Where did the whole ‘Kovalev is an alcoholic’ come from?

[_original_]

He has that face…

[StoptheFight]

Well you could kind of see it on his face, he himself has joked about drinking, the song he comes out to literally has the chorus "i am forever young, forever drunk" and his former trainer Jackson talked about it. I think that's more than enough heresay

[Marchegiano]

it's because he's russian. vodka drunk russian stereotype

[TreyShaw]

To discredit canelos win over him ofcourse.

[tritium_arma]

He was drunk as **** on that plane and when he hid in the bushes with that big-titty girl.

[Vlad_]

To discredit canelos win over him ofcourse.

The drunk narrative came from Ward’s camp in the rematch.
And if you think Kovalev was 100% and didn’t just cash out in that fight, you’re mistaken.

[_Rexy_]

Jackson commenting on Kovalev’s love of vodka and how he was always drunk leading up to the Ward fight started it. Then there was the assault case. Plus I seem to recall him being ejected from a plane ride last year.

[CasperUK]

John David Jackson said it

[Boxing-1013]

There were like 5 separate incidents which seemed to confirm that he parties/drinks more than a professional boxer really should

[shenmue]

He always liked a drink but the disgraceful ward robbery depressed him and it got worse.