posted Jul 8, 2008

I think it's more indicative of their technical boxing skill, but they don't tend to have a special edge or many of the professional qualies they need.

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posted Jul 8, 2008

wow_junky (U6788980):

Amateur Boxing has often been dominated by Eastern Europeans (along with Cubans), mainly due to the status aspect.

An amateur boxer from a former Eastern Block country would stay in the amateur ranks for far longer than their western counterparts (mainly for political reasons).

Obviously things have changed in the last 15 years or so, but it's taken a certain amount of time for the Eastern Europeans to catch up to the standard of their 'professional' western counterparts.

The Klitscho'c made the first major breakthrough's and in recent years the Sidorenko's, Dzinziruk's, Adamek's, Karmazin's and such like have followed suit.

Expect to see many more in the not too distant future, Bute, Diancou & Jo Jo Dan are 3 Romanian's who are all moving towards World Titles (Bute of course already SM IBF Champ) & a few Russian's are also looking really promising too.

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posted Jul 8, 2008

Got a feeling he is has got a KO shot.

With head guards and teenage arms it may not be easy to judge. Have a feeling those in the know, know.

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posted Jul 8, 2008

Thanks for the response guys, very informative! Cheers.

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