Ivan "Volk (The Wolf)" Golub

This kid is going places. :deal

He was born in Horlivka, Ukraine but is now based in Brooklyn, NY and managed by Al Haymon. (though yet to sign officially with a major promoter, still a free agent, though he did sign what seems to have been a probationary co-promotional agreement with Lou DiBella and his colleague Max Alperovich)

He was flawless in WSB, going 5-0 for the Otamans transitioning from amateurs to pros (for which his style always lent itself, although he was extremely accomplished in the Ukrainian amateur scene - racking up a 270-32 record and five-time national champion) in the semipros.

He isn't the only young, tall, powerful southpaw in his division (Erickson Lubin and Demetrius Andrade being his foremost competition) but he does have a take-no-prisoners attitude that may help distinguish him as he steps up in class and improves...which is an ongoing process traceable in each new outing.


Pro debut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulBqc2HtBqI

Sophomore effort:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAD6CYqexlQ

4th outing (3rd of 4 KO1s):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRlEiWw1rS8

(^ recorded & uploaded that myself off my DVR; you're welcome )

Most recent fight (his first time not under the DiBella or Alperovich banner):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQz8aweCq8Q

 

He might still be with DBE & FP, but not under an exclusive arrangement since they loaned him out to King's Promotions last month. :conf

Yeah, definitely, cuts an unimposing figure but once he gets it going he's a berserker.

Actually he technically has never made the junior middleweight limit, although he's rated there.

...but yeah, makes sense he would be looking to get out from under Khytrov's shadow, as they'd be occupying the same niche at MW.

 

Oops!

 

Looks cool though.

волк голубь

 

Strangely, nothing turns up on internet translators for "Volk" in either Russian or Ukrainian. (at least not in Roman alphabet; if you transliterate into Cyrillic, волк, it does translate)

When you type "Volk" into Google Translate and hit 'auto detect language' the first that pops up is Afrikaans.

...but yeah, "Völk" means people in both German & Dutch (and their derivative tongues) but, much like the Indian swastika and the phrase "Aryan race" (which actually refers to proto- Iranians) , was corrupted by the Nazi regime to mean something else.

So for instance, Völkswagen just means "People's Car" (but of course that manufacturing company has its own sordid past, full of NDSAP ties, which don't bear getting into)


I thought "Folk" was a strange nickname. Wolf is much cooler.

...and, come to reflect, "Volk" does sound pretty similar phonetically to "Wilk" (Polish for Wolf, as some may remember Piotr Wilczewski's nickname)

 

Nobody's going to answer you if you can't speak English.