Big Difference Between Kovalev and Golovkin

[Weebler I]

nobody lasts long enough against kovalev for us to see if he gets hit much or not lol

Exactly that's the point. You can't show me a single fight where Kovalev was "hit alot" because all his opponents get annihilated within 3 rounds.

I read Darnell Boone dropped Kovalev in their first fight.

Apparently Golovkin has had the better of Kovalev in sparring. That, to me, means more than a couple of years, a 2 inch reach advantage and 15 lbs.

Froch dropped Groves in sparring too, a fight is different. Kovalev comes in to take his opponent's head off, I doubt he takes the same approach sparring GG.

Nothing wrong with comparing Golovkin and Kovalev. A possibility that they will meet in the ring one day is there. GGG`s promoter Tom Loeffler answered that it could be a great fight and Kovalev is one of the names that they told HBO they would accept as a possible opponent.

Look from 6:10
youtube.com/watch?v=25j-jly_K7w

It would suck if HBO pushed this fight.

[Light_Speed]

p.s. this thread is in reaction to bunch of dumb posters still talking about the sparring session and thinking Abel Sanchez's comments meant that "Golovkin dominated Kovalev" which is a joke, no where did Sanchez say that or even imply that.

I think Kovalev himself said he gave GGG too much respect, and I heard he also took a knee from GGG's bodyshots. But at the end of the day we shouldn't put too much stock in sparring sessions.

oh and here's compubox historical review. Golovkin is much lighter yet Kovalev throws much more

Golovkin last 4 fights
Average Punches thrown per round: 61.9
Avg. Connected: 26.2

Kovalev
Average thrown: 73.1
Average connected: 27

Power Punch Average thrown per round
Kovalev: 44.9
Golovkin: 32.6

So they land about the same amount, all that shows is that GGG is more accurate.

lol yous are crazy GG gets hit constantly, his last fight he couldn't go a round without getting stopped in his tracks by a midget

A midget who was a heavyweight as an amateur, turned pro at 175 and fought most of his career at 168.

[MDPopescu]

Golovkin and Kovalev will never fight each other.

They share the same boxing fundamentals -- as they emerged from the same school.

Golovkin looks more relaxed during fights as he seems more gifted and, therefore, more sophisticated in terms of movement and defense...

Kovalev looks more tensed and more eager to finish opponents as early as possible. I think this is something which came up after the Simakov fight -- in that fight Kovalev was relaxed, he took his time and inflicted a round-by-round punishment that resulted into tragically injuring poor Roman's brain... I think Kovalev is somehow afraid of repeating such a deadly act.

[Beatdaddy]

First allow me to say that I'm a huge fan of both and want them both to succeed. In fact I wouldn't even want them to fight each other cus I'd hate to see either one destroy the other.

But with that said, these guys are very similar and Kovalev is in some ways just a bigger stronger version of Golovkin.

By the way, Kovalev looks like he can be Golovkin's father but did you know Golovkin is actually older than him and Kovalev is younger and fresher. Kovalev is 2 inches taller, younger, has 2 inch reach advantage, is much heavier and punches harder.

However to me the big difference between them is that Golovkin gets hit, alot. Show me a fight where Kovalev was getting tagged as much as Golovkin got tagged by Curtis Stevens.

The point is if they fought, I see Golovkin being far more willing to get tagged just to land some punches of his own and this would be his downfall. Kovalev would annihilate Golovkin, point blank.

You need to do yourself a favor and watch rewatch the Golovkin-Stevens fight with the ability to slowmo and frame-by-frame. You will see almost all of Stevens shots are rolled, or blocked with shoulders, arms, or gloves. Post-fight, Stevens even admitted in an interview that he simply couldn't hit Golovkin cleanly and therefore never could hurt him.

You see, Golovkin has VERY sneaky subtle defense and it is superb, but opponents (and viewers) vastly underestimate it until they are in the ring with him. It is honestly a huge advantage for Golovkin that his defense is so underestimated.