Comments Thread For: Kovalev Mocks Stevenson: "Call Me Kryptonite Kovalev"

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Originally Posted by takingaim

What did Kovalev say?

He has specifically said that he knows there's good and bad people of all races - but he apparently called Grover Young (the guy who gave him the Draw on his record) a 'purebed ni##er' after he pretended Kovalev landed an illegal punch (which led to the fight being declared a draw).

There was also some comment about not always getting along with the 'sunburnt' people in Florida - this is translation from a Russian interview though, and I get the impression that this is not an uncommon Russian euphemism.

The impression I get is that Kovalev is in no way an active racist but both his cultural background - (I think there's simply a level of endemic racism in Russia that probably led to him being less cautious than he would have been had he been interviewed in English) and the fact he seems to have been chosen as a posterboy by at least one white supremacist website (through no choice of his own) has led to some attention being given to these comments.

Not that it's particularly relevent, but these comments were made a coupla years ago in Russian at a time when Kovalev was still fighting almost club level fights wherever he could find them. They were brought to the attention of internet users by some Kazakh fans apparently trying to discredit him after he criticised Beibut Shumenov for holding his WBA LHW belt hostage (which is true).

And here I was thinking he actually said that in English. People on these boards are so sensitive. God knows what he really said or tried to say.

Reminds me of the time when Rigo called ol' boy "chino."


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[MDPopescu]

No way! I literally wrote an article giving him that nickname last week. He must have read it. That's awesome

I remember... It had no links with "Krusher"... It had with Superman, of course...

[Russian Crushin]

His fights with Belllew, cloud and fonfara were made fast with no problems, yet HBO hasn't made a good enough offer for him to fight kovalev?

Horrible ducking excuse

[Weebler I]

More than any other fight that could be made in boxing, I want to see Kovalev vs. Stevenson.

Why does Stevenson not want to unify?

Because HBO don't want it as much as the fans, they'd rather hand Andre Ward $2m to fight Edwin Rodriguez for less ratings.

[ElChino]

War Kryptonite Kovalev

[MDPopescu]

Because HBO don't want it as much as the fans, they'd rather hand Andre Ward $2m to fight Edwin Rodriguez for less ratings.

At the end of the day, HBO has to support the U.S. fighters... This much I can understand...
... I'd rather like a Ward-Kovalev fight -- which I'll never see...

[Citizen Koba]

Makes more sense here since Adonis's nickname is Superman

It does...

I still prefer Krusher tho, - call me a traditionalist, but it just feels wrong changing your nom-de-guerre to match with your opponent.

I'm kinda joking, but a ring name is part of a fighters public identity - Krusher suits Kovalev, but 'Kryptonite' only works if your opponent calls himself 'superman'.

[Weebler I]

At the end of the day, HBO has to support the U.S. fighters... This much I can understand...
... I'd rather like a Ward-Kovalev fight -- which I'll never see...

I think it has to support the fights the public want to watch or lose the battle to Showtime.

[MDPopescu]

I think it has to support the fights the public want to watch or lose the battle to Showtime.

You're right, of course... But HBO is still developing, while ST is "Floyd-centered"...

[BigZigga]

I remember... It had no links with "Krusher"... It had with Superman, of course...

Yeah I never even referred to him as Krusher in it. Crazy how fighters read this stuff. I got Bernard mad with me once for calling him boring lol