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He is 20 and already is an olympic champion, val barker trophy raceiver, european champion and world silver medalist. -
I agree with you man...Pro has a great dissimilarity from amateur...Comment
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What do you see as the most important aspects of a successful amateur fighter?Originally posted by jagass View PostComment
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Any other legendary amateur boxers to learn from that comes to mind? Maybe some excellent defensive ones?Originally posted by KostyaTszyu44 View PostComment
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from the past - Mark Breland
Amateur Boxing Career
Breland compiled an unbelievable amateur record of 110-1. Highlights of which were:
* Five-Time New York Golden Gloves Champion (1980-84), his record in this competition was 21-0 (19 KO's), with 14 knockouts coming in the 1st round.
* 1981 – United States Amateur Welterweight competition, lost to Darryl Anthony on points. This would be Breland's only loss an amateur.
* 1981 – won Intercity Golden Gloves in the welterweight division, stopped Efrain Bennett in the first.
* 1982 – United States Amateur Welterweight Champion
* 1982 – Gold Medal (Welterweight) at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany
o Defeated Vesa Koskela (SWE)
o Defeated Mihai Ciubotaru (ROM)
o Defeated Manfred Zielonka (FRG)
o Defeated Serik Konakbayev (URS)
* 1983 – United States Amateur Welterweight Champion
o Defeated Bill Harrington TKO 3
o Defeated Tony Golden TKO 2
o Defeated Alton Rice on points
o Defeated James Mitchell TKO 2
* 1984 – Qualified as a Welterweight at the 1984 Olympic Trials in Fort Worth, Texas
o Defeated Louis Howard on points
o Defeated Mylon Watkins TKO 1
o Defeated Davey Gutierrez on points
o Defeated Louis Howard on points, at the Olympic Box-Offs in Las Vegas.
* 1984 – Gold Medal (Welterweight) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California
o Defeated Wayne Gordon (CAN) on points
o Defeated Carlos Reyes (PUR) TKO 3
o Defeated Rudel Obreja (ROM) on points
o Defeated Genaro Leon (MEX) KO 1
o Defeated Luciano Bruno (ITA) on points
o Defeated Yong-Su Ahn (KOR) on pointsComment
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Kostya Tszyu
Amateur career
Tszyu compiled an Amateur Record of 259-11.
[edit] Amateur highlights
* Junior European Featherweight Champion 1986 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
* 2nd place at the Junior World Championships 1987 in Havanna, Cuba as a Lightweight. Results were:
o Defeated D. Boyev (Bulgaria) RSC-3
o Defeated Eduardo Rivas (Panama) KO-2
o Lost to Juan Hernández (Cuba) 1-4
* Represented the Soviet Union as a Lightweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. Results were:
o Defeated Leopoldo Cantancio (Philippines) KO 1
o Defeated Sean Knight (Barbados) TKO 1
o Lost to Andreas Zülow (East Germany) 2-3
* Won the 1989 European Championships in Athens, Greece. Results were:
o Defeated Andreas Zülow (East Germany) PTS
o Defeated Daniel Dumitrescu (Romania) PTS
* competed at the World Championships 1989 in Moscow, Soviet Union. Results were:
o Defeated Mark Ramsey (Great Britain) 22-3
o Defeated Bo Espensen (Denmark) RSCH-3
o Lost to Andreas Zülow (East Germany) 14-17
* Won gold medal for the Soviet Union at 63.5 KG at the 1990 Goodwill Games
o Drew Bye in first round
o Decisioned (USA) Terron Millett 5-0
o Decisioned (USSR) Aleksandr Banin 5-0
* Won the 1991 European Championships in Göteborg, Sweden. Results were:
o Defeated Jim Pender (Great Britain) PTS
o Defeated Andreas Zülow (Germany) PTS
* Won gold medal for the Soviet Union at Light Welterweight in the 1991 World Championships in Sydney, Australia.
o Defeated Albertano Caballero (Mexico) RSC-3
o Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (PUR) 29-10
o Defeated James Moses (Nigeria) 25-4
o Defeated Vernon Forrest (USA) 32-9
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Sugar Ray Leonard - if your a speedy guy
Mike Tyson - if your a power guyComment
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