Can Kovalev win a title at Cruiserweight?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I genuinely think he’d still knock Makabu out.

I thought he looked pretty good all things considered last night.

[Tatabanya]

I genuinely think he’d still knock Makabu out.

I thought he looked pretty good all things considered last night.

I want to see him again against a better opponent. He must fight more often as he himself said.

If anything, he looked a little unstable sometimes, but this has probably to do with regaining instinctive composure and timing after such a long layoff.

[famicommander]

Tervel Pulev is a horrible opponent. We need to see Kovalev in there with someone close to the top 15 before we even begin to speculate.

[mlac]

he could beat Makabu (who is very shopworn at this point) but he was reacting very badly to whenever Pulev actually landed something clean.

[MulaKO]

I genuinely think he’d still knock Makabu out.

I thought he looked pretty good all things considered last night.

I honestly doubt he does much
Even if he does beat Makabu it’ll be a short term loan
And we all know where Makabu stands in our minds

[BigZ44]

If he beats Makabu, it's by decision imo, which is very possible at this point, maybe even likely. Still think there would be a good chance of Makabu clipping Kovalev and knocking him out. I expect Kovalev to suffer a KO defeat within his next 3 fights

[JakeTheBoxer]

He can, there are no great fighters around. Some French nobody has WBA title. The dude hasn`t fought for the last two years.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

He can, there are no great fighters around. Some French nobody has WBA title. The dude hasn`t fought for the last two years.

Have you ever watched Goulamirian mate? I think he’s pretty good tbh. Not justifying the WBA’s bullsh** rankings or title policy but I do think Goulamirian is a decent fighter to say the least.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I want to see him again against a better opponent. He must fight more often as he himself said.

If anything, he looked a little unstable sometimes, but this has probably to do with regaining instinctive composure and timing after such a long layoff.

Wlodarczyk would be a decent test. Both at a similar age too.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I honestly doubt he does much
Even if he does beat Makabu it’ll be a short term loan
And we all know where Makabu stands in our minds

I don’t see Kovalev having a prolonged run either. He’s probably one KO loss away from retirement.