Daniyar Yeleussinov update

[wrighty]

https://www.badlefthook.com/2022/8/10/2 ... -news-2022


Daniyar Yeleussinov rips Matchroom contract offer, considering retirement if he can’t land big fight by end of 2022
The 2016 Olympic gold medalist is quickly becoming disillusioned with pro boxing and says he will retire if opportunities don’t come his way soon.

By Lewis Watson Aug 10, 2022,
Daniyar Yeleussinov says he’ll hang up the gloves if he can’t get a big fight soon
Daniyar Yeleussinov says he’ll hang up the gloves if he can’t get a big fight

Daniyar Yeleussinov is in somber spirits and has the look of a man who has been worn down by the bureaucracy and red tape of professional boxing.
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“I don’t really like boxing, I just like to win,” the 31-year-old Kazakh welterweights tells Bad Left Hook.

“I need a promoter; I need to fight,” he continued. “If this doesn’t happen by the end of 2022 then I will have to retire. I am too good to be an ‘opponent’ for a promoter, I have proved this. I deserve a promoter who believes in me and is willing to fight for me.”

Yeleussinov (11-0, 6 KO) thought Eddie Hearn was that man, and that promoter. The Kazakh signed with Matchroom Boxing after turning over from a successful 2016 Olympics — grabbing gold in the 69kg division — but soon saw his career losing steam and attention despite cruising to a 10-0 record. He has fought once since leaving Hearn, recording a unanimous decision in Kazakhstan against the unknown Juan Hernan Leal, but is becoming frustrated by the phone not ringing.


“I would have stayed with Matchroom but their offer included slave-like conditions. It was worthless. I had to commit to just $100,000 for each fight, even if this was against some of the biggest names in the division; Conor Benn, Vergil Ortiz, or Errol Spence. These fights should earn me six or seven times that amount! And I had no right to increase my fee at all.

“There are lots of promoters that I would love to work with: allegedly and Al Haymon, but they have their own fighters and obligations. After all, I am a Kazakh; nobody seems interested in promoting me. We’re still waiting on an option that suits me. I guess these things take time.”


Yeleussinov seems completely disillusioned by the professional game. A decorated amateur, the welterweight dominated in the unpaid ranks, taking scalps of fighters like Jamel Herring, Josh Taylor, Shakhram Giyasov, and Josh Kelly en route to Olympic, Asian and World Championship golds, but that world feels a distant memory following four years of treading water as a pro.

“I guess my style also doesn’t suit certain promoters,” he adds. “For example, I feel like Eddie Hearn prefers punchers to boxers like me. It’s also important for fans to get to know fighters and that doesn’t always happen with us Kazakhs. Maybe I need to become a trash-talker to get my name out there a bit more, but that’s not really my personality.”


As downbeat as Yeleussinov is, I get the impression that he is at peace with any decision he might be forced to make in the near future. His family have raised their concerns of his career as a prize fighter, including his two sons that don’t like watching him fight, and he is confident that his home nation will provide him with an alternative future.

“I’ll have plenty of opportunities in Kazakhstan if I retire,” he explains. “At home, Olympic champions are national heroes. Who knows what I will become; maybe it will be a secret like 007!

“My main goal was to win gold at the Olympic Games, so I guess everything now is a bonus. I would love a big, big fight so I can demonstrate my boxing ability and my superior defense, but what happens, happens. [Terence] Crawford, Spence, and Boots Ennis are the sort of guys that I should be fighting at this stage of my career, but it’s just never happened. I’ve just been waiting for news far too long.”

I was sitting ringside at Daniyar Yeleussinov’s second pro fight inside London’s sweaty York Hall back in 2018, and if you were to tell me that this talent would be allowed to slip through the fishing net of boxing, then I’d have shook my head in disbelief.

Professional boxing is a different animal to that of the amateur ranks and Yeleussinov has found himself rolling too many 1s during his time playing snakes and ladders.

It might not be game over just yet, but the “Kazakh Thunder” is closer than ever to packing away the board.

[Ruthless-RKO]

“I would have stayed with Matchroom but their offer included slave-like conditions. It was worthless. I had to commit to just $100,000 for each fight, even if this was against some of the biggest names in the division; Conor Benn, Vergil Ortiz, or Errol Spence. These fights should earn me six or seven times that amount! And I had no right to increase my fee at all.

