Vladimir Shishkin is all in on trash-talking Canelo Alvarez, especially after winning a title eliminator for one of Alvarez’s world titles.
“If he wants to fight Bivol, the perfect guy for him to fight to get ready for Bivol’s style is Vladimir Shishkin,” Dmitry Salita, the promoter of Shiskin said when speaking to Keith Idec of BoxingScene.com. “We’ve been asking for Canelo for a long time. Now it seems to be the right thing to do. John Ryder’s style is nothing close to Bivol’s style. I think Shishkin has a great chance to win against Canelo, but I just mean that stylistically, he’s closest to Bivol.”
Shishkin who got a 12-round decision over former world champion Jose Uzcategui, now is looking to land a big fight after a big win in the co-main event spot of the final Showtime card of 2022.
“There were several times when I thought Shishkin could’ve stopped him,” Salita said. “But as they say, there’s level to this and this is the first time Shishkin has been exposed to this higher level of boxing. He’s graduated from every level he’s fought at so far. Because of COVID, he had limited activity. He hadn’t fought since March. He has identified his style, he’s working with ‘Sugar’ [trainer Javon Steward] and I think the sky is the limit for him now.”
Now we just have to see how it all plays out, but Shishkin is now a top name in the division.
