Who was the greatest soviet HW

Igor Vysotsky can claim to have been the greatest Soviet HW when it really mattered: beating a prime Teofilo Steveson, TWICE.

 

I've never followed the amateur code enough to confidently state who "the greatest" is or even to have a personal favourite. However, the name that jumps out for me when talking about Soviet HW's would be Igor Vysotsky.

How much he achieved in competition I don't know but he's famous for being the bogeyman to the great Teofilo Stevenson.

ESB even had an interview with the man himself: http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=9323&more=1

 

Andrei Abramov the"Russian Sonny Liston"(1962)
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=125791

 

My choice also. Too bad he had eye cut issues.

 

Too bad he also had problems with some US heavys.

 

Woody clark kept beating him

 

That Clark was something else for a couple of years, he knocked down Greg Page twice in an Olympic Trials victory.

 

u have a good memory

 

thanks:good!