The second wave of Eastern Europe's heavyweights

Nobody wants to fight him though.

 

Kazakhstan is partly in Eastern Europe anyway. They compete in the European football qualifiers for example.

 

Oleksandr Usyk - Elite

Ivan Dychko, Bakhodir Jalolov, Filip Hrgovic, Murat Gassiev - very good

Arslanbek Makhmudov, Vladyslav Sirenko, Viktor Vykhryst, Mourad Aliev, Zhan Kossobutskiy -good

Vladimir Ivanov, Oleksandr Zakhozhyi, Tsotne Rogava, Georgy Yunovidov - decent

( & Muslim Gadzhimagomedov could possibly move up to heavyweight. And theres numerous top amateurs that could turn pro. )

 

I am not as high on Jalolov as the hype, but he's good. Haven't seen anyone I think will get to Fury's level, but of course 8 years ago I didn't think Fury was worth a ****, either.

 

He's 32. If he keeps himself in good shape maybe 5-6 years.

Just look at Joyce.

 

Yes. No the period after his name. I was not trying to say he is central Asian.

 

They need financial backing and a promoter who isn’t just going to park them up in order to protect their own HWs.

It’s the oldest trick in the book to sign these guys up then park them up for a few years whilst promising them big fights. Meanwhile that’s 3 years of their prime gone and they will have gone backwards without a proper challenge.

This is what is happening to Hrgovic who is signed up to Hearn. He did the same thing to Luis Ortiz.

They need to find themselves a promoter who will invest in them and get them the big fights and a title shot.

 

Croatia is in central Europe not 'east'.