Looking Back At Sergei Liakhovich

Appropriately rated probably. That being said.... His war with Brewster is probably the best HW fight since the 90s, so that definitely deserves more attention! I think it's safe to say that at his peak he would be in the mix today, barring the top guys he has a shot against most in the division.

 

That was a decent showing despite the L, would have been a good way to bow out.

 

Him and guys like Roy Jones, and Enzo Maccarinelli, are guys that fought way too long, and were brutally knocked out numerous times, I hope the 3 of them are doing ok, because they were subjects of highlight reel brutal knockouts. Evander Holyfield fought too long but he was mainly getting decisioned due to lack of reflexes.

 

Liakhovitch had two long periods of inactivity during his peak years, thanks to his promoter Don King.

He might have done better against Shannon Briggs (he was doing okay for 11 rounds) but it's not good for a boxer to have only one fight in three years.

 

One of the worst ever heavyweight belt holders, no doubt about that.

 

I think the war with Brewster took a lot out of him. That was probably his finest moment.

 

The title of the worst might go to Martin, by the way he won it and the way he lost it. I think that he had a good chance to win that bout against Glazkov if things panned out normally, though. And I would also give Martin a great chance, and even put him favourite, to beat Liakhovich.

 

Brewster would have annihilated Charles Martin, prime Liakhovich beats this clown.

 

I wish he and Briggs had rematched, because he was clearly the better fighter, and deserved better than having their rivalry decided on his total brain-fart entropy in literally the last minute.

 

I've been calling him the White Walker rather than White Wolf in his post-Wilder wanderings.