When it comes to punchers, this Kovalev dude

[Frank Ducketts]

Great stance, total leverage, a jab, showmanship when he flashed his hands to his side and then jumped in with a combo while Clev was hurt.

It was like Kov said, I have heard enough of Clev, imma make him pay, and he truly did.

[Frank Ducketts]

No, Kovalev is the most skilled with Matthysse second and GG third.

[T18Z]

Alot of similarities between them along with all three guys having their skills underrated by alot of fans. Golovkin is the most skilled and well rounded, Kovalev 2nd, Matthysse 3rd.

This guy hit the nail on the head.

GGG > Kovalev > Matthysse

[Frank Ducketts]

When you have heavy hands, and you can box, you can go a long way. Kovalev just has to keep his hands a little higher. When guys like this fight, doesn't matter where you land, the other guys is saying, oh he can punch.

It doesn't even look like Kov is punching as hard as he is. The guy that he killed in the ring R.I.P didn't look like he was taking heavy shots, but he was. That's how steady kov can be. Of course this has to be done against a top of the line fighter. Imo Clev was not that guy-but Kov was very impressive.

[Frank Ducketts]

GG doesn't jab like Kovalev.

[T18Z]

Great stance, total leverage, a jab, showmanship when he flashed his hands to his side and then jumped in with a combo while Clev was hurt.

It was like Kov said, I have heard enough of Clev, imma make him pay, and he truly did.

GGG, great stance, never off balance, best ring cutting in boxing, total leverage, throws a power jab that cuts guys alone and has over a 50% connect rate in his fights.

Also, good sportsmanship when he let Macklin recover after slipping on the Canvas, and also nods his head in approval when he gets hit by a good shot.

[torosboxing75]

Kovalev did impress me but I wouldn't jump the gun just yet.

[Frank Ducketts]

GGG, great stance, never off balance, best ring cutting in boxing, total leverage, throws a power jab that cuts guys alone and has over a 50% connect rate in his fights.

Also, good sportsmanship when he let Macklin recover after slipping on the Canvas, and also nods his head in approval when he gets hit by a good shot.

You go one way, and I go the other.

[Frank Ducketts]

Kovalev did impress me but I wouldn't jump the gun just yet.

You now, you sound like me when I was saying the same thing about GG and Matthysse.

[HeroBando]

GG doesn't jab like Kovalev.

He has a very heavy jab. Kovalev is really impressed with the smaller guy's ability:

Kovalev wasn't who I thought he was going to be when I had him in the ring sparring with gggboxing" - Abel Sanchez

When this was posted in the Russian social network group dedicated to Golovkin, Kovalev himself wrote the following comments (I translate them into English):
"- Abel is over the top))) Come to earth. There were many sparring sessions and each sparring went differently. But I can say for sure that Gena is very tough and it's truly hard to box with him"

And then TomLoeffler1 -"this was taken out of context-Abel was very complimentary toward Kovalev-he beat up everybody in sparring except GGG"