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2012 Olympic gold medalist Egor Mekhontsev (R) of Asbest, Russia today signed with Top Rank. Bob Arum(2nd right) made the announcement today, saying "Egor's first fight will be on our December 7 HBO event in New Jersey. We expect a great, glorious future for Egor, an Olympic gold medalist who is beginning his professional career." Mekhontsev won his 2012 Olympic gold medal at the London Games. He earlier won gold medals at the 2011 World Amateur Championships and 2010, 2008 European World Championships. Arum announced that Team Mekhontsev will set up a training camp in Los Angeles. Also pictured are : (L-R) Leonid Mekhontsev, father, Vadim Kornilov, manager and Top Rank matchmaker Brad Goodman (center back). --- Photo by Armando Bareno - Top Rank [Click Here To Read More]
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Damn good signing IMO -
Great signing, wonder how he's going to get brought up
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It is a good signing and I guess a response to the buzz at LHW at the moment.
Kovalev brought attention to the potential of the Russian ex-ams and with GYM snapping up Beterbiev, Kovalev obviously with ME, Mekhontsev was TRs best bet.
Whether GBPs signing of Shumenov is their response remains to be seen but if so, I think they may have got the worst deal, although it's early days and we'll have to see how Mekhontsev and Beterbiev progress.
Beterbievs being moved pretty fast by GYM and I'm expecting he'll be in action again on the 30th, and I'd also expect Mekhontsev to be moved along at a pace to match, after all if Arum wants a piece of the current action at 175, he can't afford to leave Egor on the shelf.Comment
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good for him. Cant wait to see some fights from him.Comment
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Man I like Beterbiev, great fighter and he's going to be very good... But I've always rated Mekhonstev a bit higher. As good as Beterbiev will be, I think Mwkhonstev will be just as good, if not better. Kid is absolute monster and he's going to be very exciting, I just hope top rank actually promotes him
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