Well according to box rec they are ranked as thus: https://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r[role]=box-am&r[sex]=M&r[status]=a&r[division]=Super+Heavyweight&r[country]=&r_go= I have seen a few of them. The very young Dronov is quite good!
Who the fighter who lost to the four best fighters he fought ( according to Box Rec ). You make me thirsty. I think I'll have a black Russian ( they are delicious ). This cat was born in Russia but fights out of the UK. All jokes aside I never saw him but judging by his rank which is #12 out of 481 ranked amateur super heavyweights, he's has a future.
16 of the top 20 are from ex Soviet Union countries #domination 9 from Russia, 2 Kazakhstan, 2 Uzbekistan, 1 Georgia, 1 Armenia, 1 Azerbaijian
Nikita Putilov recently beat Nelvie Tiafack at the German national championships. So he should be much higher than he is.
Most of them have no prayer of going anywhere as a pro. Wrong nationalities, won't get any quality promotion.
You act like there is no money for boxing anywhere else in the world. Im sure the ones good enough will do just fine. The money countries in the middle east have more interest in Russian Athletes than they do American or British.
But do they really have any interest in sports aside from using them to cozy up to the west? ESPN is pushing Anderson, the UK is pushing their fighters. Jalalov is getting some opportunities. That is about it.
You are correct, just look at past history, the eastern euros get nothing given to them and by the time their talent takes them to where they deserve to be, they are nearing their end.
Absolutely, plenty of examples. Ivan is a good example, Korobov was ****ed around for years, Golovkin and Beterbiev, even those types that become names have to do it a ridiculously hard way. Then you get the young US fighters promoted heavily, one half decent win, they are already in all the medias p4p lists. Not to mention dodgy judging when they do get their shot also.