That's a fact...you can't get better worldclass competition than there. regular guys at Sauerland gym: Marco Huck, Yoan Pablo Hernandez, Alexander Frenkel than you have Krystof Wlodarcyk who comes to spar from time to time... btw, Hernandez seemed to dominate Wlodarcyk in sparring (ok, sparring isn't a real fight but Hernandez looked so much faster and technically sound).
I saw a bit of a session in mid-September...but this would approve my thougths on Hernandez: he is the most gifted of the above 4 (either handspeed, movement and technique) but has the weakest chin. Though he could win a championship... btw, in a documention I saw today AA brother, Alexander Abraham, was knocked down in sparring by a polish lmw/mw out of the Hammer-gym...
Polish jr mw prospect Damian Jonak. Kid has some serious power but needs to work on his skill and stamina.
Alexander broke his right thumb along the way in this session and is possibly out until December/January...
That's bad, hope he gets back even earlier! My bad! Wlodarczyk didn't knock down Hernandez, Hernandez asked to end the sparring session late in 8th round after some hard shots the the body.
ok, fair enough. But still I think that Hernandez has a questionable chin...we might see when he steps up in competition which shouldn't be too long away from now...
Frenkel looks like a killer from what i have seen. another natural with no amateur background like AA.
yes, i know, i meant without having a star amateur career......you know, winning medals at big tournaments. i know he had amateur fights, but i dont think he was a top flight guy.
He only fought in the juniors and won something like the international german championship at the age of 17. He went on going back to Armenia and tried to go on to the Olympic Games but he failed (for whatever reasons) and had to serve for 2 years in the Armenian army. Then he came back to Germany at the end of 2002...sparred Ottke and got a deal with SE...
He's a Cuban based in Germany, he's already ranked in boxrec's top20...a fast and mobile guy with ok punching power.