Comments Thread For: Cleverly Hoping Kovalev Will Be His 'Lacy' Moment

This was his "Lacy" moment,he will follow in Lacy's footstep and be some domestic bum that nobody cares about never though of it that way, but that's quite apt, ironic that he was talking about himself!

He did at how fast he got KO'd It wasn't that much of a shock imo, that the round in which Kovalev opponents usually succumb.

This was his "Lacy" moment,he will follow in Lacy's footstep and be some domestic bum that nobody cares about

Clev's gonna shock the world :boxing: He did at how fast he got KO'd

Clev's gonna shock the world :boxing:

I believe this fight may be Nathan's Jeff Lacy moment. The problem for him is he will most likely will be playing the part of Jeff Lacy :lol1: I will be very surprised if Cleverly wins. Not expecting that to happen at all.

I think Cleverly is going to shock a few people that like to poke fun at him, come Saturday night.

I'm looking forward to this Saturday's boxing, and I think Cleverley could shock a few people on here... Hopefully his chin is as good as it is claimed to be, otherwise it will be good night.

Cleverly can win this with the right game plan. I think he knows he can't trade punches with this guy. All this talk of going for a KO seems like a bit of mind games. He boxed well behind his jab in his last fight, I think he can negate Kovalev if he backs him up behind the jab.

The one major problem with Cleverly is his habit of blocking punches with his face. Up till now it has been ok because most of his opponents didn't have that one punch knockout power and Cleverly does have a good chin. HOWEVER, Kovalev is an all together different beast, with KO power in both hands. The one chance Cleverly has in this fight is if he can take Kovalev into deep water, Kovalev has never been past 8 rounds. It is a big ask for Cleverly to weather the early storm Kovalev is going to bring though. I like the fact that Cleverly knows he is the underdog even though he is also in fact the belt holder. You see many deluded belt holders come up against better fighters and think they should be the favorite. So hopefully knowing the mountain he has to climb in this fight will push him to train harder. All being said, Kovalev KO2.

It's possible Clev might get the points victory, (though I doubt it) specially with a little home cooking, but if he does that'll probably be the only thing in common with 'Zaggy - Lacy. Lacy was ultimately exposed as a one trick pony who simply didn't have tools to cope with Joes speed and unique style. Kovalev is altogether a more complete fighter - in fact I believe his boxing skills are considerablly better than Clevs. The areas where Clev might have an advantage are in speed and stamina, if he can manage to avoid the worst of Sergei's barrages through the early rounds, he may be able to exercise something more like his normal fight plan in the later rounds. I don't see Clevs jab keeping Kovalev off him, and I think Clev eats too much leather trying to get inside which leaves Clevs best option as basically running for the first half of the fight, just darting in for pot-shots. If Kovalev doesn't tire, Clev will just have to take some risks, or risk losing a decision.

kovalev may be fighting out of the us but he is russian

I believe this fight may be Nathan's Jeff Lacy moment. The problem for him is he will most likely will be playing the part of Jeff Lacy