Aliya Nurlanova: "I learned to fight in the third round"
After a split loss to Okafor and a win by medical stop.
You lost to Okafor on a split decision in October 2024. What changed since?
My conditioning. In taekwondo the rounds are short; here the third round decides everything, so we rebuilt the camp around it.
And the bout with Kovalchuk?
I took the first round and then she found the range. Next time I will not let her find it.