Most promising (but little known) Eastern European Heavyweights?

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  1. Sallywynder

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    Who are the next 'white hopes' (though i think we are way past that now) coming out of Eastern Europe?

    Are there any EU heavyweights pro or Am, (or cruisers) fighting in obscurity that look promising? Any video footage?

    Who are they and who are at the same stage of their career would you like to see them fight? (like Huni etc)

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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    18-0 Zhan Kossobutskiy has built up a decent record pretty quietly including stoppages of fairly durable journeymen like Duhaupas, Dawekjo and Sokolowski. Hopefully he gets a step up fight in 2023 so we can see what he's made of.
     
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  3. Sallywynder

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    Kazakhstan? Southpaw. Looks pretty neat, tidy. Has some pop.

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  4. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not a good time to be asking this, most will soon be meeting each other on the battlefield
     
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  5. Sallywynder

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    What can ya do? Keep going till ya cant....
     
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  6. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Mark Petrovskii-

    Is 23, won the world amateur championship at super heavy at 21- no hype. Has gone pro- no hype.
     
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  7. Sallywynder

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    Russian. Not big, but that doesnt necessarily matter. Good head movement. Tough. Fights with a broken nose here... black eyes. Handles the height difference ok in this fight.

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    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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  9. It's Ovah

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    Zhan's probably the best of the lesser known HWs (even though he's Asian, not EE). Not spectacular looking on the eye test, but he clearly hits very hard and has a good delivery mechanism that allows him to land his thudding shots repeatedly against a certain opposition level.
     
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  11. serioussam

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    Zhan Kossobutskiy is already on my TOP10 list, but he's not European.

    We got Maxim Babanin (Russian)
    pro debut 2021
    4(4):0, currently #216
    Its a Mihai Nistor (also same size) with better skills and better reach

    We got Gurgen Hovhannisyan (Armenia, Asia)
    pro debut 2021
    3(3):0, currently #217
    He is almost as tall as Fury and also his style is similar to fury - amazing!

    We also got the german Nelvie Tiafack, very talented and naturally strong, not yet @Pro's, #5 @Heavyweight amateurs.

    We got the talented croatian Marko Milun, not yet @Pro's, #25 @superheavyweight amateurs, 6"3 tall and 83inch wingspan, natural strong, southpaw, decent skills and fast but needs to work on his defense, he is easy to hit.
     
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