Egidijus Kavaliauskas: Egid The Mean Machine-Savage Welterweight Bulldozer Of Kaunas.

IntentionalButt · Feb 16, 2016

Prenice Brewer is actually only his third best win to date (ahead of him being Pablo Munguia and Jaime Herrera), but all three are very solid and they were all KO2's.

Bluku Bluku! · Feb 16, 2016

Forza said: ↑

trading with him is suicide god damn
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crazy puncher aint he :bbb

Leonit · Feb 17, 2016

Garcia's gym is having some top notch prospects at the moment. He is having lots of eastern European guys.

Bluku Bluku! · Feb 17, 2016

Kavialuaskas is leading the pack of the new stars of the welterweight division.. Brook, Thurman, Bradley, Garcia will be soon joined by the likes of Kavialauskas, Vasquez Jnr, Spence, Ponomarev, Golub, etc

Bluku Bluku! · Feb 17, 2016

T.C.W said: ↑

He looks strong and dangerous, Top rank will have big plans for this kid, his style looks very TV friendly
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:deal Bob Arum says Kavialauskas is the hardest puncher at Top Rank

CST80 · Apr 7, 2016

How long will the undefeated Deniz Ilbay last with the Mean Machine?:think
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lewis gassed · Apr 19, 2016

Saitov said: ↑

He's sort of a more polished/technical 3D version of Provodnikov. Has all his attributes but way more to his game. Very exciting prospect.. EK v Spence could be one to watch out for in the next couple of years.
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Hell of a fight!

LostInNewYork · May 8, 2016

He's a beast, Whens his next fight?

Serge · May 12, 2016

A recent feature on him from the Ring magazine

Egidijus Kavaliauskas isnt a name that easily rolls off the tongue. He needed a nickname. So trainers at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, California, where he trains, christened the two-time Olympian Mean Machine, which seems perfect for a fighter who has stopped 11 of his 13 opponents.

The 27-year-old welterweight has been destroying increasingly competent foes as he has progressed, including Prenice Brewer recently. And hes no mere slugger. He has the type of skills pinpoint accuracy, ability to cut off the ring, easily switching from offense to defense that have earned him comparisons to another disciplined destroyer, Gennady Golovkin.

I dont want to compare him to Golovkin because its unfair, said Carl Moretti, VP at Top Rank, which promotes Kavaliauskas. But theyre (both) precise, they dont waste punches, theyre cool about it and they can hit with both hands.

Kavaliauskas, who is managed by Egis Klimas and trained by Garcia, also seems to have Golovkins charm and humility. He is friendly, funny and appreciative of the opportunities that await him. His also has a strong command of English, which is a plus. That, combined with his fan-friendly fighting style, could lead to commercial success.

The native of Kaunas, a good-sized city in south-central Lithuania, grew up a world away from American boxing but looked up to Mike Tyson and Arturo Gatti. Wow, for me, (Tyson) was everything. He was my idol, Kavaliauskas said. And then it was Arturo Gatti. He was a warrior. Arturo Gatti in a world title fight I could watch him fight every day. May he rest in peace.

To say that Kavaliauskas is dreaming of the day he fights for a world title like his idols is an understatement. And he has possible foils on his radar. He lists titleholders Keith Thurman, Kell Brook and Danny Garcia among those he would like to face one day soon. When they have a bout scheduled, Kavaliauskas is glued in front of the television scouting, in effect.

All the time when I watch the fights Im just thinking what I would do in the ring with them, he said. How I will move, how I will punch, what I will do. So for every fight Im figuring out my strategy against them.

Top Rank would match him against anyone in the division now. But who would accept a fight against him?

There really isnt anybody who we wouldnt fight, Moretti said. Its just a matter of would the name contenders fight a guy that isnt a big name and is just 12-0? What benefit is it to them? But he could handle Top 10 guys right now with no problem.

When he spoke to THE RING, Kavaliauskas had a less ambitious goal: to say hello to another one of his idols, Manny Pacquiao. His best chance wouldve been on April 9, when he won a unanimous decision over German Deniz Ilbay on the undercard of Pacquiao-Tim Bradley in Las Vegas. He was also imagining the day when he would get to shake Tysons hand.

I hope one day I will meet him somewhere at a fight, he said. I would just say, Hey Mike, youre one of the baddest men in the world.

From one bad man to another.

THE ESSENTIALS

Egidijus Kavaliauskas

Age: 27

Weight class: Welterweight

Height: 5 feet 9 inches

Stance: Orthodox

Hometown: Kaunas, Lithuania

Record: 13-0 (11 KOs)

Biggest strengths: Has power in both hands and the ability to cut off the ring has impressive hand speed can box if he has to.

Biggest question marks: Stamina; he has never gone past five rounds chin hasnt been tested.
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Rock0052 · May 12, 2016

It's pretty remarkable the kind of influence Tyson had on this generation of fighters globally- Kavaliauskas is another in the long line in accomplished fighters from former Soviet states to cite him as their boxing role model.

Heck, Lomachenko cried as a kid when he found out Iron Mike wasn't Ukrainian.

deyell · May 12, 2016

Rock0052 said: ↑

It's pretty remarkable the kind of influence Tyson had on this generation of fighters globally- Kavaliauskas is another in the long line in accomplished fighters from former Soviet states to cite him as their boxing role model.

Heck, Lomachenko cried as a kid when he found out Iron Mike wasn't Ukrainian.
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Khurtsidze even fights in the same style Tyson had

Serge · May 12, 2016

Rock0052 said: ↑

It's pretty remarkable the kind of influence Tyson had on this generation of fighters globally- Kavaliauskas is another in the long line in accomplished fighters from former Soviet states to cite him as their boxing role model.

Heck, Lomachenko cried as a kid when he found out Iron Mike wasn't Ukrainian.
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Tyson was a superstar during his heyday. I used to set my alarm to the middle of the night or very early in the morning to watch his fights when I was a kid. It took a lot to drag me out of bed at that ungodly hour back then. I remember I was always really tired when I got up too. Thing is so many people I knew did exactly the same back then too, children, teens and adults. That's how popular he was.

Odo · May 14, 2016

CST80 said: ↑

How long will the undefeated Deniz Ilbay last with the Mean Machine?:think
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Ilbay proved to be a teak tough cookie who tried to wage war throughout their entire encounter.The Lithuanyan was just the better boxer and won most of the rounds but I would like to see Ilbay take on on some other good names.
The German-Turk is good enough to be a king of gatekeeper.

ashishwarrior · May 14, 2016

Hearing more and more about this guy interested to see how far he will go

CST80 · Jul 3, 2016

Egid will be facing Jeremy Bryan on July 16th, he gave hell to Sadam Ali about 2 years ago, and IMO edged it.

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