When 19 year old amateur Joe Ward turns pro he will be very exciting Stylistically he is made for the pro game, but has beaten a whose who at LH in the amateurs
As Dr.Mo mentioned i hope Oleksandr Gvozdyk turns pro after this season of WSB which is only another month or two. He's a very good boxer. [yt]ukq1HJoFfu4[/yt] When the going gets tough Browne folds. Hit him, rough him up a little and he completely falls apart just like against Hooper in the Olympics.
My big issue with Woge isn't that he was off balance it's the fact he's almost 29 yet still defensively very poor. Like Berliner said, he didn't seem to care about being hit and against the likes of Zoulikha that's fine because he has next to no power, but against a European level fighter you'd have to worry. Woge's power also seems very much over-rated, and whilst the first knock down of Zoulikha was eye catching he didn't really seem to be as destructive as his record indicates.
I wouldn't consider Lacy as being mentally weak he was just one dimensional with his skills. I would compare Browne to Dirrell, Dawson or Judah with those tendancies of folding/wilting under pressure or adversity.
Lacy's mental weakness was that as soon as he lost he was never the same wrecking ball. Sure he had an injury but he also seemed to have lost his aura of invincibility (a bit like Tyson actually)
Another promising scandinavian light heavyweight Eemeli Katajisto: What do you think? 4-0 3 KO's 210 amateurs fights (180 wins) 6x time champion of Finland 3x time champion of Scandinavia vs Lubo Hantak [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8YEg93oYY8[/url] vs Zoltan Kiss Jr [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxe4ZQKMKIs[/url]
Katajisto was actually "too old" for the article but I'm a big fan of his. It's great to see the sudden rise in Scandinavian boxing
Cuban yunieski Gonzalez (10-0 6ko). The only problem is that he's 33 yrs old. He fights tonight I believe.
Unquestionably. Kovalev is 29, but his style is not dependent upon lightning speed nor body movement. He's all power, aggression, balance, and timing. So, he could be a force for many years to come. That means that every prospect heretofore mentioned will have to face him, or stay in the pond and quack a lot. Kovalev IS THE TRUTH.