Biv's spotting him thinking "do some goddamn cardio you disgraceful sack of lard, before I move up and steal your birthright. Hmm, actually...three-division champ has a nice ring to it.."
Kuzmin/Mansour weigh-in video: http://allboxing.ru/news/20171126-1...zmin-mansur-papin-sillah-troyanovskiy-portilo
He has trained with Bivol ever since they started to fight in the US, starting from Kuzmin's 4 pro fight against Darnell Wilson with the fight taking place in California.
Oh damn, I only just noticed that Ismayl Sillakh was on this card, in the fourth-billed match, being fed to an 8-0 (7) prospect in a 10-rounder. He's coming off a loss to Masternak on the Adamek vs. Haumono undercard in June. Before that he beat Kniazev (remember, Egorov's opponent) by TD last December. Crazy how Sillakh's value has plummeted. He was supposed to be a blue chip player at light heavy for a time, and now he's being quietly stashed on deep undercards to bolster young guns' records.
You know what's insane? The Ding-A-Ling man was a fixture on American TV (mostly ESPN) for a very long time and was mostly agreed to be shot to bits about 8 or 9 years ago but is still about 3 years Mansour's junior.
Is 241lbs Kuzmin's lowest professional fighting weight? I saw his fight against Hrgovic and he seemed like he was too fat. He may have actually won that fight if he could have kept a good work rate.
If not, close to it. Any time he weighs over 252 he gets stretched the distance. The further south into the mid to low 240s he weighs, the better his performances...
How dumb are we all going to look if we get a draw or Mansour upset points victory? See at least I admit that I really DKSAB: #theateroftheunexpected