the injury affected the readiness of Denis to protect the championship title.
Stanislav Grigoruk , coach of the Ukrainian boxer Denis Berinchik , called the main reason his ward in the championship battle against the American Kashon Davis .
On the night of February 15, Borinchik in the fourth round of lost Davis in the duel, which took place in the Arena “Madison Square Garden” in New York (USA), and lost his belt WBO in lightweight.
According to the coach of Berinchik, the Ukrainian was not properly ready for battle with Davis due to damage.
“Denis had an injury – the gap of the shoulder lip. It was this that influenced his preparation for battle. This injury became a significant obstacle, since it did not allow him to fully train and recover before the duel. The injury did not allow him to do everything that he was capable of in I think this also created an additional psychological pressure and affected his speech directly in the ring. What was done behind the battle that the Keishon and his team made the preparation for a large duel always consisted of many factors. In the comment of LB.ua.
for Denis, this was the first protection of the WBO Lightweight title, which he won in May 2024, by a separate decision of the judges by the Mexican Emanuel Navarret.
36-year-old Borinchik suffered the first defeat in his career. Before that, Denis won 19 victories (9 – a knockout) in 19 fights in a professional ring. He is the silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
in the track record of the 25-year-old Keyshon now 13 victories (9-knockout) and not a single defeat. He is a silver medalist of the Olympic Games-2020 in Tokyo.