Yevgeniy Kartashov was a boxer and was trained by Lou Duva in 1996-1997, legendary boxing trainer and manager who handled nineteen world champions : Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, David Tua and more. Yevgeniy Kartashov had two managers Michael Buffer , ring announcer, who known for his famous trademarked phrase Lets Get Ready to Rhumble and his half-brother Bruce Buffer is the announcer for leading mixed martial arts promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship. Also Yevgeny won one kickboxing championship when he was a 19 years old.