He isn't a type to get inspired suddenly. IMO his mental balance is intricate and finely tuned. That religion thing is part of the system too. It...
No, he would be chided for doing anything with a russian, even for mentioning him as a potential opponent
Lomachenko is in fact a two-men team, father and son. Loma+dad > Usyk but Usyk > Loma alone
Loma is softer of course, he has been somewhat protected by his dad his whole life. Usyk grew up without father in rather rough place and time....
Of course THE reason for lack of domestic fight market is economy. This market needs time to form habits and "culture", but the country had maybe...
3 of these 4 (Usyk, Beterbiev, Pirog) and Brieadis too, didn't seek a fully US-based career for different reasons. If they did, they quite...
That's the point. He is very muscular at 136 (his fight night weight) There is no room for more muscle on this frame. Pac and FMJ don't fight at...
Briedis actually crowded him. Briedis now is what Povetkin was in his prime.
Reason 1 genetics and culture provide right balance of swagger and discipline. That's why a Ukrainian sergeant was a pillar of Soviet army at its...
Usyk is from Crimea. He flew Ukrainian flag on his car in Crimea already under Russian control. That's what I call actually dangerous. Fighting in...
In Russian a-ending is typical for familiar form of male names. (Alexandr->Sasha) and for male nicknames too. In Ukrainian it's more complicated...
Body type. Always has been muscular, with massive legs, wrestler type of body. Young Pac was skinny as hell.
Froch is like Vitaly in more ways than one. Vit never missed a chance to remind "Ali, Tyson and Lewis owned this belt" when he was holding WBC...
Loma has brittle hands, has had a few hand surgeries. He will punch with full commitment only when he absolutely has to.
He lives in Belgorod-Dniestrovsky (former Akkerman). But he spends a lot of time out of town training with national team in Kiev or abroad. IMO...
