Kovelev vs Moorer?
Kovalev vs Tarver?
Kovalev vs Roy Jones Jr.?
Kovalev vs Adamek?
Kovalev vs Spinks?
All when they were LHW champions?
Thoughts, results?
..."these great champs"? Adamek, Moorer, Tarver really? Seriously these young men are not considered "great champs"
Koval right now would be to green to handle Mike Spinks, Koval hasn't been close to fighting a great fighter yet!
Jones also has too many weapons for the young man right now.
Picking great opponents for Koval is abit unfair since Koval hasn't reached his prime yet and not even 30 bouts of experience.
If you want to compare against the best then list the best;
Ezzard Charles
Gene Tunney
Harry Greb --(he won't have to look for Greb)
Billy Conn
Sam Langford
with Jones and Spinks on the list naturally.
Hoping to see him and GGG in with someone who will be punching "first" instead of waiting! I like both young men but they haven't been in very tough
yet and that's when you see what their made of. Right now in his career he would be the under dog against my list.
Give the guy a chance to grow and get some needed experience. It would be great for his career to fight Ward, Stevenson I do think Froch would be out gunned and get stopped with his lack of mobility.
....Adamek a "great fighter" hahahaha....come on sonny........:nono:!!
Ray.
Kovalev vs Jones at age parity would have been one of the hardest stylistic matchups to predict, ever. I can't really imagine how the geometry of Kovalev's distance control and power vs Jones' speed and timing would work out.
Moorer had a weird tendency to just momentarily stand on the end of someone's punches as if he believed his defense was impenetrable. Kovalev would have hurt him badly.
Kovelev vs Moorer?
Win
Kovalev vs Tarver?
50/50
Kovalev vs Roy Jones Jr.?
Lose
Kovalev vs Adamek?
Win
Kovalev vs Spinks?
Lose
All when they were LHW champions?
Thoughts, results?
there you go.
Kovelev vs Moorer( MM at Light Heavy was a MONSTER. MM by KO.)
Kovalev vs Tarver( This is an excellent fight. I think it's a 50/50 fight, really. I'd lean toward SK by split decision. Tarver would have his moments.)
Kovalev vs Roy Jones Jr.( SK would KO Roy. Remember, Roy built his "unbeatable" rep facing Policemen, Cab Drivers, Firefighters, etc. The win over Toney was mainly due to Toney's lazy/arrogant nature. He simply didn't train for the fight, properly. If he had, he KO's Roy.)
Kovalev vs Adamek( This is another 50/50 fight. TA was a good Light Heavy. He was also savvy and very active. I can't pick a winner, here.)
Kovalev vs Spinks( MS is one of the greatest Light Heavy Weights I've ever seen. It was his natural weight and he beats SK, maybe even by stoppage.)
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Michael Moorer never even beat a lightheavyweight as good as Cleverly. His porcelain chin would crumble against Kovalev.
Keep'em coming.........
Kovelev vs Moorer( MM at Light Heavy was a MONSTER. MM by KO.)
Kovalev vs Tarver( This is an excellent fight. I think it's a 50/50 fight, really. I'd lean toward SK by split decision. Tarver would have his moments.)
Kovalev vs Roy Jones Jr.( SK would KO Roy. Remember, Roy built his "unbeatable" rep facing Policemen, Cab Drivers, Firefighters, etc. The win over Toney was mainly due to Toney's lazy/arrogant nature. He simply didn't train for the fight, properly. If he had, he KO's Roy.)
Kovalev vs Adamek( This is another 50/50 fight. TA was a good Light Heavy. He was also savvy and very active. I can't pick a winner, here.)
Kovalev vs Spinks( MS is one of the greatest Light Heavy Weights I've ever seen. It was his natural weight and he beats SK, maybe even by stoppage.)
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Spinks for me is too much, Kovalev IMO has least chance out of all matchups.
If RJJ doesn't get clipped, he wins a wide decision.
Moorer I haven't watched enough to form an opinion.
Tarver IMO is a fairly even battle for my money, might be a good fight.
Adamek gets beaten in a tearup.
So yeah, Kovalev can hang with these fighters. He just wouldn't be a favourite (yet) against the true greats.
The thing that sets koalev apart, is not his power, it his control over distance.
He also has a great jab, and a GREAT right hand he can throw straight, as well as hook.
Not many fighters both have great jabs and rights the can use equally easy
that said I think prime roy is too much,
The only great LHW on that list is Spinks and probably Roid.
:lol1: @ Adamek.
Well I think Krusher would probably have finished Spinks off quickest of the lot, except maybe Tarver.
Kovalev beats them all.
Once he beats Ward, Adonis and Pascal if they ever decide to step in the ring with him and chase greatness (3 belts. no excuses) Kovalev will become the GOAT LHW.
This is just my opinion.
I think Roy Jones could pose difficulty for him. Then again, if Krusher copped him at that weight, Jones would ****ing know about it!
But basically I do agree.
What's more, I think it's pretty obvious that he'd flog out Ward, Adonis and Pascal anyway.
And I also think Pascal and Adonis will avoid a fight with Sergey and Ward will never return to boxing now at Kova's weight, probably never again at all.
Well here we go again. I expect about everybody here to pick past fighters. so yeah kovalev loses to all. there done.
Bhop younger has already been done.
So I figured I was doing a favour by compiling all the obvious questions forthcoming into a single thread.
As for the nostalgically inclined posters picking all the past fighters without basis, just ignore it, or like I do, shoot that **** to pieces! :lol1:
Kovalev beats them all.
Once he beats Ward, Adonis and Pascal if they ever decide to step in the ring with him and chase greatness (3 belts. no excuses) Kovalev will become the GOAT LHW.
This is just my opinion.