job. Now, more precisely today We will have 10 sparring rounds,
10 in total. The first sparring partner has arrived,
this is the second one, then the third one should come. We will have 10 sparring sessions
with three fighters. All according to plan! Our coach, Brian Viloria,
looks like a Kazakh. Our fans saw him on our social networ
ks
and started asking: “Who is he”, “Is he from Kazakhstan?”,
“We haven’t seen him before.” He is a four-time
professional boxing champion. - A very famous boxer.
- Hey, Brian! - How are you doing, brother? - I'm good, how are you guys doing? - Hello, Almaty, hello!
Hello, Kazakhstan! - People wondering who you are, and could you just tell
shortly about yourself, and, you know,
introduce yourself? My name is Brian Viloria,
“the Hawaiian punch”. I'm a professional boxing trainer. I was a US Olym
pian
for 2000 Olympic games. 4-time World Champion as a professional, Unified Wolrd Champion as well, 2 divisions, multi-divisional Champion. - I trained with Freddie Roach, Roberto Garcia, Joe Goossen. They're the legends of the sport boxing. I've a lot of experience with TOP, caliber trainers and fighters in a lot of camps. I grew up with Manny Pacquiao. I was in camps with them,
inspiring Manny! I trained alongside with James Toney, with some of the leaders in the sport. with Jose Martinez,
that's all. - I've been in a game
for over 35 years. - This is 8, this is 8 coming up... - Is the last round, yeah? - Yeah, this is time. - We will finish soon...
The heartbeat is 174... - It's a good heartbeat rate. - Let's go! - You've got this job! - It started! - No, here's the thing. I don’t know about others, but for me ... it's easier to fight during the real fight, rather than sparring trainings. Because in sparring We are studying the opponent
with whom we will box in the ring. Studying
your opponent and working on it
is very difficult. And it’s easier to box during the fight day. because we already roughly know
the opponent’s techniques in other words, we are already
ready for this fight. Therefore, for us, training
with sparring opponents, working in the gym is much more
difficult than the final fight itself. - There are 10 rounds
at the first sparring session. - First, the date is set.. - Fight day.
- Yes, then we make a plan. We allocate 2 weeks for adaptation. During thi
s time we are not training,
it consists of only recovery processes... Then we begin conditioning coaching. We did these trainings
before the last two fights. This is the final stage of
training camp before the fight. - How are you doing, guys?
My name is Joe Krausz. I’m Janibek’s
strength & conditioning coach. We’ve been working together
for above 4 years now. We’re about 3 weeks out
from his fight And right now we’re in phase 3
which is his "picking" phace. We’re trying to pick him athletica
lly
to the highest ability, working on speed strength, and working his a lactic,
aerobic, endurance and power. Janibek comes in,
he's always ready. He always surprises us. I can say out of all the camps
we’ve ever had, this is definitely the best one. and I know, I say that every time but the one thing about Jani is that
he constantly gets stronger, faster. It’s pretty unbelievable,
to be honest. So each camp he always gets better, and I definitely guarantee
a victory to Janibek, 100%. - B
efore this we trained for 15 days, or 2-3 weeks. Now since we are world champions opponents are also getting stronger and better. For this reason, we included
conditioning coaching in this camp. "Round per round he's averaging
about 13-15 beats." - So times 2, it's a full minute, about 30. - Is it good?
- It's very good. So it's about 40 beats,
30-40 beats per minute he's dropping in between rounds. So it's very good. He's doing it.
Last round we didn't get 'cause it fell, but compared to la
st camp he's better. - 182...
- The best... - The last four rounds, the heartbeat
rose to 193 beats/s, during combinations it reaches
up to 183 beats/s. - Is it right here? - Is it here, huh?
- Yeah, it's because checking... - What training is it?
- Includes general physical exercises, strength, endurance, for the health of
the arm and leg ligaments. We draw up a plan together
with a Strength and Conditioning Coach, because after that we start sparring training. And in sparring... You can get ve
ry severe
punches and injuries, so it's better to prepare all these muscles and only then start training. In the meantime, on the one hand,
we will prepare the body halfway, and on the other hand,
we can prevent injuries from the punches. - What's going on there?
