Anyone notice how ****y Kovalev is?

[RiC-DiC]

He comes across as a piece of **** in my opinion.

He has literally killed a man in the boxing ring in the past.

The guy needs to learn a bit of humility.

I'm actually going to be rooting for the rapist if the fight comes off.

I'm starting to feel the same. I'm pretty sure Stevenson would get iced, but I actually hope he can beat Kovalev now.. Even though he was a pimp..

[The Surgeon]

I'm noticing these little things during and after fights where he's humiliating his opponents. The tongue, the hip thrust, shouting at Sillakh, giving the British crowd the "F*** you" sign. Then claiming how the WBO belt is only the first in his collection.

What do you guys think? Do you like that stuff?

I kinda like it. I don't really expect Russian fighters to be so ****y. He's definitely a bit different.

Yeah I've noticed too, it's not the kind of thing I usually go for but for some reason i quite like it! That mother fucker can Fight!

[_original_]

A murderer VS a pimp rapist, lol only in boxing.

[Citizen Koba]

He needs to speak English like the typical "Russian bad guy" in action movies. Gennady has the whole Kazakhstan good boy/dangerous boy thing going on, which has attracted Borat fans worldwide. Sergey ought to make people believe he's an evil, badass, KGB, Russian mafia mutha****a. Kids would idolize him.

He does kinda do a bit of the whole Drago thing on purpose, there's an interview while he's with El Ruso (they're really close mates - in fact it was Kovalev that recommended Gradovich to Klimas) and Kovalev's asked about Cleverly and gives it 'I will kill him' - in a kinda deliberate flat Drago delivery Yvgeny (whose english is a little better) jumps in to correct him to '...crush him'.

That was a bit of fun, but he's definitely a bad dude in the ring. FWIW he does kinda acknowledge that he ain't always the easiest guy to get on with.

Nice few anecdotes about him in interviews on Kovalboxer.ru

[Citizen Koba]

A murderer VS a pimp rapist, lol only in boxing.

'Murderer' is a little harsh - I don't think he intended to kill Simakov, but given the rate at which he tears through his opposition I would not be entirely surprised if someone else is badly injured at some point at some point in his career.

[ggg_kz]

Maybe the Sillakh spite is due to the whole Russia/Ukraine hatred.

BS. Kovalev was in the stand supporting Lomachenko a couple months ago.

[Cuban Linx]

BS. Kovalev was in the stand supporting Lomachenko a couple months ago.

They have the same manager...

[ggg_kz]

They have the same manager...

Which also makes this whole Russia vs. Ukraine thing in pros look even more ******.

[Frank Ducketts]

I love Kov, and when he does that to a world class opponent and beats him, then I'll cosign it.

[From Russia]

Usik and Loma were at Kovalev -White fight