Mirzazadeh: The competition with Reza Calpe was one of my toughest competitions.
Amin Mirzazadeh, a foreign artist of our country, in a conversation with Fars:
In terms of the difficulty of the competition, in my opinion the fight with Reza Kealup was one of the hardest fights considering his characteristics. I go back to 2023, the year Reza was at his peak. In 2022 I lost to him in the final and won the silver medal. Kailap was in really good form at that stage, very fresh and on top. The events related to the drug ban have not yet happened to him, and he continuously became the European champion and won the gold medal easily.
At this point we wrestled together and in terms of physical pressure, because of his special physical structure, it really stressed both of us. I even remember there was a video of him getting out of the mattress and saying in Turkish that he killed me. It showed that in terms of competition and physical pressure, it was a tough fight for both of us. In terms of mental fortitude, I go back to my fight with Lopez at the Paris Olympics.