Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Olympic champion Tokyo 2020 Bakhodir Jalolov took part in the "Evening of IBA Champions" held in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, where he fought five rounds of the fight with Danis Latypov, who competes under the flag of Bahrain.

32-year-old Danis Latypov is a native of Ishimbay, in Bashkiria, he could not break into the Russian national team in heavyweight, since 2019 he has been representing r the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Latypov met Jalolov at the qualifying tournament in Amman (Jordan) for the 2020 Olympics in March 2020, lost to him in the quarterfinals. At the Olympics itself, Latypov lost in 1/16 to Muhammad Abdullayev from Azerbaijan.

It is not entirely clear what was the sporting sense for Bakhodir Jalolov in this fight, won on points. Unless in the prize money, in the amount of 30 thousand dollars, and the championship belt. Latypov tried more not to miss a strong blow and was glad that he did not fall.

On 27 November, Jalolov knocked out Curtis Harper in the United States in the fourth round, and on 8 December, at the Uzbekistan Championship, he won by unanimous decision against Jamshid Khudoyberganov.

Another of our compatriots Saijamshid Jafarov lost on points to world champion Cuban Hernandez Martinez.