Ex-hockey star Jere Karalahti is boxing former bodybuilder Matias Niemi in September. Jaakko Dahlbacka, a martial arts expert at Iltalehti, analyzes the meaningfulness of the match.
Jere Karalahti and Matias Niemi stare at the F2F Event press conference in February. Matti Matikainen
Mind or not? It might have been pondered by many when they heard Jere Karalahti a new conquest of the area. Former top hockey player Hanska ex-bodybuilder Matias Niemi I will respond to F2F Event in late September.
Karalahti, 50, and on the peninsula, 35, have a gaze of a stroke. Iltalehti’s martial arts expert Jaakko Dahlbacka It is precisely the age of the former hockey defender is the biggest risk of the match.
“Jere is a little older, and then the head -to -head stuff is always more dangerous and less recommended,” says Dahlbacka.
Otherwise, Dahlbacka doesn’t see big problems in the match. According to the expert, the duo is quite smooth in their starting point, as the peninsula is inexperienced in martial arts. According to Dahlbacka, he has only been training since last October.
For years, Karalahti has had experience in Thai boxing, albeit only on a light hobby base.
-Neither is a top boxer, so neither technical advantage. It can be said that there is no problem in that sense, the martial arts
Fiddle fighter
Fighting and hard contacts are not foreign to Jere Karalahti. Hockey rinks happened and happened. Jaakko Stenroos / AOP
The match may not be the highest possible, but the expert assesses Mika “Immu” Ilmén and Joni “Stagala” Takalan The boxing match in Ice Cage was much more dangerous in settings.
Also, ex-prison, Ilmén and Takala, known as a contradictory socialloo, focused on outdoor sports. The people were interested in the show.
– It can always be justified by getting attention and making a bunch. I would still not be this [Karalahden ja Niemen ottelua] flaging off. It is qualitatively weak or not – or exciting or boring – so this is not played with fire, Dahlbacka says.
Karalahti is remembered for the hockey ribs as a color.
Is it helpful to have sometimes dropped gloves in a hockey rink?
– It’s a relevant question. Both deliberately take the risk that either one is able to hit and be beaten. The situation may [jääkiekossa] happen without planning, but with the risk you are. The strength of the mind has already been tested.
Jere Karalahti is facing Matias Niemi. In the picture on the left, the freelance Theo Kolehmainen. Jaakko Dahlbacka
The return of “idin”
Iltalehti’s ex-boxer, nowadays Vice-President of the Finnish Olympic Style Boxing Association Jouni Hartman Also commented on the match between Karalahti and Niemi.
– Well, what would you say now. It goes above that that names are pulling. Maybe people want to go see this. Perhaps it can’t be called boxing for them, Hartman says.
The event will also see those who have ended their boxing career Amin asikainen49, and Timo Laine41, match between.
Laine boxed her previous match in April last year. Asikainen has been over nine years since the last reality.
– I don’t know the “idin” (Asikainen) motives why you have gone here. Probably in good shape yet, so is Timo. Maybe they have been given good deals, Hartman says.
Dahlbacka is not worried about Asikainen and Laine’s match. He states in a slightly humorous tone that the biggest risk can even be on the wave that can happen in the chin as Asikainen strikes firmly.
– Amin is in good shape, knows what he is doing and taking care of himself. I do not see the increased risk in this match pair, the expert sums up.