Comments Thread For: Egor Mekhontsev, Olympic Champ, To Sign With Top Rank

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Egor Mekhontsev, a Russian boxer who captured gold at light heavyweight in the 2012 Olympics, will be signing with Top Rank.

“Everything’s agreed to,” Top Rank’s Bob Arum told BoxingScene.com in an interview on Oct. 4. He called Mekhontsev a “sensational fighter,” as well as “a great puncher and a great-looking kid.”

Mekhontsev, who turns 29 in November, won the 2009 world championships fighting as a heavyweight (91 kilograms), then picked up bronze as a light heavyweight in the 2011 world championships, according to AIBA, which governs amateur boxing. Last year in London, he edged Adilbek Niyazymbetov in the Olympic finals via a tiebreaker.
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[King_]

Mekhonstev is an absolute beast. Loved watching him in London. Good signing

[Hougigo]

Golden Bob promotions

[King_]

[dwighttsharpe]

Don't know why they mentioned Usyk in this? He didn't sign with Top Rank, did he?

[Mr. David]

Don't know why they mentioned Usyk in this? He didn't sign with Top Rank, did he?

"As part of the package to get Lomachenko, Moretti said Top Rank also signed his friend, teammate and fellow southpaw Oleksandr Usyk, 26, of Ukraine, who won the heavyweight Olympic gold medal in London and the 2011 world amateur championships."

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9512689/top-rank-signs-two-olympian-vasyl-lomachenko

That article said Usyk would be fighting Oct. 12, though that no longer appears to be the case; he's now listed for Nov. 9 in the Ukraine.

EDIT: Actually, you're right. He signed with K2:

"Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti said Top Rank had signed him as part of the deal to sign his Olympic teammate, the more heralded two-time Olympic champion Vasyl Lomachenko. As it turned out, even though Top Rank signed Lomachenko and had met with Usyk and sent him a contract it thought had been agreed on, Usyk didn’t sign and got a better offer from K2."

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/post/_/id/5696/gold-medalist-usyk-signs-pro-deal

I've pulled the erroneous information from the article. I regret the error.

[Citizen Koba]

TR are signing some real talent outta the ams right now. GYM got himself a coup with Beterbiev however, but Mekhontsevs virtually on a level for my money.

Wonder if he'll go LHW or Cruiser?

[King_]

TR are signing some real talent outta the ams right now. GYM got himself a coup with Beterbiev however, but Mekhontsevs virtually on a level for my money.

Wonder if he'll go LHW or Cruiser?

Beterbiev is a monster as well. He fought on the Cloud-Adonis card