[div class=”notice” class2=”icon”]The following is from an article on LiverKick.com, part of the MiddleEasy Network.[/div]
As you may or may not know by now, Gokhan Saki has stated that after his January 28 fight with Badr Hari, he’ll head to boxing. While Saki didn’t confirm if he would be done kickboxing for good, the thought of Gokhan Saki giving boxing a go is an interesting avenue. He revealed the news in an interview with fighthype.com and subsequently fired shots at some of boxing’s best in the heavyweight division. Among many of the things he had to say, here is one quote that I examine in a different light:
“Heavyweight boxing nowadays is very pitiful. The Klitschko brothers are very smart guys and very professional athletes. Nevertheless, both of them I will fight and they won’t make the 12th round.”
Now, upon reading this quote, it’s apparent that Saki wants to go straight forward into the heavyweight division. He’s fought his entire career in kickboxing as an undersized heavyweight because the pinnacle of the sport, K-1, only has the open weight heavyweight division. Other divisions like -95kg and -85kg just don’t have the money behind them like the K-1 World Grand Prix does (or technically did) at one point. In boxing, Saki would have an opportunity to fight in the cruiserweight division, in which the weight limit is 200 lbs, yet he seems to want to fight at heavyweight. It’s not a surprising choice, as heavyweight just has that significant air about it and cruiserweight is one of the least popular weight divisions.
