I think it is a good strategic career move. If he gets gold again that will be two world championships and two Olympic gold medals. He can be sold as the first Super Heavy to win Gold twice. It also means there isn't a new Olympic Gold medalist that might turn pro and syphon off his one marketing angle. If he wins Gold twice he can't be ignored.
He signed with the wrong company (Top Rank) and was given nothing but meaningless opposition. It's happened to many (Korobov, Mekhontsev, etc.). East European and Central Asian boxers tend to be poorly managed and badly promoted.
Top Rank pushed Makhmudov instead of him. Big mistake. With Makhmudov losing, Top Rank could change their priorities, especially if Jalolov wins a second Gold medal. As a boxer, I think he’s got physical gifts, but he also looks one dimensional at times, throwing only the jab and straight left most of the time. He needs to add more weapons to his offense like body shots and right hooks. He should look at what Nakatani is doing.
He's huge, rangy, very powerful, skilful and mobile but he seems to be fearful of getting hit. What he's doing works for him and he's very formidable but he could be a lot better if he incorporated more punches into his arsenal and varied his attack more as opposed to being so heavily reliant on the jab and straight backhand which frustratingly he's more than capable of doing
Let’s be honest, most of that money is earmarked for US/UK fighters. The sanctioning bodies don’t follow any rules. Hrgovic was IBF mandatory for like 3 years and now he loses and two UK fighters get to fight right away for the vacant title. The whole thing is a farce. Only guy that broke through the barrier was Usyk and he had to more than pay his dues for several years to get where he is now.
Hrgovic was mandatory for less than 2 years, waiting for a belt that was unified with two others. And no, Joshua and Dubois are not fighting for the vacant belt. Dubois is the IBF champ. All Hrgovic had to do was beat Dubois. It was basically a vacant title fight, but downgraded to interim so that Usyk and Fury could unify. And the unified champion was given an opportunity to either defend vs the winner of Hrgovic vs Dubois or to vacate.
Agreed that it's a little harder for a fighter like Hrgovic or Jalalov because of the economics of boxing but that shouldn't mean Jalalov should get a pass for not even trying. It's the same BS Gen Z mentality of it's harder for our generation so I won't even try and I won't agree that is an adequate excuse for Jalalov not committing to the pro game. Plenty of fighters have had to graft harder than others to get too the top. Bernard Hopkins was overlooked for his entire prime, JMM too was overlooked while his countrymen Barrera and Morales got all the attention and accolades. They persevered and that adversity helped make them greater.
Cmon, he's not really - jobber might be a touch unfair but he's still levels below proving anything significant about Jalolov
Wtf.. You sound like a HATER Jalolov is very good, I've been continuously impressed by him. And his achievements speak for themselves.
He's a good amateur boxer. So was Tony Yoka. Being a very good amateur guarantee's nothing in the pro's... And as a pro, he's a 30 year old prospect with only 14 fights against no-hopers to his name. He's leaving it late to step up and take it seriously against a higher calibre of opponent - it's far from a foregone conclusion that he'll be successful.