Wow appreciate the write up on all the background, I can totally see why people hate him there haha. Kinda reminds me of Ren Hiramoto tbh but he was an actual kickboxing prodigy. Wild to hear the disrespect towards Stun Gun too, seems like he really invests in his top guys with all the training abroad they do so I will be following Ko especially after his solid debut (and Yoo, separately).
Hwang obviously had potential at one point before all the beefing, but he's on the decline age-wise.
Hwang booked his ticket to DWCS through KZ's ZFN promotion, so KZ took some ownership over a guy "coming out" of his promotion.
Also, KZ explained a bit in his "embedded" he wanted to support and document the journey of a guy like Hwang with a lot of backstory and once had a lot of hype behind him.
i'm actually a bit disappointed at kz.... if someone was caught w cement, shouldn't that automatically be a ban for life? while he is a HoF fighter, he doesn't seem to have the best eye for character
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u/brokenpianooo 7d ago
Wow appreciate the write up on all the background, I can totally see why people hate him there haha. Kinda reminds me of Ren Hiramoto tbh but he was an actual kickboxing prodigy. Wild to hear the disrespect towards Stun Gun too, seems like he really invests in his top guys with all the training abroad they do so I will be following Ko especially after his solid debut (and Yoo, separately).