- How are you, Jonybai? - What are you doing here? - How was the training? - Amazing! - Hello, brother! - Everything went well,
did you focus on speed? - Yes, this coach wants me
to train both speed and strength. - Two weeks? - Yes. He
says that
if I focus on speed, I won’t have any strength left,
the punch will be weak. That's why it's better to prepare fully, and in the next weeks we’ll add
a little speed and that’s it. - OK. - Will we be busy all next week?
Or will we finish this week? - No, it seems that
we will finish this week. Perhaps next Monday or Wednesday. - So that your hands work like this...
- We stretch the muscles and ligaments. - You’re almost in shape,
you can’t be overweight. - Everything else is great,
eve
rything is according to plan. - Muhammed! - Everything good? - Good, Alhamdulillah! Good work today. - Good work, hard work, brother.
- Mashallah! - Hard work!
- Yeah. - Discipline! Everyday, everyday... Hard work, hard work, hard work. Don't be lazy! - This is how you get better. - If you're lazy,
you will lose your title. - If you work hard everyday,
you can win titile. - It's an important thing in sport.
- It's always good to, you know... you train like you have no title, like you fight to
ge
t the title, right?! - So that's why...
- Ah, you have title, but you have to... - ... train like you have no title.
- Exactly! - Mohammad is our friend,
brother in the USA. We met in a
professional boxing gym. - Who are you? I don't know you!
Who are you? - Brother, sheikh, ustaz! - Sheikh! Ustaz! This guy's name is Mohammed. - We are Muslim brothers. We wanted to learn how to read
Quran in our free time. We didn't know how we can start
our learning journey. We wanted to meet someone educated
. It turned out that Mohammed and I
were running on a treadmill. I asked if he leanrt Quran by heart, he replied that he was “Qari” - a reciter. He read and learnt by heart Quran. And now he teaches us here. He is Haviz, Mashallah! - How are you doing? - This is Surah "al-Fil". - You learned it the same way
as in the original! I know Surahs “Fatiha”, “Ikhlas”... "Kawthar". what else did you teach? "Kawthar"... - “Nasr” and “Fil”. - “Fil”, then “Nasr”. - Then... - Surahs "Nas" and "Falaq". - That
's all, right?
- "al-Asr" - Yes, also “al-Asr”.
- We know 8 Surahs in total. Now we are reading literature. For example, Mukagali Makataev. This is “Poems of Seven Centuries” collection,
I have no words! The poems of Myrzhakyp Dulatov
and Abai Kunanbaev are full of meaning. [reading a poem in Kazakh] - Look how they used to describe
the batyrs (warriors)! “Waving a spear, he threw it into the snow,
and dipped a diamond blade into the blood.” The saber will be stained with
the blood of the enemy!
I read this and imagine boxing. Only instead of a sword
you have boxing gloves! That's it! If earlier the warriors fought
in armor and with swords, you fight wearing the boxing gloves. I imagine things like this sometimes. - How is the southpaw stance boxer? This is our eighth, ninth
sparring partner, right? For the first time we are boxing with
a left stance boxer in the camp. - Is he fast?
- Yes. - Now I have reached 154 beats/s.
- 154? - 158, about 156 now.
- Well done! - We can have a coup
le more
sparring sessions. - He suddenly appears near you?
- Yes, he's fast. And we haven't worked on the speed yet. 2 weeks left. - Next week...
- We're on time! Next week will be perfect if we train with him. - We will add speed, then we will find an approach
to the southpaw stance boxer. - He says that he will come again
until the sparring is over. We would like to train with him,
since the opponents are always different. The southpaw sparring partner is
the same height as our German opponent
. This Australian also punches
with his back hand... - This is the fourth time
we’ve boxed with this guy. - Yes, four times.
- Is this the fourth time? - We boxed four times. We study each other day after day. His coach brings him in
for a reason, too. He also has a lot to learn from us. Our fights will be useful to him in the future. - Everyone has their own goals and plans. - He adds something new every time. Once he hits harder, the second time
only with his front hand. At first he received a
punch from me, then disappeared. And now he's come more prepared. - Shall we carry the title
in the suitcase, Jony? - Or better to put it in your bag? - Take it. - Let's not carry a suitcase. - Yes. - Put it in the bag.
