A nearby fisherman Denis Chebotar witnessed the whole incident. Vyacheslav Dudnik and Ilya Medvedev invited each other to fish on the Russian Irtysh River, two fishermen separated by only a few dozen meters apart.
Sitting on the fishing, Vyacheslav Dudnik was suddenly unknown from a big bear from where to approach and attack. Unfortunately, Vyacheslav Dudnik could not escape and could not survive with the wounds that the bear caused.
After killing Dudnik, the bear turned to attack Ilya Medvedev, Medvedev used a gun to shoot two bullets hit the bear but could not kill it, the bear became more fierce towards Medvedev. Medvedev held a living knife with a bear to take revenge on you and protect yourself.
“After killing Dudnik, the bear turned his attention to Medvedev. He shot 2 shots into the bear with a gun to carry but it did not stop but became even more fierce. Medvedev was forced to fight the bear with a knife to protect his life,” Chebotar fishermen reported the incident.
“I heard a man's shout: 'There is a bear.
Vyacheslav Dudnik – 48 years old died a few minutes earlier when Medvedev killed the bear and moved back to Dudnik. As for Ilya Medvedev, carrying the jungle knife, the boxing champion bravely rushed to slash the fierce bear many times and he also suffered many wounds from its mallets.
Chebotar then pulled Medvedev into the boat and took him to the nearest hospital. Medvedev was taken to the emergency recovery room with too much blood loss and the breath. On his body, it was full of tears, scratches on the head and chest when the wild bear was nearly twice as large as ordinary people with thick brown fur.
In 2019, Ilya Medvedev won a gold medal at the boxing championship of the Russian armed forces, weight of 64 kg. Many netizens in Russia know that Medvedev's incident sent prayers for the boxing champion to recover soon.