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Ex-Soviet Fetishism
There appears to be some weird Ex-Soviet fetishism going on at this message board... Don't get me wrong here, there have been some okay boxers from the Ex-Soviet countries, but this is not just weird, it's straight up creepy.
Golovkin is a loudmouth who wasted his entire career fighting trash like Kell Brook and Daniel Geale at 160 lb, while ducking challenges like Andre Ward (despite saying he was ready for anyone from 154-168 lb), never moving out of his comfort zone. He's getting old now, still haven't moved above 160 lb and still doesn't have any significant wins that weren't controversial (if you count his win against Daniel Jacobs as an actual win, then congrats, he got ONE significant win on his resume). Yet people hype him as some fantastic fighter, come on, Golovkin is just lame.
Kovalev is a guy who punches hard, but who got no actual skills. He was tripping over his own feet while chasing Pascal around the ring, he beat an old Hopkins and he got beat twice by a wasted version of Andre Ward who was far past his best, making excuses for both losses... He's a bad loser, a bad boxer and his only significant win is Eleider Alvarez. Why is he hyped like some big deal?
Usyk dominated cruiserweight, I gotta give him that, but come on, cruiserweight has always been a lame division. Evander Holyfield is one of my all-time favorite fighter and I admit that it also was shid back when he dominated. The division is just cursed. Usyk dominated a weak division, moved up to heavyweight and yes, we don't KNOW if he's yet another overhyped eastern bum yet, but neither do we know if he's worth anything and beating an old fat Witherspoon hardly proves anything. I'm not saying Usyk's bad, but let him prove himself before you hype him up merely because of his background.
Lomachenko beat an old undersized Rigondeaux, he has been fighting nothing but trash opponents the last few years and it seems like his career will have no more highlights to speak of. He lost to Salido. Get over it, he's a good boxer, but he's nothing compared to boxers like Mayweather, Pacquaio, Roy Jones Jr, y'know, the legends who had skillsets so great that they transcended several weight divisions. I simply don't get why this guy is hyped up so much. He's good, true, no one can deny that. But nothing special at all, there are many good boxers.
I don't even wanna talk about the Klitschko sisters...
Why is it that these Ex-Soviet fighters have to do basically nothing in order to get this extreme hype that they're getting? When did this fetishism start, how did it start and what can we do to make it stop? Race and nationality should not be a factor in a sport as international as boxing.
Golovkin is a loudmouth who wasted his entire career fighting trash like Kell Brook and Daniel Geale at 160 lb, while ducking challenges like Andre Ward (despite saying he was ready for anyone from 154-168 lb), never moving out of his comfort zone. He's getting old now, still haven't moved above 160 lb and still doesn't have any significant wins that weren't controversial (if you count his win against Daniel Jacobs as an actual win, then congrats, he got ONE significant win on his resume). Yet people hype him as some fantastic fighter, come on, Golovkin is just lame.
Kovalev is a guy who punches hard, but who got no actual skills. He was tripping over his own feet while chasing Pascal around the ring, he beat an old Hopkins and he got beat twice by a wasted version of Andre Ward who was far past his best, making excuses for both losses... He's a bad loser, a bad boxer and his only significant win is Eleider Alvarez. Why is he hyped like some big deal?
Usyk dominated cruiserweight, I gotta give him that, but come on, cruiserweight has always been a lame division. Evander Holyfield is one of my all-time favorite fighter and I admit that it also was shid back when he dominated. The division is just cursed. Usyk dominated a weak division, moved up to heavyweight and yes, we don't KNOW if he's yet another overhyped eastern bum yet, but neither do we know if he's worth anything and beating an old fat Witherspoon hardly proves anything. I'm not saying Usyk's bad, but let him prove himself before you hype him up merely because of his background.
Lomachenko beat an old undersized Rigondeaux, he has been fighting nothing but trash opponents the last few years and it seems like his career will have no more highlights to speak of. He lost to Salido. Get over it, he's a good boxer, but he's nothing compared to boxers like Mayweather, Pacquaio, Roy Jones Jr, y'know, the legends who had skillsets so great that they transcended several weight divisions. I simply don't get why this guy is hyped up so much. He's good, true, no one can deny that. But nothing special at all, there are many good boxers.
I don't even wanna talk about the Klitschko sisters...
Why is it that these Ex-Soviet fighters have to do basically nothing in order to get this extreme hype that they're getting? When did this fetishism start, how did it start and what can we do to make it stop? Race and nationality should not be a factor in a sport as international as boxing.
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