- It will be more convenient. - We won't take large luggage. - It seems that it will be better this way,
the suitcase won’t be heavy. - Joni, he says that
after the combination you will open up. - We prepared for this fight. With this preparation
we expect a knockout. In our fav
or... - We plan to do the knockout of the year, to win four belts in this division. Then we plan to move
to another division. But our main goal is to win four belts
in the current division. - It's the interview from ESPN. Journalist asked what are
your weaknesses, your vulnerable sides. He replied that you will open
after the combination. - It turns out that he doesn’t know me well.
- Yes, didn’t study you carefully. - Translation for the editing,
who's, who, one of you guys... if you can. - Why
? - Tell him, please! - I got it. I have to ask him what happened, no... 'cause it was such
an honorable broadcast before. He can ask how do you want. - What? - 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5, 6, 7...
- He's like "what's wrong?" - One, two, three, four, five... - Perfect! - Okay, is everything good? - I like this! - OK, tou rolling?
- I can be. - OK, please, roll.
- Speak. - OK, I'm rolling. - Janibek 1 clap right
in front of your face. - Perfect!
- OK, whenever you're ready, Mark. - Champ, why the change in t
rainers? - Didn't we say we're not
gonna talk about that. - Yeah, OK. - I gotta ask you, huh.
Didn't I say I was gonna ask it! - You can say he doesn't want
to talk about it. I mean, we could... - Next question, please. - He asked different questions. - That's their job. They should
advertise and share the fight news. - No-no-no.
I think... - I think there’s a reason why
nobody wants to fight Janibek. and underneath all the things that
we can’t really translate easily into English and America
n underneath all of that he has the best technique
in middleweight, and he's also... what people don’t realize
is the meanest. - Do you like his answer
to your question? - Yes, I do.
What comes to... what comes to... What comes to the translation, He's... - He’s really is as brash and as bold as any of
the American fighters that we like to talk about. And some of these guys in the States, they talk a lot of,
excuse me, a lot and don’t wanna fight. He wants to fight, for real. - You didn’t
seem to like
the questions, did you? - That's not the point. He wanted to know about the coach, but we changed it, that's all in the past. They are not obligated to know
the reason or purpose behind it. We needed it,
so we changed him. This is for the benefit of our work,
for our future. We will do everything in our power
to make Qazaq Style famous. So if they know or... Of course, I understand that they are interested,
but we also have to grow. - Can you tell us? - Of course we can tell
our guy
s, our people. We planned to change the coach
back in 2020. In 2020 they wanted to change Buddy McGirt... Yeah, 3 years ago. We went to another state, to Las Vegas, worked with other coaches. But we didn't like anyone, and we didn't want to lose any more time,
because the fight date was coming. Thus, we continued to work
with the previous coach. Time has come we found Brian
and saw him at work. We felt that if we work together
with him, we will grow and he will contribute
to improving Qazaq Styl
e. We worked with him for one camp
and we liked it. There are no conditions that you must work only with
one trainer until the end. God willing, we will change
a few more coaches. For example, when Brian teaches us
everything he knows, then we will look for
a coach of the another level. If we think about others, about their opinions, or if we're afraid of offending them ,
we will not grow. Therefore, the most important thing
for us is our goal. It's to leave Qazaq Style mark in history,
and we w
ill do everything that we can. - Thank you!
- Out of sight, man! - Nice to meet you. - Berik's relationship with Janibek, We won't discuss it at all. These are two brothers
who are constantly together and Berik does a lot for him. Of course he helps me too. I think my attitude
towards them is also very good. On the "Зamandas" podcast we shared we needed
the sponsorship. because you grow, become a champion,
your expenses will grow as well. As soon as our
sponsorship contracts ended, we started w
orking with
Kenes Raskishev. He supported us a lot. He helped us not only financially, but shared his wisdom, his life experience, gave us advice. We can rely on him. - You have changed, to be honest... - Became more experienced... - Should I move? - No, it's perfect.
Don't move. - Can you see me?
