Does Kovalev need a new trainer?

He's 35, not 25. At his age it's about conditioning.

NO TRAINER can fix his mental fragility :dunno:

i remember some trainer of his saying he did too much running in the run up to some fight, he was jogging for hours and hours, sounded like BS to me and it was, didnt see this fight yet but sounds like he does not have the gas for the job anymore

I think his bad habits are too set in place, and there's no real recovery from his physical decline because of them. He's still dangerous, but no new trainer will bring him back where he was.

Didnt he just do that?? man I had to check the dates for these posts. Sounds like stuff I already heard about Kovalev.

apologize to JDJ.

Didn’t he get back with his old coach He was the Russian Olympic team coach

a - multiple trainers have stated that Kov is difficult to work with. b - you can't teach old dog new tricks, especially if he doesn't to learn. c - this is more about Alvarez' win rather than Kov. Alvarez has some solid scalps on his resume and was ducked by Stevenson for a reason. d - Kovalev was always severely overrated. Been saying it wayy before Ward fight. Kovalev's best win is Hopkins, who was 48. I don't care how damn amazing BHop is (he is), but the dude was 48.

He blamed his last trainer for his last 2 losses, so now he gets the trainer excuse again??? Maybe just Maybe Kovalev himself is the problem

It's too late for all that, especially after that sort of stoppage. It's all downhill.

If he decides to keep fighting, he probably should change trainers, but only if he is going to actually listen to them. He really seems on the decline though.

Too late. He's 35 years old and at this point his reaction time has declined so it is what it is. His punch resistance will only get worse from this point on. And besides, he is too stubborn to actually listen to someone. JDJ said he did his own thing and it is clear by how he is running camp this is how he prefers it.

Kovalev needs way more than a new trainer, my friend....maybe start by begging his Father, Andre Ward, to give him his Heart and Soul back... I've never seen such a "feared" fighter get turned into such a p*ssy in this manner before....the guy tapped his ACTUAL nuts crying to the ref last night 100% more times than Ward hit him there... You bring up some good points, CEO.

I mean hes 35 and his punch resistance is steadily decreasing at this point the best trainer in the world cant help him. Maybe do one last farewell fight in russia vs some no name and call it a day.

He needs to retire.

Idk if it matters much at this point

Nah, he was great, but he got old, picked up some bad vices and declined. It's called life. He's only a year older than Alvarez.

Nah, he was great, but he got old, picked up some bad vices and declined. It's called life. Exactly this. He was a damn good fighter, but everyone gets old.

Nah, he should retire. He had a really good career. Stood toe to toe with one of the best P4P fighters of the generation in Ward (still think Kov won that first fight 7-5) and made good money

He's on the down slide it appears. It seems if you take him into deep waters he'll drown.