Anyone notice how ****y Kovalev is?

[From Russia]

Didn't he have a problem with Sillakh before the fight? If you piss him off or disrespect him, he'll add insult to the beating he's giving you at that moment.
I love it lol

Sillakh said in the past about Kovalev "mediocre fighter, he is nothing special" and few days before the fight he said, that he gonna outbox and finish Sergey.

In the first round you can hear Kovalev talking to Sillakh "****ing runner", and after KO he shouted "****ing dancer".

[SouthPawHitman]

I love Kovalev.

He just gets on your ass. He waste no time. I love that.

Some guys go in there and touch gloves and hug and do all that man loving ****...Kovalev just knocks your ass out then starts taunting you.

He is the real deal.

[Porter's Dad]

Kovalev is a mean dude. For me personally, you can do all the showboating in the world before a fight and in the fight, but standing over a guy you just devastatingly knocked out and shouting at his unconscious body is a bit much

That's just me though, classy in triumph, classy in defeat.

I feel a little like this. I think all boxers, even the supposedly nice ones like Pac and Bradley, can't be that nice because they are essentially in the business of hurting other people. You have to have some devil in you to do this.

However, considering Kovalev has already killed another fighter.....I dunno, all this stuff doesn't sit perfectly with me. Even when Sillakh was going down again for the second and final time and was completely out of it, Kovalev was trying to land one more vicious punch on him as he was falling.

You look at fighters like Eubank, Benn, Griffiths, Boom Boom Mancini, and how tragedies they played in a part in took something from them forever.....and yet Kovalev seems to be unaffected and just as vicious. I'm glad as a fighter it hasn't taken anything away cos he is a hell of a fighter. But I really hope he doesn't stand over and taunt over fighters he has just knocked down.

[FAt tEDDY]

Doesn't seem to be acting or pushing some stereotypical agenda.

Hard to hate that guy.

[Porter's Dad]

I'm not even a fan of Broner but when he does it, everyone hates him when he's "brash, ****y and full of Bravado". Double standard like a MF.

That idiot brings a whole circus and corny act with him.

[KingTito]

I've noticed that. Honestly, I don't mind. He seems like a nice, humble guy, but when he gets in the ring, it's different. It's nice to see some character.

[ИATAS]

Remember his pelvic thrust feint against Cleverly and the **** you to the Welsh crowd? Lol he's cold in that ring

[Boxfan7819]

the fight won't ever happen but I would be interested in a Hopkins vs. Kovalev fight. I think Kovalev is the real deal but Hopkins is that last eye ball test that I need for Kovalev. Hopkins does well vs guys that come at him.

hopkins would get killed kovalev is a savage and in his prime

[Wokingman]

A boxer acting ****y? Is that news?

Funny how the same people here hate boxers like Mayweather and Broner when they act like they better get hate and dislike lol.

[Foreign Soil]

I feel a little like this. I think all boxers, even the supposedly nice ones like Pac and Bradley, can't be that nice because they are essentially in the business of hurting other people. You have to have some devil in you to do this.

However, considering Kovalev has already killed another fighter.....I dunno, all this stuff doesn't sit perfectly with me. Even when Sillakh was going down again for the second and final time and was completely out of it, Kovalev was trying to land one more vicious punch on him as he was falling.

You look at fighters like Eubank, Benn, Griffiths, Boom Boom Mancini, and how tragedies they played in a part in took something from them forever.....and yet Kovalev seems to be unaffected and just as vicious. I'm glad as a fighter it hasn't taken anything away cos he is a hell of a fighter. But I really hope he doesn't stand over and taunt over fighters he has just knocked down.

I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I heard that Kovalev almost retired after the Simakov incident and spent time with the family/sent money or something.

Apparently Kovalev and Magomed are good friends so that situation didn't slow down his tenacity against Sillakh. His mean streak might be a way with dealing with all the bull**** or perhaps not, kind of pointless to speculate on it.