Compare Chilemba to a more known fighter. How good is this guy?

I thought bellew won relatively comfortably in the second fight. I get what you are saying, obviously he isnt useless, just never been that impressed with him and certainly dont think hes underrated or a live underdog. Well, no, I don't really think he's a live underdog, stylistically he's tricky but it's hard to see any route to victory unless by some miracle he scores the KO, but that doesn't make him a poor opponent. There's few at 175 I'd give much of a chance to against Kovalev. I keep drawing the parallel with Bika at SMW, OK yeah the guy was never really championship material but that doesn't mean he didn't give many of the top guys one hell of a fight.

Another HBO sh*t fest. Another easy fight for kov.

cant believe how much you lot rate him, got outboxed by bellew convincingly in the 2nd fight ffs. Guy is going to get blasted out by kovalev. Convincingly outboxed? Hmm.. not really. Plenty of folk had him winning the first Bellew fight and a draw certainly wasn't out of the question for the second (I scored it 115 113 for Bellew). Similarly with the Alvarez fight. Hard to look good against Chilemba. Yeah, course there's a decent chance he'll get blasted out by Kovalev but that's hardly a fair criticism. If Chilemba's roughly on a level with Bellew and Alvarez that puts him pretty much level with the likes of Cleverly and Fonfara (I know, I know, but he's still a solid LHW) at the lower end of top 10 at 175 for me.

I'd agree that he's probably underrated. A solid top 10 guy, but you know, not great. He can spoil, and is has a good chin/decent defence. No one tends to look good against him. He won't trouble Kovalev any though IMO.

Basically what the title says. He is a solid veteran but nothing special. Can box but lacks power and speed you see at the top level. I think Jennings is a good comparison.

Never been too impressed with Chilemba. He's not aggressive enough, his workrate can be dismal and he has zero power. For Kovalev, I think this fight will be a walk in park.

He has a trick style and he's rated in the top 10 in the division right now. And he's 10x better than Brand. The only reason I bring up Brand is because someone commented that Chilemba is just as bad as Brand which is complete BS. Say what you want about Chilemba, but he's way better than Brand.

chilemba is 10 times better than the bum andrea coward is facing that's for sure.

Better than Brand.

it's possible that he'll make kovalev look bad at points and stink out the joint, BUT he's basically perfect prep for ward. i think kovalev coming off the back of an educational chilemba fight will be yet another advantage over ward, who will be coming off a waste of time tune-up with brand

Good skills and throws only arm punches. Doesn't put his body behind the punches because he likes to peck and move

I'd say B-Hop or Ward not as good but stylistically they're who I think he compares too best. Well schooled, defensively very sound. I wouldn't say he was slick but he's very crafty and can adapt well. I think he probably gives anybody at LHW a good fight. I suspect he'll hang about & have his moments. ... his style is closer to B-Hop's than Ward's... Chilemba is good at rolling with punches and assessing the opponent's moves... He doesn't hold that speed in jumping in and out as Ward does...

Basically what the title says. Well if you want to compare him to a more well known fighter, he is basically a very poor version of Hopkins or Ward, in the sense that he can make fights ugly and negate his opponents well...but doesn't really have the know how to win top fights. His draw against Bellew is his top achievement. It would be mighty impressive if Sergey dispatched him with ease.

The styles are completely different but in terms of what he represents think Sakic bika. Nobody Has an easy night kind of guy Exactly who I was gonna say. Stylistically different of course, but that kind of guy - tough, tricky, - never gives anyone an easy night.

Is he comparable to alexandrea brand? No. Chilemba's several levels above.

Like others have said he's pretty underrated. Good, solid all rounder who'll give anyone at light heavy a good night's work. I also thought he edged the first Tony Bellew fight. Not the biggest puncher though, even if he looks like a young George Foreman.

think floyd mayweather jr but without the cherry picking or constant holding antics. just a good solid boxer with no power.

Bika and Jennings were good mentions. Guys like Lamont Peterson and Austin trout come to mind as well

Is he comparable to alexandrea brand?

Basically what the title says. He's actually pretty good. Very underrated actually. Don't know who I'd compare him to. He is good fundamentally, just on the slow side of doing things. He works well to both the head and body, uses a good jab and likes to lead with the right quite often.