Alexey is my all time favorite HW Muay Thai fighter.My Russian is awful but I remember reading an interview with him years back.It was not just the alcohol that killed his career. He had a lot of injuries especially knee injuries. If you follow his career his physique started to look like shit since late 2003 he started gaining a lot of weight and could only fight economically. Alexey like most fighters was really poor , but he was not dumb.Its hard to explain but the way he talked about Muay Thai like art he had a certain intelligence to him, I think he actually finished university in Belarus and has a degree in History If I remember correctly. I remember him also talking about taking fights while being injured because he did not have any money. I think he is 1-1 with Peter Aerts in k1 , he beat Remy Bonjasky in Muay Thai , he also beat Daniel Ghita in the finals of the World Muay Thai championships. Its such a shame he started drinking while he was injured according to him studying and training was all he did threw most of his life so when he couldn't train anymore alcohol and women filled that void I guess.