- Yes, don't worry. - As well as microphones. - If we talk about opponents, they were the Brazilian Falcao
and the German Gualteri. They were obliged fighters for the IBF belt,
which was won by Gennadi
y Golovkin. When Golovkin finished his career, the two of them were supposed
to fight for the IBF belt. German boxer Gualtieri
beat Brazilian Falcao and became World Champion. He won this title and immediately
agreed to fight with us. We were happy about it, and started training. We prepared well
and were ready. - We were planning this fight. - We studied completely this boxer,
his movements and punches. Our coach came several times a day and shared
about his punching technique and weak points.
- Approximately.
- Yes, for example... when he punches with his left back hand,
he changes it to his right one. Then he punches with a side hook. or instead of a side hook,
punches with an uppercut. So we got acquainted with his
boxing skills and noticed how he punches, when he gets tired,
what technique he uses, attacks or more often avoids. What he does well, what tactics should we use? We passed the weight category, we can say that we ate a lot
and gained strength. Then they went out to fight
. - We announced our plans
at the beginning, Kana. Our goal is to unify all 4 belts. We've won one belt along the way, then we started looking to see
who had other belts and when they are free,
who will we fight with, what are the possibilities. We study this every day,
we watch the news. In our promotion company Top Rank
there's the Brazilian boxer Falcao. We suspected that he would be
our next opponent. Since he was very active on social networks
and wrote to Janibek. - Our promoters are the s
ame. - Yes, we have the same promoter, that means he's promoting
a potential fight like that, He didn't say that for nothing. We thought “okay” and also took steps, answered competently. Then information came out that
Falcao would fight for the IBF belt. We were happy because Falcao was much more experienced
than the German boxer. He was the Olympics boxer. many were confident
that Falcao would win. Maybe Top Rank thought so too. We were thinking:
We come back to the US, and we'll win the WBO be
lt, then Falcao will become champion
and win the IBF belt and so on somewhere in 2024 we will fight for the two belts. When someone becomes a champion, he has a chance to choose
his first opponent and fight. This is called "free defense". We thought that Falcao wouldn't
fight with us right away, he will choose "free defense"
and then in the next fight he will choose us. But unexpectedly Falcao was defeated and the German boxer Gualtieri
won the belt for himself. The opponent's consent is only ha
lf the battle, He still needs to sign the contract. Because boxers would agree verbally, but in reality they begin to come up
with various excuses and the fight will be canceled. We started calling him to find out
if he signed the contract or not, We call the manager, Top Rank. They say "not yet",
so we rush them, because we have already signed
on our side. We're still waiting. When he signed the contract,
we sighed lightly. God bless! - So, if he signed the contract...
- This means that there w
ill be a fight. Now let's start worrying about other things. The main thing is that him
to be able to come to the fight, so that he won't get any injuries. We are not worried about ourselves,
but about others, Kana. We worry about them we want them to safely arrive in America. - Visa issues. - Yes, the most interesting
thing is the visa. We ask Egis about his visa,
he says that he hasn’t received it yet. We tell him to ask the lawyers,
apply for a visa, when will he apply?! He was just about
to
do that. One day he received a visa,
we calmed down. Then we were waiting him
to arrive safe and sound. He arrived in the USA. Then we would praying him to be
at the same weight class. so that he doesn't accidentally
get sick or get injured. After all, if something happens to him,
the fight will be cancelled. - What will happen if the fight is canceled?
- There will be a delay, all your work will be in vain. - Will the award money decrease? - Yes, if there is no fight,
then you won’t get paid. I
f an opponent agrees, this is not a reason to rejoice yet. Only when he passes the weight test
and enters the ring, you can relax because there will be a fight. Until then, many moments
will worry you. - You guys got 2 mouthguards, right?
- Yeah. So one goes in a crowd, Put the second one
and keep the fight moving. If your mouthguard suddenly falls out, don't stop, box until he notices, when it's starting a slowdown in the battle,
he will stop. and then it immediately gets fixed... - Watch your
holding,
watch you low bloww. - And good luck!
- Thank you! - You got that?
