3 Eastern Euros in the TOP TEN P4P LIST

[satiev1]

Technically GGG isn't Eastern European. You'd have to put him in the Asian column.

His dad is russian. In russian culture, you go what your dad is. GOLOVKIN = RUSSIAN SURNAME.

[Madison Boxing]

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[Diego Rodriguez]

His dad is russian. In russian culture, you go what your dad is. GOLOVKIN = RUSSIAN SURNAME.

I think Asia still has more of a claim than Eastern European. He's half and half and he was born is Kazakhstan. He always talks about Kazakhstan as being home. Russians even in other former Soviet countries IMO will stress their Russian heritage first before the country they were born in. I saw this in the Ukraine years before the conflict began.

Not sure but Russian doesn't necessarily mean European either. All of Russia isn't part of Europe. Most people are in Europe but most of territorial Russia is in Asia.

[Xi_]

Kovalev shouldn't be in the top 10

[Mexican_Puppet]

Estrada is better fighter than Kovalev

[Mexican_Puppet]

It's not a team sport and it's pathetic that there's even sides which people have picked. I didn't even realize how much the race stuff had escalated until coming here regularly and seeing so many casuals go at it.

Having said that I personally do think Usyk is one of the 10 best active boxers and Rigo's resume the last 4 years warrants a drop. Boxing is an international sport now more than ever and for those that can't deal with it please stop following this great sport.

Boxing always is nationalist and racist. Historically.

And no way Usyk deserves be in the top-10.

His opposition is pure trash

[chrisJS]

Estrada is better fighter than Kovalev

Agreed. He's certainly one of the best fighters alive and will prove it if he gets the crack at Rungvisai next.

[The D3vil]

Kovalev still in your top 10?

LMAO

[Dodger07]

Kov def deserves to be in the top 10 still. He lost 2 highly competitive and controversial fights to the #1 boxer in the world. He might be dropped a few spots but that doesn't warrant getting removed from the P4p list altogether

[satiev1]

I think Asia still has more of a claim than Eastern European. He's half and half and he was born is Kazakhstan. He always talks about Kazakhstan as being home. Russians even in other former Soviet countries IMO will stress their Russian heritage first before the country they were born in. I saw this in the Ukraine years before the conflict began.

Not sure but Russian doesn't necessarily mean European either. All of Russia isn't part of Europe. Most people are in Europe but most of territorial Russia is in Asia.

My point had to do more with the fighters from the soviet bloc and their ethnicity. You're confusing ethnicity with nationality. No matter how you spin it ggg is half russian ethnically. You don't need to claim russian nationality to be an ethnic russian. He speaks russian as his first language, not korean. There is zero asian influence in ggg from his mom. Many top atheletes who are ethnic russians claim khazak nationality. His nationality is khazakstan but ethnically he's not a khazakh.

This is off topic but Khazakstan people have much more ties to russia than to any asian country. Russian is an official langue in the country And Khazakhstan got their boxing knowledge from the russians.