Sergey Kovalev:Who's next for him?

[SnakeVen0m]

I was very impressed with him last night. He has very sound boxing skills. Very accurate, good chin, and not wasteful with his punches. Speed and footwork are also decent, but he has to work a little on his defense. He gets hit cleanly too much with his come forward style. Does anyone else feel the same? Also how would you think he'd fare against the likes of Dawson, Gampillo, Cloud, Pascal? Who would you like to see him fight next?


Link to the fight...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJM11GhMGiU

[The Hammer]

I'd like to see him in with Dawson, Cleverly, Cloud, or Shumenov.

It's more likely to be Campillo or Fonfara though.

[-PBP-]

I still want to see the Campillo fight.

[macman]

Kovalev looking very impressive, as he has done in all his bouts but the first Boone fight, & he certainly corrected that in the rematch.
Great poise for an up & coming fighter, looking more like a seasoned top pro than most champions.
Also very impressive for a puncher is that Kovalev can shorten his punches up on the inside; he sets up his punches extremely well, & is always working intelligently for position.

Probably lucky he's got NBC behind him now, as I don't see many promoters willing to risk their guys against the likes of Kovalev otherwise - that first right hand he nailed Thampson with was a shocker, & I'm surprised he made it back to his feet.


That said, I would still like to see him face another couple of good fighters before going for the championship quality fighters.

Yusaf Mack is pretty much the gatekeeper in the division, & that would be a good test for his next bout.

Other likely make-able fights for his next outing if Mack is unavailable would be
Fulgencio Zuniga or Cornelius White;
or if they want to take more of a risk, Isaac Chilemba or Chris Henry.

I think he'd already beat Karo Murat & Beibut Shumenov...
Gabriel Campillo will likely still out for a bit - back injuries take a bit of time, & they'll likely want a softer bout than Kovalev for his first fight back.