- We got that! Today is the most important
fight of his career. In his all career This is the second
important fight. The first important day was when
he fought for the WBO. He won WBO belt. And now is the second important fight. That he is already boxing for unification,
uniting two belts. And... When the most important fight will come,
we can say when his career will end. and we’ll select the fight and will say:
“thi
s was the most important, the best battle.” Today is an important
fight in his career. - They tell us that... We know that many people
do not agree to fight with him. Can you explain the reason? - Because many people are in boxing
not because of fame, not because... because of money, because of business. Fighting against Janibek means to be defeated by him. And no one wants to lose. Only money can attract them. - Is it not profitable for them
to fight with Janibek? Or what, or are they
just afra
id of risk? - Well, again, we return to
business issues. Moreover, to the promoter these days ... no... there is no such television program as HBO, for example. Which confirmed what fights are needed, what opponents are in demand. and they paid a lot of money for it. Now there is no such thing. Nowadays television doesn't
allocate a lot of money. And everyone wants to go to
“pay per view” fights. To "pay per view" you need
to find a good opponent. But a good opponent doesn’t want to fight. And t
hen this confusion happens. - Now you are a middleweight boxer and you called out few people,
including Chris Eubank, Jr., and he didn't want
to have a conversation. What do you think it's about you
that people are worried to get in the ring with you? - Well... - I think you should ask them first.
Because... I'm a boxer. My goal is to show martial art,
I want to leave Qazaq Style mark on history. I don't think about anything else. - Obviously, you want to pick another belt
and become an undis
puted champion. and maybe go to other weights as well. How far do you believe, janibeck, that you can go? We plan to move up
three weight categories. We want to become ultimate champions
in every division. We would like to fight in the same ring with such
strong boxers as Canelo, Charlo, Bivol, Benavidez, Crawford. God willing, we are ready. - Your opponent was kind of sleepy... - You can scare him with your gaze. - What did you notice in his eyes? - It seemed that he was not ready yet. - It's n
oticeable, right? - It seemed to me like he wasn’t ready. - Don't know... Of course he won his first titile and immediately goes to unify the two belts. This is i obvious. He knows who his opponent is. Our goal is to collect all 4 belts. If we fight Vincenzo now
and then Lara, then we will be ready for the fight. - Yes, exactly.
- Because we fight forthe belts, for the history. - Didn’t you want to live in America? - We thought about it at the beginning. Because we have only seen
the USA in movi
es. There were such thoughts. But after some time we visited different universities, schools, saw the mentality of the people. From our... The mentality is different from ours, We realized it later. The country where we feel free is Kazakhstan. So our goal is to make
some noise in America and come back. That's all. - Has the USA changed you? - The USA did not influence our mentality, but helps us become
professionals in boxing. - I will tell you, Kana. - There are both good and bad
aspects in ev
ery country. And our people have
their pros and cons. It's the same with the Americans. We say: “Avoid the worst, learn from the best.” There is a lot to learn from America,
a lot to see. Yes, we may not want to live there, since they are far from our upbringing,
traditions, and Kazakh character. We want to respect our customs
and traditions, culture. We comply with the unwritten
laws of our great land. We want this to be passed on
to our descendants. If we move here then another environment
wil
l completely erase it all. So we decided to raise our children in our country. But! But from the point of view of personal growth,
outlook on life, America has contributed to some extent
to broadening our horizons and understanding of the world. And it still changes us,
and there is still a lot to learn. - We've learned a lot, Kana.
You've known me for a long time. We are guys who grew up in the village.
You know Janibek too. To some extent, our worldview has expanded,
our attitude towards peopl
e has changed. We have learned to treat people
with understanding and patience. Don't divide by nation... Before we asked Kazakhs about their origins, and if
we were of the same “ru”, tribes, we were "brothers". To some extent, we are divided inside the nation. And when we arrived in the USA,
we learned not to divide into tribes, We have learned not to divide people
into nations, race, skin color and appearance. - He will come to the next sparring. - Next time leftpaw stance boxer will come,
the
n the Australian. Also, remember a tall guy,
you sparred with him, and here he will be here. - Four rounds. - He will come. The coach said there would only be
12 rounds once. It's enough. Then we will do 10 and 8 rounds,
God willing. What punches you should improve?
You're good at uppercuts, right? - Yes, but they found out about my technique.
- They understood it. Yes, because they know that I'm agile. They trained this skill and as soon as they punch you,
they lie down on the floor. They know
where it is better to lie down. - But in this camp you also included side punches, right?
