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It makes me curious to know how many great Russian fighters there are that just aren't getting the backing to show their stuff. Denis Shafikov is an undefeated lightweight ranked #1 by the WBC, doesn't even have a wikipedia page.
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Dese face first caveman never last, stop worshipn these dudes they got no skills when will yall learn?Comment
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This tough neighborhood thing is overdone and is garbage. Tough neighborhoods don't produce tough fighters,tough training does and the underprivelidged line really does not cut it. I have talked to a fighter who went through the Russian system,former super middle weight Eric Teymour, I watched him train and he was way more disceplined and trained much harder than the other fighters in the gym. I asked him what he put it down to. He was selected as a kid taken from his parents and put through military type boxing training program in what was in effect a boxing boarding school incubater programe. From a kid it was just boxing boxing and training. That is what made him what he was not a ****** background. In the west social services would be called in if a kid was put through a regime like that and it would be called child abuse. But in boxing terms he was PRIVELIDGED it was a privelidged boxing environment designed to nurture talent that made him.Comment
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lol @ ppl who say Wladimir is not tough,
He's undisputed HW champion of the World, you gotta be tough just to step into the ring with a HW, any HW
it's easy to talk **** at home clicking buttonsComment
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Eastern Euro's are some of my favorites. They fight like MENComment
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Slimshandy with another quality thread telling it like it is.
Great thread as usual m8. These Eastern Euros are beastly. If only American fighters could be more like them. We wouldn't have this perception that we're boring runners.Comment
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Shafikov is a solid fighter and has fought mostly at 140. I think will have more success at 135. For one 135 is pretty weak right now he has enough skills to be champ. And secondly he was really just a lightweight fighting at 140.
There are some really talented fighters coming from Russian former soviet countries. Khabib, Kovalev, Lomachenko, Provodnikov, all seem to have bright futures ahead of them. And they all have something in common, they train and live in the US now.
Rustam Nugaev has been on a roll lately and could be in a title mix himself if he put together a couple more meaningful wins. His recent success has also come from fighting in the states IMO.
My favorite prospect right now is a lightweight named Bahodir Mamadjonov. He's a Uzbek now living in Houston. He a compact southpaw that mixes his punches up well to the head and body. He isn't a slick fighter but his defense is pretty good and seems to have a good chin. I read as a amateur he won the Asian military championships(whatever that is). I don't really follow the amateurs but he supposedly had over 170 fights as a amateur. As a pro he has built up a solid record of 15-1(10). His only loss is the first fight I saw of his and made me a fan. He took on Darley Perez on short notice on espn. I personally thought he beat Perez but it was a close fight and could've easily been a draw. But it was his first 10 rounder and he wasn't brought there to win but he almost did. Then he stopped the undefeated Angelo Santana in another fight he took on short notice. Since then he has fought a journeyman and a bum, but at least he's staying busy. I read he signed with don king and I'm worried king will do what he does and not get his fighters any fights.Comment
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