“There are lots of promoters that I would love to work with: allegedly and Al Haymon, but they have their own fighters and obligations. After all, I am a Kazakh; nobody seems interested in promoting me. We’re still waiting on an option that suits me. I guess these things take time.”

[Ruthless-RKO]

It’s a real shame.

He does say he doesn’t like boxing but he likes to win and he’s a good boxer.

Promoters have their own agenda.

Hearn isn’t bothered about a big stable anymore.

Back then he was signing everyone.
Now he just seems to be signing women.

[gregregegg]

Yele vs Ava would be fun.

[wrighty]

Yele vs Ava would be fun.

Or yeleussinov vs Marku

[wrighty]

Seen he has returned, beating Jabulani Makhense on points though boxrec haven't updated his record. Something called 'IBA Champions Night' . Anyone know what this is?

[Monzon83]

I remember when this guy was going to be the next big thing. That never happened.

[wrighty]

I remember when this guy was going to be the next big thing. That never happened.

I don't think he was that fan friendly, Eddie dropped him. He should have been getting getting him winnable fights in Britain to be fair, Marku and what not. Lots of talent but I think it could be too late in the day now

[Thomastearns]

“I would have stayed with Matchroom but their offer included slave-like conditions. It was worthless. I had to commit to just $100,000 for each fight, even if this was against some of the biggest names in the division; Conor Benn, Vergil Ortiz, or Errol Spence. These fights should earn me six or seven times that amount! And I had no right to increase my fee at all.

“There are lots of promoters that I would love to work with: allegedly and Al Haymon, but they have their own fighters and obligations. After all, I am a Kazakh; nobody seems interested in promoting me. We’re still waiting on an option that suits me. I guess these things take time.”

He seems to be in need an immediate reality check.

Complaining about $100,000 per fight reminds me of Bette Davis complaining about her own slave-like conditions when she offered only $2000+ per week by Warner Brothers back in the 1930s.

The facts, as they stand currently, are that boxing is not a sport, it only masquerades as one, and that the real name of the game is the transfer of money from the consumers to the producers.

In this regard, as things stand, Daniyar Yeleussinov is little more than an extra in the show.

Even the best agent in the game would tell him that.

Of course, that's not to say that if boxing was an actual sport, things wouldn't be different.

They would, but it's not.

In fact, it's difficult to say whether boxing was ever a genuine sport..

To think anything otherwise is a dangerous delusion for anyone interested in a boxing career.

[wrighty]

“I would have stayed with Matchroom but their offer included slave-like conditions. It was worthless. I had to commit to just $100,000 for each fight, even if this was against some of the biggest names in the division; Conor Benn, Vergil Ortiz, or Errol Spence. These fights should earn me six or seven times that amount! And I had no right to increase my fee at all.

“There are lots of promoters that I would love to work with: allegedly and Al Haymon, but they have their own fighters and obligations. After all, I am a Kazakh; nobody seems interested in promoting me. We’re still waiting on an option that suits me. I guess these things take time.”

He seems to be in need an immediate reality check.

Complaining about $100,000 per fight reminds me of Bette Davis complaining about her own slave-like conditions when she offered only $2000+ per week by Warner Brothers back in the 1930s.

The facts, as they stand currently, are that boxing is not a sport, it only masquerades as one, and that the real name of the game is the transfer of money from the consumers to the producers.

In this regard, as things stand, Daniyar Yeleussinov is little more than an extra in the show.

Even the best agent in the game would tell him that.

Of course, that's not to say that if boxing was an actual sport, things wouldn't be different.

They would, but it's not.

In fact, it's difficult to say whether boxing was ever a genuine sport..

To think anything otherwise is a dangerous delusion for anyone interested in a boxing career.

That's huge money in Kazakhstan. Eddie wouldn't have cashed him in right away. They'd have made a bit defending the IBO title. He's dropped the ball here

[margaret thatcher]

100k for those names is pretty dumpy tbh for an unbeaten olympic champ, but you dont have to be a rocket scientist to know those werent going to be his next fights, he wouldve been run out vs lesser opposition for a while. he defo dropped the ball and has paid badly for it