Comments Thread For: Photo: Kovalev Gave Cleverly Fans a Message After Win

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

I missed that fight but that sounded awesome!

[Matisyahu]

Funny. I recall they booed Tszyu's anthem as well and Kovalev likely saw that fight as we most all did. I think it's just bad manners and Kovalev's response was appropriate thus. I hope it doesn't spread over here in the U.S. or to other countries.

[Bigg Rigg]

Drago is that dude!!!

[ShoulderRoll]

Say what you want about the behavior of the British fans but Kovalev had the perfect response to it: shove it right back down their throats by destroying their fighter.

Just like Hagler and Floyd did.

[ChestRockwell]

Sergey Kovalev The Russian Crushin Beast from the East. This dude is the real deal. I mean ****, he has a confirmed kill by his hands. That can't lower his confidence. No disrespect to Simakov (RIP), but this is a brutal sport and we all love the blood and that can happen. Kovalev is a killer. Don't do it Bernard! I don't want to see him taken out like that.

[Russian Crushin]

He came into wales with everything stacked against. Not only did the ref save and carry clev to the corner but he seemed stopped the fight with 4 seconds left in the round

[MujoHrnjica]

You're calling them hooligans for booing. Think about this, they're not assaulting anyone, they're not throwing rocks, they're booing - just like people do at a pantomime. It's harmless.

It's disrespectful. What part of that don't you understand?

[Jam Jars]

He came into wales with everything stacked against. Not only did the ref save and carry clev to the corner but he seemed stopped the fight with 4 seconds left in the round

You forgot to mention Kovalev getting away with hitting Cleverly twice while down.

[Jam Jars]

It's disrespectful. What part of that don't you understand?

It's a bit of fun, a song FFS.

[yoz]

Funny. I recall they booed Tszyu's anthem as well and Kovalev likely saw that fight as we most all did. I think it's just bad manners and Kovalev's response was appropriate thus. I hope it doesn't spread over here in the U.S. or to other countries.

Funny, I remember fans booing the national anthem in some of Lennox's US-based fights.