Ossetian professional boxer, the European champion under the WBC in the weight class up to 66.6 kg Aslanbek Kozaev fought a bout with the famous Filipino professional boxer, the world champion under WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO version Manny Pacquiao.
As IA "Res" has been informed by the coach of the athlete Vitaly Slanov, "the four-round sparring was held while Pacquiao was being trained for his next fight. June 4 Manny Pacquiao will have to fight for the world title with an American boxer, the world champion of the WBO, Timothy Bradley and our athlete is helping him in training" He said the bout had been finished a few hours ago in Los Angeles. "The fight was held at a highest rate and was very tense. Kozaev fulfilled himself as an outstanding boxer. During the fight, he repeatedly managed to interrupt his rival. –The sparring was attended by many American boxing experts who appreciated the skills of the Ossetian fighter." Slanov has also said, that a number of the leading U.S. television channels` reporters, including one of the world largest TV channel– HBO, - were broadcasting the boxing match. "After the bout the HBO correspondents interviewed our boxer. They asked him how he could appreciate his fight on a ten point scale. Kozaev replied that he had appreciated it for seven points. The HBO representatives told Kozaev that his rate was 9.5 points".
He has also added that in accordance with the training program of the Filipino boxer, tomorrow Kozaev and Pacquiao again will hold the next sparring. According to the trainer, this time it will be a six-round fight. It should be noted that Kozaev is trained in the Tskhinval branch of the boxing club "Ariana" by the honored coach of South Ossetia and Russia Vitaly Slanov and master of sports Alexander Tedeev. The Ossetian boxer is representing the Russian promotional company "Ural Boxing Promotion."
