SUHROB started being engaged in sports with the early childhood. I loved fight, and, having noted it, the father of the boy, Saidali Haydarov, brought it into capital "Arena" where the young athlete in mudrost of sambo was trained by known experts of this sport Ismatullo Abdulloyev and Zaydullo Zikayev. But soon the family moved to Russia, to Chelyabinsk, and lessons of sambo should be finished.

There, having seen pull of Sukhroba to single combats, his uncle Rustam asked known boxing coach Victor Baranov to take the nephew in pupils. Lessons of boxing pleased to young Sukhrobu, and for the short period, thanks to diligence and competent trainer's operation, it was included into number of the best boxers of the city in the age.

In 2000 of Haydarova got over to Moscow. The further sporting destiny of Sukhroba was affected here by other uncle of the fellow – Rahmon. He brought the nephew into Luch sports club where Sukhrob continued to train under the leadership of the deserved trainer of Russia Oleg Chekhov.

For years of the performances in Russia Sukhrob carried out more than 90 fights in amateur boxing and, according to the athlete, lost only couple of duels at the beginning of the sporting career in Chelyabinsk.

And here, having returned to Dushanbe, Sukhrob decided to test himself in the mixed fights.

- I track long ago fights in an octagon. The sport serious, requires good preparation. I train at Akhtam Hokirov, in Tadzh Fayter sports club, and in this Cup I want to participate to test itself in a sport new to me. After all one business – trainings with sparring partners in a hall, and another – fights on the international tournaments.

- We had no lot of time for trainings, but I see that the guy is strong spirit, is physically strong and self-assured. How tournament came to the end, I think, Sukhrob will show there himself and will receive an appreciation from experts, - the trainer of the athlete, the president of League of fighting sambo and the mixed fights Akhtam Hokirov is sure.

For involvement in the Cup of the president of Kazakhstan the best young heavyweight fighters of CIS countries are invited. This is Konstantin Yerokhin (Russia), Azamat Bakhodurzoda (Uzbekistan), David Shvilidze (Georgia), Zmyrbek Syrgabayev (Kyrgyzstan), Shakhmaral Dzhetpisov (Kazakhstan), Rizvan Koniyev (Dagestan) and Sukhrob Haydarov (Tajikistan).

- Among fighters of League there are a lot of young athletes who already managed to prove on many international tournaments. So, recently on professional tournament of the Grand Prix in Dubai the young perspective athlete of Tadzh Fayter fight club, the master of sports of the international class on fighting sambo, the owner of a champion belt of the international Cup "Ismoili Somoni" Shokhin Safarov successfully appeared. It managed to send to a knockout of one of the best fighters of Iran, the prize-winner of the world on Mahomed Dzhamshedi's free-style wrestling by a nickname the Mazandaransky Tiger.

Now, according to Hokirov, Shokhin the next fight - with the Brazilian fighter in the fall of this year, for an output in a final stage of tournament waits.

Author: Haidar Shodiyev