Autobarn wrote:lebedev was no fluke because he also stopped ali asmailov, a guy who only just lost in a WBO title shot around last year; and also alexander alexeev, the universum prospect.
next he should make mincemeat out of marco huck.
i hope enzo's not targeting the WBO title again. still, seems like there are good fights for the EBU title - macca v frenkel is one to get excited about, potentially.
Yeah, my heart gave a little skip of joy when I saw that he was mandatory for Huck.
He looks like the sort of man who you would find in a little sailor's tavern in the middle of nowhere, who kills people for fun. I am guessing from the shirt he wears that he used to be in the Spetsnaz? He's a bit of a mystery man, no ama career and a four year break in his pro career?
doctorboxing wrote:
His last 3 fights have gone not too badly, all being 1st round stoppage wins.
Im sure Flint visits the shed to to make sure Enzo knows his way round his ring
Yeah, poor choice of words - I mean his 3 recent losses. The Alofabi loss he blamed on lack of sparring.
His last oppo was largely unproven, although he sort of had him with the first solid punch he landed..but that's Enzo - Hit or be hit back when the other guy doesn't fall over. Lebedev has looked even better since, he's walking through guys
Lebedev looks like a fvkin badman
I agree; Dennis looks capable of anything. He walked Enzo down and got caught hard. He was very, very strong and powerful. I though Enzo showed some real heart because his nose took some real hammer and Lebedev was not going to stop throwing bombs. He was a real handful; I accept that Mac had reasons for not been at his absolute best but; to be honest; Lebedev looked like the Terminator that night. One mean MF.
orbtastic wrote:Lack of sparring seemed to be his excuse/reason for performing badly over the last 2-3 fights. Is he getting much quality sparring in his shed?
rhino222 wrote:perhaps flint knows the answer to this one, if its a small shed, it will be difficult to train properly......but the most puzzling thing i can think of is.
just how big is enzos ring?? .... flinty, do you know? have you seen it? ......
well the boxing shed by me - is very small.
ask Coco - he knows the shed.
It has a small changing room / shower
A small / medium sized boxing ring
And a few punchbags and speedball hanging up there.
However Colin Jones trained there for all his fights including Milton McCory and Don Curry - and it done him no harm. He rejected moving to London to train and instead split his time between the boxing shed and Eddie Thomas pro gym in Merthyr Tydfil.
However sparring down in these parts would defentely be a problem - because who else have you got around a local area who can hold their own with a World Class fighter. Places like London are probaly much better for sparring.
I know Colin when he was younger - around just about the time he was turning pro - had not really anyone to spar with - and asked a random guy to spar with and he would just work on his defence.
Meanwhile his future rival Milton McCory was training in the Kronk and sparring the likes of Thomas Hearns - which is obviously alot better training and experience.
Counter-puncher wrote:I'll tell you one thing that really impresses me about Lebedev.
It seems he may have even managed to overtake Adamek on Autobarn's man-crush list
now that is impressive.
i like lebedev because he's a quality boxer, he's there to fight. he's in an underrated division and - most importantly - there are lots of good fights ahead: frenkel-macca winner (especially if it's frenkel), grigory drodz, and WBO champ huck. lebedev looks a stayer at the weight, and IMO has proven himself with 3 stoppage wins over WBO regulars macca, ismailov and alexeev. really looking forward to a touhg russian (as opposed to a soft universum spoiled russian) getting moved toward a title. and delivering with a KO punch.
i will get well excited if adamek fights for a heavyweight title. but because he's not a natural heavyweight, i think there will be more learning fights, and a wait for exactly the right opportunity so that he's more likely to get his 3rd world title. the ting with adamek is, he's had his big fight for the year - arreola - last april. he won't get a bigger fight in 2010, so adamek fans like myself need to bide their time.
MightyWarrior wrote:I think Enzo is in denial - it's all well and good training in Flint's shed, but does the poor bloke not realise that come fight night, the door will remain firmly locked from the outside?
It's when Flint locks it from the inside that Enzo gets really worried
MightyWarrior wrote:I think Enzo is in denial - it's all well and good training in Flint's shed, but does the poor bloke not realise that come fight night, the door will remain firmly locked from the outside?
It's when Flint locks it from the inside that Enzo gets really worried
Counter-puncher wrote:I'll tell you one thing that really impresses me about Lebedev.
It seems he may have even managed to overtake Adamek on Autobarn's man-crush list
now that is impressive.
i like lebedev because he's a quality boxer, he's there to fight. he's in an underrated division and - most importantly - there are lots of good fights ahead: frenkel-macca winner (especially if it's frenkel), grigory drodz, and WBO champ huck. lebedev looks a stayer at the weight, and IMO has proven himself with 3 stoppage wins over WBO regulars macca, ismailov and alexeev. really looking forward to a touhg russian (as opposed to a soft universum spoiled russian) getting moved toward a title. and delivering with a KO punch.
you not salivating over a possible Lebedev - Adamek fight?
rhino222 wrote:perhaps flint knows the answer to this one, if its a small shed, it will be difficult to train properly......but the most puzzling thing i can think of is.
just how big is enzos ring?? .... flinty, do you know? have you seen it? ......
well the boxing shed by me - is very small.
ask Coco - he knows the shed.
It has a small changing room / shower
A small / medium sized boxing ring
And a few punchbags and speedball hanging up there.
However Colin Jones trained there for all his fights including Milton McCory and Don Curry - and it done him no harm. He rejected moving to London to train and instead split his time between the boxing shed and Eddie Thomas pro gym in Merthyr Tydfil.
However sparring down in these parts would defentely be a problem - because who else have you got around a local area who can hold their own with a World Class fighter. Places like London are probaly much better for sparring.
I know Colin when he was younger - around just about the time he was turning pro - had not really anyone to spar with - and asked a random guy to spar with and he would just work on his defence.
Meanwhile his future rival Milton McCory was training in the Kronk and sparring the likes of Thomas Hearns - which is obviously alot better training and experience.
flint...have you actually been in enzos ring?
I am laughing so hard reading this thread - Rhino, it's reminding me of the Tim/Gareth conversations in 'The Office'
FLINT ISLAND wrote:
well the boxing shed by me - is very small.
ask Coco - he knows the shed.
It has a small changing room / shower
A small / medium sized boxing ring
And a few punchbags and speedball hanging up there.
However Colin Jones trained there for all his fights including Milton McCory and Don Curry - and it done him no harm. He rejected moving to London to train and instead split his time between the boxing shed and Eddie Thomas pro gym in Merthyr Tydfil.
However sparring down in these parts would defentely be a problem - because who else have you got around a local area who can hold their own with a World Class fighter. Places like London are probaly much better for sparring.
I know Colin when he was younger - around just about the time he was turning pro - had not really anyone to spar with - and asked a random guy to spar with and he would just work on his defence.
Meanwhile his future rival Milton McCory was training in the Kronk and sparring the likes of Thomas Hearns - which is obviously alot better training and experience.
flint...have you actually been in enzos ring?
I am laughing so hard reading this thread - Rhino, it's reminding me of the Tim/Gareth conversations in 'The Office'
