“Vyacheslav Senchenko commented on the battle with Ricky Chaton”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
– You were not a favorite in a duel with Ricky Hatton, who was overcome by knockout.
– That’s right, in the UK I was definitely not a favorite. Almost 24,000 people were in the stands at the stadium. They all came to see the triumphant return of their boxer. The coolest arena on which he was fighting.
I remember that time, my psychological mood. While entering the ring, I completely abstracted from the stands and fans, was as concentrated as possible on the opponent. When he went out to the duel, he saw only the ring. What happened on the sides did not distract my attention.
– The legendary British Ricky Hatton won only three fighters in his career – Manny Pakyao, Floyd Mayweather and Vyacheslav Senchenko. How nice to be the only Ukrainian in this list?
– Of course, it’s nice. Recently, one of the friends sent me a list of the best boxers from HBO for 2011 in my weight. There were Mayweather and Pakyao. Of course, it impresses that at that moment with American and Philippine I was in the top 5, the top 10 boxers of the world in our weight. Over the two decades, the aforementioned fighters have kept on top of the world boxing, – Senchenko recalled.
Vyacheslav Senchenko owned the World Champion title according to WBA (2009-12), IBF International (2004-05, 2006), EBU EE (2006-07), WBA Intercontinental (2007-08). In July 2015, the Ukrainian went to the ring, after which he completed his career.
