Anyone notice how ****y Kovalev is?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

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

i think his ko destructions of campillo, cleverly, and sillak are about as good as anyone has done in the lightheavy division,,

I think he puts stevenson to sleep,,,,


My only concern about him is his stamina,, I want to see if he can hang in a tough fight in later rounds,, I have yet to see him be in a competitive fight that lasts longer than a few rounds,, Its the same concern i have about GGG to be honest

[Frank Ducketts]

i think his ko destructions of campillo, cleverly, and sillak are about as good as anyone has done in the lightheavy division,,

I think he puts stevenson to sleep,,,,


My only concern about him is his stamina,, I want to see if he can hang in a tough fight in later rounds,, I have yet to see him be in a competitive fight that lasts longer than a few rounds,, Its the same concern i have about GGG to be honest

The 3 guys that you named have not accomplished anything in the sport. He may beat Stevenson, but as of right now, Kov has not been tested. Your stamina, your everything is tested against another top fighter. That isn't a negative towards Kov, it's simply the truth.

[Mikhnienko]

Usik and Loma were at Kovalev -White fight

Egis Klimis is the manager for Ukrainian and Russian boxers Usyk, Lomachenko, Glazkov, Kovalev, Gradovich. He may have Egor Mekhontsev now too not positive.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

The 3 guys that you named have not accomplished anything in the sport. He may beat Stevenson, but as of right now, Kov has not been tested. Your stamina, your everything is tested against another top fighter. That isn't a negative towards Kov, it's simply the truth.

very true,, wont argue with that,,,

I have alittle test when evaluating up-coming talent,,, Do they blow away guys they should if they were elite,,,

for example:
Oscar, tito, shane, cotto, tyson, destroyed guys when coming up

Canelo and broner did not

ggg and kovolev are destroying guys

So i tend to think ggg and kovolev are the goods and guys like canelo and broner will be more like a lucian bute or jermain taylor

[MAXIMUS~RICO~13]

he's a beast that cant be stopped right now !!! I think he would take Stevenson and even he knows it. Now even Stevenson is saying if the money's right and he would rather fight B-hop, bute, Pascal. I think even he is scared to fight Kovalev.

[bboy80]

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.

Just no, as much as Hopkins is still up there beating top guys he still is old. The dude is 49 in January, taking one of the biggest p4p would not be a good idea.

[slicksouthpaw16]

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

Doesn't matter. Just like someone said, a fighter has actually died from injuries sustained in a fight with Kovalev, and he still taunts someone while they are hurt and knocked down? You'd think he'd be a little more respectful of the sport now. Yeah I don't think Broner has ever went that far. All he does is hype fights and plays the villain, it's all show with him. These are little double standards that people don't seem to notice.

[Merciless1]

Normally I'm no fan of arrogant fighters. I find it fake and more of a bogus image to try and appeal to casuals. The reason I like Kovalev is because it feels real. I don't think hes arrogant. I think hes just genuinely a mean guy who wants to truly destroy and belittle anyone opposing him. That mean streak is really something.

I've seen some guys get real anxious after hurting someone, but the way he was bouncing around, inching his way forward reminded me of a pit bull on a leash getting ready to be turned loose on an intruder or some shit. That dude likes to hurt people. I can dig it.

[Daddy T]

he certainly has a mean streak. The guy is a beast

[Citizen Koba]

Egis Klimis is the manager for Ukrainian and Russian boxers Usyk, Lomachenko, Glazkov, Kovalev, Gradovich. He may have Egor Mekhontsev now too not positive.

Not quite.

Usyk is with K2

Mekhontsev and Loma are TR but Klimas is, as I understand it, acting in a kinda advisory capacity rather than directly finding them fights etc. Presumably he's helping with explaining and translating the business side of the sport as part of his duties.

Not sure about Kovalev so much either now, Klimas has kinda said they're still friends etc, but he isn't acting so much in the capacity of actual manager for Kovalev anymore (largely taken over by ME now).

I think I've got that right anyway.

Still, Klimas has played a big role in some of the top emerging careers - ain't to be sniffed at since he apparently just started off as an Lithuanian (I think) boxing enthusiast with a few connections.

http://www.boxingscene.com/egis-klimas-discusses-lomachenko-gradovich-kovalev--68350

http://boxrec.com/list_humans.php?hu...99&cat=manager

In fact his entire 'stable' (given the caveats above) consists of unbeaten fighters.

EDIT: The article I linked there (from August) says that Loma had not yet inked (obviously at that time) - may have done so now however.

Kovalev and El Ruso no longer have contractual agreements but continue to work with him anyway.

Mekhontsev, I ain't sure. Actually hold on - Vadim Kornilov - Provos Manager, well that could work out OK I guess.