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The first thing you notice about Sergei "The White Wolf" Lyakhovich from Belarus, is that he doesn’t look mean at all. No fangs or claws and no intimidating snarl. He has soft cheeks and his brown eyes haven’t yet seen the worst that boxing has to offer. At age 30 he is the WBO Heavyweight champion of the world and Saturday night in his adopted hometown of Phoenix, Arizona he meets perennial contender Shannon Briggs. It was Aesop and his fables that talked about wolves who wore sheep’s clothes, but maybe this kid named Sergei Liakhovich is the real thing.
The last time I saw Lyakhovich was in Las Vegas back in May of this year and he had just separated Lamon Brewster from his senses, his retina and his title belt. He looked polished now, was wearing a nice suit and was polite, unassuming and soft-spoken. His wife was with him and she is strikingly beautiful. It doesn’t take much to figure out what he fights for -a better life here in America for himself and the pretty Irina.
Certainly a life here fighting for money is better than anything Belarus, the home of the infamous Chernobyl nuclear reactor, would ever have to offer. On this night, Lyakhovich was waiting like everybody else in the line for a chance to get to meet the cowboy hat wearing Joe Frazier, who was holding court in the basement of the baroque Mandalay Bay. [details]
The last time I saw Lyakhovich was in Las Vegas back in May of this year and he had just separated Lamon Brewster from his senses, his retina and his title belt. He looked polished now, was wearing a nice suit and was polite, unassuming and soft-spoken. His wife was with him and she is strikingly beautiful. It doesn’t take much to figure out what he fights for -a better life here in America for himself and the pretty Irina.
Certainly a life here fighting for money is better than anything Belarus, the home of the infamous Chernobyl nuclear reactor, would ever have to offer. On this night, Lyakhovich was waiting like everybody else in the line for a chance to get to meet the cowboy hat wearing Joe Frazier, who was holding court in the basement of the baroque Mandalay Bay. [details]
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