Bakhodir Isomiddin Ugli "The Big Uzbek / Brave Boy" Jalolov

Booking and promoting him for nothing surely makes it look risky to anyone doing the same in future.

If it's the case he only arrived just before the fight ... that's not much commitment.

 

Even in his amateur days, he displayed an unusually confident attitude towards the boxers he had defeated, but a timid nature towards those who dared to challenge him and were not afraid of him. Considering that the strength of amateur boxing Olympic super heavyweight medalists since 2016—Richard Torrez, Frazer Clarke, Ayoub Ghadfa, Djamili-Dini Aboudou Moindze, etc，is clearly inferior to previous Olympic boxing medalists, his dominance in amateur boxing is not very meaningful. I don't think I'm belittling Jalolov's achievements, but rather stating the facts. Jalolov's personality is not what top-level athletes in this sport need.

After winning his first gold medal, he was full of confidence in his professional future and said in an interview: "Everyone in the heavyweight division knows me. Deep down, they know it's only a matter of time before I dominate the heavyweight boxing world." However, after winning his second Olympic gold medal last year, reaching the peak of his amateur career, he chose to retire from amateur boxing to focus on the professional scene, and his performance this year proves he is far from that level. His emotional reaction to the photo he took with Usyk and Crawford after today's match clearly indicates something.

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He had all the momentum he'd ever have after winning Olympic Gold by KO. He could roid up, fill out his frame, perfect his cardio and technique, but he can never increase his ambition. Mentally not there to be a HW champ. This is the problem with treating him like a god in Uzbek.