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Im sure most of you know, but much like Cuba today, the Soviet Union only let their best fighters fight in the amateurs...most specifically the Olympics.
heres some footage of their best HW guys in the Olympics...
starting at 6:32...this is in 1988. Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, 24 years old, 3 time Soviet Champion.
interestingly enough, he did turn pro in 1990, and after winning 21 fights in a row...this is a fun fact...lost to Oleg Maskaev in Maskaev's pro debut.
This is Pyotr Zayev, 27, against Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba, 1980
Ionas Chepulis, 29 years old, facing no other than a 19 year old George Foreman, 1968.
this is all the footage I could find.
How do you think they would have done?
heres some footage of their best HW guys in the Olympics...
starting at 6:32...this is in 1988. Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, 24 years old, 3 time Soviet Champion.
interestingly enough, he did turn pro in 1990, and after winning 21 fights in a row...this is a fun fact...lost to Oleg Maskaev in Maskaev's pro debut.
This is Pyotr Zayev, 27, against Teofilo Stevenson of Cuba, 1980
Ionas Chepulis, 29 years old, facing no other than a 19 year old George Foreman, 1968.
this is all the footage I could find.
How do you think they would have done?