- Yes, the front hand punches. - To hit him like that while he's down. After the attack, you should punch with
your front hand and end the fight. - The punches became stronger, right?
- Yes, I began to hit harder. - It didn’t work out at first, they wait for the uppercut
when they are on the ground. - How many punches we received
because of this at the beginning. I try to beat but cannot,
try to punch but c
annot. I punche once and made it! You know yourself,
you don’t have to hit hard. So I started to beat slowly, and then suddenly punch stronger. - You hit with your left hand, right? It would be nice
if each camp was different. - Are there enough combinations, Janibek? - No, not enough yet. - Will we connect them when we work on speed?
- Yes, over time. - Gradually. And then... The combination must be done
by moving closer to them. After their attack, it's impossible
to make a combination. - Are
these the boxers who always “run away”?
- Yes, you need to get closer to them. And our opponent is just
from the same category. - You have to constantly pull him
and let him get close to you, and then beat him. - Or start a combination, demonstrate a false combination, to punch, but not that hard. And when he steps back,
you can take him by surprise. - How do you feel before the fight? When you step into the ring,
into the arena, how do you feel? - Disturbed. - Can you describe it? - I am worrie
d. It's different every time. What I'm most worried about is that if i am able to show in the ring
everything that I have learnt. - I want to show my skills. I want the world to see it. I am working hard so
the world know my fighting art. I worry about this most of all. I think about tactics that should work. or about the things I should do. This is all. But many people think that there are jitters
and you can get anxious. Sometimes it also happens. But what I think most about is using
the tecnh
ique correctly. The rest is all little things. But when you see your fans in the ring and you understand that they came
to support you, appreciate your martial art, Adrenaline is produced
and your brain starts working faster. You forget everything there. - We studied our opponent well. After the first round We already knew what
we needed to work on. We were able to use our style. We were able to predict his attacks. So it was a little easier. The first round finished,
on the second round... For
two rounds I only worked
with my front hand. I punched only with his front hand. - Did you plan this?
- Yes. That was the plan. Because we knew that he punches by
pulling the opponent towards him. That's why I only hit with my front hand. He tried and understood how to beat. He is a boxer, a champion
and wants to become one. Wants to win another title. He also tried his best, but we were waiting for this moment. He pulled my front hand and I also pulled him towards me. He punched me and I pulled
him towards me
and punched him from below. So in the fourth round
I was able to punch him harder after that he started defending only. - After that punch,
we controlled the fight. We beat as we wanted. And we prepared a special punch. In the fourth round
I was able to punch him. In the fourth round... I punched him with my front hand,
he dodged and pulled me towards him, and he tried to attack me. But on the contrary, I punched him
and pulled him towards me, Then he got hit. At that moment I re
alized that my previous punches weren't strong. I tried to punch as hard as I can,
but I couldn't. But then I realized that if I beat now,
the punch would be strong. And I worked on it.
It only happened in the fourth round. - I've been left-handed since childhood, from birth. Only my grandparents taught me to eat
with my right hand, since we are Muslims; then my teachers taught me
how to write. But I perform the rest of the actions
with my left hand: I hit, kick, etc. - I don't feel much differe
nce being left-handed in professional or amateur boxing,
the stances are the same. - How do you feel when you win? When did your opponent lose?
In the 4th or 5th, no, in the 6th round, right? - When did they stop the fight?
In the sixth round? - Yes, in the sixth.
- I forgot it. - Is everything forgotten?
- Yes, you quickly forget everything. - What is the reason? - Everything is temporary... - The past must be left in the past.
- We must forget about it. - There is no need to carry around your
past. It's over, we won, now we have to think
about something else. - Since I already started my career
in professional boxing, once we started to act, I'm only serious about winning. I want to box with the great boxing stars show them our martial arts. I want them to remember
the fight with me. - How many fights have you had
in professional boxing? Twenty? - You mean us?
- 15 fights. - Only 15? - In just six months...
- And then you ask why we aren't still so popular. Just like that... - This m
eans that only 15 fights
took place in professional boxing. - 13 of them took place in America.
- 13 fights in the USA...
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