He's a light heavyweight, was an amateur from Kazakhstan
In one year he's gone 7-0 with 5 KO's and in his last two fights he's won UD's over Montell Griffin and Epifanio Mendoza. Fighting that kind of competition in the first seven fights is noteworthy to say the least, not sure who has done that in a long time. Sure Griffin's old and he'd come off a stoppage to Glen Johnson (obviously not a disgrace) but I assume he's still tricky as hell, especially for a guy with five fights. Mendoza was just off of giving Jeff Lacy hell, has KO'd one time prospects like Tokunbo Olajide, Ruben Williams and fought Chad Dawson.
Anybody seen him? He's a six two LH, so pretty good size and I assume a fairly long amateur background. Not sure what he's like stylistically.
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