Is Sergey Kovalev become the greatest Russian already?

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  1. boxingbull

    boxingbull Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Do you think hes better than Kosta Tyszu and Yuri Arbachakov?

    If he isnt he sure as hell is on his way in just a little over 2 year span he has beaten:

    Gabriel Campillo
    Nathan Cleverly (Fought in U.K)
    Ismayl Sillah
    Bernard Hopkins (Fought in USA)
    Jean Pascal (Fought in Canada)

    The is quite an impressive resume those guys are talented and not pushovers. In addition to being exciting and fighting his biggest fights away from home.He has 3/4 belts if he beats Stevenson which I think he will its hard not to put him as the greatest Russian fighter of all time. Thoughts?
     
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  2. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Certainly one of the greatest, but time will tell.................
     
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  3. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member

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    Kostya tyszu
     
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  4. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Well it's between him and Kostya (Arbachakov?) when it comes to the pros. There are probably greater Soviet amateur boxers though.

    EDIT: Didn't see OP already mentioned the two fighters, IMO, he's just a couple wins away.
     
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  5. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Not too many top level Russian pros, huh?

    He's not at Kostya-level yet but he's probably not too far off if he stays the course for several more years.
     
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  6. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    By beating a 50-year old man, and the guy who lost to him?
     
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  7. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Reading this educated me nothing but was kind of like getting water violently thrown on your face... haha.

    Hmm... Nonetheless, my statement stands. More to do with Kostya being pretty weak for a "BEST FIGHTER IN A NATION'S HISTORY" then to do with Kovalev being an almighty legendary God from above, or anything.
     
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  8. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    potentially he could be but hes a little late to get going, and frankly it wouldn't be difficult for a future Russian progidy to eclipse him.
     
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  9. kovalevtheGoat

    kovalevtheGoat The Chelyabinsk Machine banned Full Member

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    Yes.
     
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  10. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kovalev is a legend though, he's a fckin star.

    Russian fighters couldn't go pro when they were behind the iron curtain so it's unsurprizing Kostya's rated as the best of them.
     
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  11. Scar

    Scar VIP Member Full Member

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    Kostya Tszyu is easily and comfortably leading so far.
     
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  12. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    I know you probably mean boxers only but the Greatest fighter in history hails from Russia

    Emelianenk, Shoddor
     
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  13. Foxy 01

    Foxy 01 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Didn't Kostya get beaten in his prime, by a well known crack addict? It is between Kov, and GGG, if you accept that Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet Union when he was born. They didn't declare independence until 1991.
     
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  14. CONSTAR

    CONSTAR Boxing Addict banned

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    You're a well known crack addict
     
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  15. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Even if it was part of the Soviet Union, it was never part of Russia, it was a Soviet republic.

    http://www.npr.org/news/graphics/2014/03/map-soviet-warsaw-624.png
     
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