Americans are getting to see how tough the Eastern block fighters are

[LacedUp]

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 buttons

Wienersnitzel?

[The Big Dunn]

Kovalaev, WLAD/VITALI, GGG, RUSLAN, LOMENCHENKO ETC.

These Eastern block guys don't trash talk like moronic American/Britishfighters, they are real Warriors that have has a much tougher up bringing than any area of Philly.

Siberia where Ruslans from is straight murder sprinkled with minus 1000000000000000000 degrees. Makes Inglewood look like Teddybears picnic.

Let's have floyd v ruslan, ward v ggg, and bhop v kovalev and mikey garcia v lomanchenko on a ppv and then get back to me with this thread.

[KickAzz]

I stopped reading at "wlad". Wlad ain't tough

[HanzGruber]

Of course there are good fighters out there. But you act like all of them are beasts. There are plenty of aydins out there. Don't forget Crawford made easy work of a Russian last week

[LeG00N]

Cute..

I would hate to call racist on anyone, but you and slimshandy seem to talk about race quite a bit.

And somehow the 'eastern bloc' always comes out on top.

How about that for telling it like it is?

they're both quality posters who make quality posts/threads. There's nothing wrong with acknowledging the dominance,endurance and toughness of the Eastern Euro's. Personally i'm a big fan

[Russian Crushin]

the same thing was said about abraham, bute, kessler.

no offense but eastern europe don't really have a history in the sport of boxing...........wlad & vitali are the only ones (in modern day) who have a decent resume. (legacy wise)

kovalev golovkin & prov have really done nothing legacy wise (and who's to say that they won't get ko'd a few times)


good recent 3 fighters but when comparing to america?

has to be a joke.............

also eastern europe has 15 countries.............america is one country which is even more embarrassing.

Maybe, just maybe it has something to do with eastern Europe being held under a communist regime that wouldnt allow fighters to go pro until 1991?

[HeroBando]

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.

I like those 2 lower profile guys. Nugaev doesn't have a great looking record, but looked like a brutal operator on FNF both times, like a less wild Salido. And Baha is kinda slick, and does a lot of thinking in the ring. Him signing with Don King was probably part and parcel of winning the Santana fight.

[slimshandy69]

Maybe, just maybe it has something to do with eastern Europe being held under a communist regime that wouldnt allow fighters to go pro until 1991?

there is to much logic in that post mate to be on this thread...But don't forget that's cancelled out by the NFL AND nba :rollseyes:

Plus whoever thinks Denmark is eastern European is a moron.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Don't forget my guy the mexican russian!!

[LeG00N]

Don't forget my guy the mexican russian!!

My boy Gradovich...

respect