Robert Garcia on The Rise of Eastern Europeans in Boxing

by Ryan Burton

Fighters such as Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev and Vasyl Lomachenko have burst onto the scene in boxing in recent years.  Top trainer Robert Garcia feels that the rise of Eastern European fighters isn't a fad and will continue for several years.

Garcia trains many up and coming Eastern Europeans and said that they will be the next big think in boxing and that because there are so many of them, they will have a long sustained run.

"There are a lot of Russians and other Europeans. I can say that isn't going to come to an end anytime soon.  At least 10 years it should last. There isn't just one guy.  They are coming in waves. We have guys in the gym now who are turning pro. The Filipino era already went through and I think the Argentine era is coming to an end and now the Russians are coming.  These guys don't turn pro at 18 or 19. They turn pro at 25 or 26 and have a good 7 or 8 year run. Look at Triple GGG. He is almost 34 and still going strong.

We have a guy Egis Kavaliauskas, like you said Top Rank said is their hardest puncher - that isn't even me saying that.  It isn't just that he knocks everyone out.  It is the way he does it," Garcia told BoxingScene.com.

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