"No, it's like emotion, do not have emotions during the fight week. Because it's impossible to not have any emotions during training camp. Training camp, it's a long time. And you have roller coasters where you cannot sleep during the night, you think about the fight, you're analyzing all the fights of your opponent- it's work. It's hard work."
"This is the most important [thing] for me. Steady energy. I don't want to leave anything that I will regret after. And I want to show the beauty of martial arts, as I said. To show not only who has stronger head or something like that, but the beauty of martial arts."
Valentina Shevchenko acknowledges that eliminating emotions during training camp is impossible because camps are long and emotionally turbulent, with sleepless nights and constant opponent study. During Fight Week she prioritizes channeling steady energy rather than suppressing feelings. She conducts a calculated, cold study of opponents and specifically prepared for former strawweight champion Weili Zhang. Shevchenko respects the quality of all past challengers and refrains from singling out a single greatest threat. For her first fight at Madison Square Garden she intends to leave no regrets and to demonstrate the technique and beauty of martial arts.
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