Misha Cirkunov’s safety worried Alonzo Menifield after brutal KO

“The feeling was great, but I was concerned about him,” Menifield said at a post-fight news conference Saturday.

“You hear him huffing and puffing, ‘Ahh … ahh.’ I’m looking, like, ‘OK, he’s not getting up.’ I was concerned. He got up, so I was able to enjoy fully that feeling.”

“Misha, overall, is a great opponent as far as being in the sport,” Menifield said.

“Any time you’ve got two warriors in there and one of them don’t get up, you should get concerned. I know I would. At the same time, this is the fight game. When he got up, yeah, I was relieved.”