Yeah, most of the guys that won Gold in 2016 are young enough to comeback to defend at the 2020 Olympics.
I think Dusmatov and La Cruz will retain their titles and Yeleussinov if he decides to comeback. Everyone else I could see being dethroned.
Popov was being compared to Lomachenko early in his career. I don't think he fights like Loma but I think I understand why they would compare Ilya to him.
I believe he was undefeated for while. That's probably another reason why he was being compared to Loma. As far as I know he lost his first fight in 2013 in the Final of the Russian Nationals.
If I'm not mistaken he only has two defeats. That's one of them and he suffered his second defeat this year. It was a controversial defeat, however. He lost to an Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan. I didn't get to watch it so I don't know what happened, but from what I understand he was robbed. This happened before the European Championships. Popov went on to win the European Championships and boxer of the tournament, while the guy that "beat" him lost in the first round.
This is the info I got. I'm not 100% sure if this is all true.
I think Dusmatov and La Cruz will retain their titles and Yeleussinov if he decides to comeback. Everyone else I could see being dethroned.
Popov was being compared to Lomachenko early in his career. I don't think he fights like Loma but I think I understand why they would compare Ilya to him.
I believe he was undefeated for while. That's probably another reason why he was being compared to Loma. As far as I know he lost his first fight in 2013 in the Final of the Russian Nationals.
If I'm not mistaken he only has two defeats. That's one of them and he suffered his second defeat this year. It was a controversial defeat, however. He lost to an Azerbaijani in Azerbaijan. I didn't get to watch it so I don't know what happened, but from what I understand he was robbed. This happened before the European Championships. Popov went on to win the European Championships and boxer of the tournament, while the guy that "beat" him lost in the first round.
This is the info I got. I'm not 100% sure if this is all true.
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