Kovalev hasn't been tested!

[BetterCallSaul]

I've never seen anybody receive the hype of Kovalev this side of Jeff Lacy despite not having been in a proper test thus far in his career.

Some of his KO's are impressive, but considering the calibre of his opponents, you can't look into this too much. His jab is good, but I'm not convinced with his defence. He's there to be hit.

I believe Hopkins would UD him, as would Cleverly.

Don't get me wrong, he's a good fighter, and could be a great one, but last week nobody knew who he was, and now he's a future ATG:/

I'm sorry but until he proves something, I'm going to take a step back and watch his career unfold without making any predictions. I suggest other posters scale back their praise too. If Hopkins beats Kovalev in a borefest his stock will take a huge hit and some people will look very ****** indeed.

[Arsene Knows]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Had barely heard of the bloke until last week.

[ИATAS]

He did beat down Camplillo who has been highly regarded in the boxing community.

Now, Camplillo looked horrible that fight, whether it was all by Kovalev's doing or partially Camplillo's fault i.e poor training or whatever I don't know.

[SnakeVen0m]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Had barely heard of the bloke until last week.

He's being promoted on American TV. Actually headlined a few events already. He dispatched Campillo and Boone impressively, when both of them gave a whole bunch of people problems. Kovalev has DEVASTATING power though, so much that he's actually killed someone back in 2011. Roman Simakov RIP.

[Arsene Knows]

He beat a jet-lagged, poorly trained Campillo who backed up all night and seemed like he didn't want to be there.

Lets see what happens when he gets backed up, I bet he'd probably start malfunctioning.

[gmc_rfc_06]

Happens all the time around here.

Jeff Lacy, Lucian Bute, James Kirkland....all these guys were seen as wrecking machines at one point. Then the competition stepped up and it was them that got wrecked.

Not saying it will happen to Kovalev for sure, but at least give it a little time to see.

[BetterCallSaul]

He did beat down Camplillo who has been highly regarded in the boxing community.

Now, Camplillo looked horrible that fight, whether it was all by Kovalev's doing or partially Camplillo's fault i.e poor training or whatever I don't know.

I've never rated Campillo. He's a decent fighter, but can't punch, and has lost 5 times. Hardly a test for somebody as highly rated as Kovalev.

This isn't to say that Kovalev isn't a good boxer. He has tremendous promise, but he needs to beat somebody relevant before I get on the bandwagon.

[NEETzsche]

the campillo win is better than anything cleverly has ever done...

[BetterCallSaul]

the campillo win is better than anything cleverly has ever done...

Murat and Bellew are both better than Campillo.

[Hougigo]

He can fight fellow untested Cleverly so one of them can finally be tested