Hasbulla showed off his boxing skills as he took on a nine-year-old TikTok star in a Recent York City gym.
The social media star was in town to support Islam Makhachev and coach Khabib Nurmagomedov in the previous’s historic UFC 322 title victory over Jack Della Maddalena at Madison Square Garden. While he was there, he took part in a video for Caleb Pressley’s ‘Sunday Conversations’ with ‘The Rizzler’.
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Hasbulla put the nine-year-old, whose real name is Christian Joseph, through his paces with a workout straight from Dagestan. And he then got within the ring himself for an enormous size mismatch to indicate ‘The Rizzler’ his abilities.
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Hasbulla trains the Rizzler for boxing
Within the video with Caleb Pressley, it appeared that ‘The Rizzler’ can be sitting down for a comedic interview within the variety of the show. Nonetheless, the host pulled a bait and switch when he revealed that the teenager can be meeting the one one that understands his rapid rise to fame.
The nine-year-old looked excited to satisfy Hasbulla, who greeted him with a hand shake and spoke to him about fame, offering advice, before taking him for a boxing coaching session. “Irrespective of how famous you get, don’t lose yourself,” Hasbulla advised.
“Stay humble, be a very good example to others and respect and handle your parents.” It clearly got through to ‘The Rizzler’, who’s 14 years Hasbulla’s junior, who told cameras it was “the most effective advice I ever heard.”
They then underwent a training session where Hasbulla had him run laps of the ring, jump rope, hit the pads and learn the right way to strike against the heavy bag. “Rizzler is a pleasant guy,” Hasbulla said after the session. “Still very young, filled with energy, good guy.”
Hasbulla and The Rizzler throw hands in short boxing sparring session
After Rizzler was done warming up, he and Hasbulla hit the ring for a transient sparring session. Despite the proven fact that he towers over the three’4″ Russian, it was the American who was on the back foot because the Russian showed off skills he has been learning for years.
At one point, Hasbulla landed an enormous shot to the body which he used to open up an overhand that left the nine-year-old temporarily stunned. “For like a split second my world went away,” Rizzler claimed. “But then it got here right back.
“I almost went like [out], well he clocked me so I needed to clock him right back within the stomach… I don’t know [what he said] after the shot.”