What about this Beterbiev?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by red cobra, Apr 5, 2015.


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  1. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    I remember when I did a my thread about him a lot of people thought he wasn't great and wouldn't go far, now here a lot of you come hopping on his d*** I'm happy to see this development. Next will be Usyk jump on his bandwagon early, he's better than Beterbiev.
    After all he did beat Beterbiev.
     
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  2. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    iv been hyping him since 2013:good

    did a thread on grading the best prospects to come out of the olympics, all have held true so far apart from maybe Damien Hooper but i feel he can come back:good
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Well I would have had I been posting on here in 2013:yep I only started posting in May of 2014 despite joining in 2013. I haven't done a thread on Hooper for a reason, I didn't have faith in him and I was right. But you never know.
     
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  4. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    i have faith in his talent ,i don't have faith in his discipline and fragile mental state, the guy is a bit nuts. But his talent is obvious and you can't predict him having a glass chin, but if he moved out of austrailia he could achieve, he also has a kid on the way that might help him

    iv always seen Beterbiev as better than Mekhontsev, i rank them

    1.Beterbiev
    2.Gvodsyk
    3.Bivol
    4.Mekhontsev
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Hooper may get better, but that chin doe.....

    And I agree with you in rankings I like Mekhontsev, but I don't like him nearly as good as many others do, Gvozdyk on the other hand has a ton of talent, and good looks, he could become a very big and marketable star if Arum would just push him already. Bivol is solid but I want to see him in a few more matches as a pro before I jump to ant definitive conclusions.
     
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  6. gmurphy

    gmurphy Land of the corrupt, home of the robbery! banned Full Member

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    Gvodsyk should be facing top 20 opposition already, he was like 10-0 in the WSB and also knocked out the current APB world champion, Arum needs to get his finger out

    Bivol is exceptional and i'm tempted to rate him ahead of Gvodysk but Gvodysk is also excellent

    Mekhontsev will make it to world level but his lacking, and i can't put my finger on where his lacking, i just don't think he was ever going to make a great transition to the pro's
     
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  7. DoubleEdge

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    Beterbiev shows you don't need to fight 10 cans before you can step up.
     
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  8. burt bienstock

    burt bienstock Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    TB, maybe Communism developed amateur boxing in Stalin's Russia, but it did not allow those top amateurs to develop and fight the top pro fighters from America those bygone days. Based on the fact that today the Russians Dominate the MW, the lightheavyweight and HW fighters, I am certain that there would have been a slew of champions from the Russian empire those days as there is today. The present tells us that...
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    burt, I firmly believe that the Russians would have been a formidable presence in all the divisions of boxing had they been able to go pro back in Stalin's era, all the way up to the present time IMO. I'm very impressed by them.
     
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  10. Ducklerr

    Ducklerr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    And Adonis has no interest in fighting any of them
     
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  11. jauseptt

    jauseptt Active Member Full Member

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    how many great fighters will emerge from Russia and eastern Europe? time will tell, igor vystotsky would have been heavyweight champion 40 years ago if he had of been allowed to turn pro.
     
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  12. chitownfightfan

    chitownfightfan Loyal Member Full Member

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    Think IB beat ya to it.:think
     
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  13. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How is that working out for ya 5 years later? :lol:
     
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  14. Jake LaMotta

    Jake LaMotta Lights Out Full Member

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    You miss 100% of the shots you never take. I know I make more right calls than wrong so things are working out pretty swell overall.
     
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  15. rodney

    rodney Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great defense. That is — you can’t hurt him.
     
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