Magomedrasul Majidov will turn pro

I just remembered that there is a ridiculous amount of high tier heavyweight amateurs who have turned pro.

 

That loss didn't hurt Lomas progression though. It showed he was already at that level and with a fair ref, he would have won. He probably learnt a whole lot more aswell rather than a couple more tune up fights. Gotta do the same with Majidov, throw him in with the wolves, sink or swim.

 

Let him fight beasts like Schwarz and Seferi first.
I reckon they do a number on him.

 

From reading your posts, I think you'll like this guy. I've seen a few of his fights and he can box, plus he has power. If he is really 6-3, 240, he looks from his current picture to be lean at that weight. I guess his people know where he is as a fighter and they'll do what they think is best.

With his amateur career, fighting the best, I think I'd use the Lomachenko model and match him tough and not worry about getting a lot of pro fights. Guys with this kind of experience don't need to start off their career with set ups. If he loses one, it won't devastate him like some fighters. He has been competing at the top amateur level for a long time, they all lose some and fight again. If he was my fighter, from what I've seen of him, there is nobody in the world that I wouldn't consider for his first fight. He has been in with most of them already.

 

Left it far too late.Might struggle getting fights,who's gonna wanna face him for nothing?

 

Spot on here.

 

That's a good point.
And they quickly threw Loma back in there and it all worked out.

 

Fair assessment

 

Fasttracking all the way! Let him fight regularly too (8 times a year or so), not like most of today's prospects.

 

Not for nothing, but if these former Soviet fighters really do rack up 300+ OFFICIAL amateur fights(which I can't see hoe that is possible) then they should start off fighting top notch pros from the start. Ya there are some major differences between amateur and pro and the fighters might drop one to three fights early on as they are adjusting, but unless they get completely curb stomped, I doubt it wont be held against them as they learn the ropes and adjust accordingly. Like @Dangerwood84 said, it's forgivable and understandable at that point in their careers and probably to be expected.

The amateur game is all about improving and getting better. The overall record really doesnt matter as long as the fighter is progressing. But after about 70-100 official amateur fights, I don't see how progress of a fighter doesn't stagnate.

 

He'll KO both of them in the first round in the same night in his debut.