Over the last three to four years the boxing out of Eastern Europe, particularly from Belarus and beyond to Eastern Russia, the PROFESSIONAL RANKS are getting a good deal better.

Of course, we are aware of the standouts like GGG (not really Russian, but Central Asian, but Russian enough), Kovalev, Lomachenko and Provodnikov- guys that would be good in any era. But, there is now a stead stream of fighters from Central Europe to Russia that are good guys on any given night. This is not the throwback to the old Vitali/Mavrovic/Zolkin and the like, guys that were mechanic like and worked like automatons, but guys with movement and agility that like to fight and beat people up!

What is to be said about Eastern Europe now? Not just on the HW scene, but the lower weights are MUCH MORE impressive than previous years.