Comments Thread For: Kovalev: If Stevenson Says No To Me, He is a Coward!

[MDPopescu]

Kovalev is absolutely right, if Stevenson says no to him, he is a coward.

"u'r no slick, dude"... "u'r a bum"... "u know shit about boxin', dude..."

[brick wall]

stevenson can always say the numbers doesn't make sense...very convenient.

[MDPopescu]

stevenson can always say the numbers doesn't make sense...very convenient.

This goes for Ward as well -- he called GGG but he never said how much he would "pay" for that fight.

[uncommon]

Maybe...but if Stevenson dosn't fight Kovalev and defects (as Haymon fighters tend to) then Kovalev is left with no belts to fight for and basically no opponents of any relevence. All Stevenson (or BHop) need to do is keep fighting the occasional mando, sit on the belts and Kovalevs career basically goes nowhere. Eventually, he's probably forced up to cruiser.

How's Kovalev gonna become a superstar fighting the Cedric Agnews of the world - whilst the 3 belt Unified champion gets the (cherry)pick of any new talent that might arise?

I postulated that this might kinda been the strategy when Shumenov went into the Haymon/GBP fold but then it seemed less likely when the HBO deal came up.

Kovalev can fight anyone else in the world whose name is not Stevenson. Eventually even the variest fool will no longer recognize Stevenson as the champion. Kovalev becomes de facto champion.

[uncommon]

LOL!!! That Ward-GGG match-up scares the hell outta you doesn't it.

No. Ward's wiffs won't hurt a bit. I bet Ward is dreading having to lock in with Kovalev though!

[MDPopescu]

Kovalev can fight anyone else in the world whose name is not Stevenson. Eventually even the variest fool will no longer recognize Stevenson as the champion. Kovalev becomes de facto champion.

Nice try!

... "Kovalev can fight anyone else in the world whose name is not Stevenson."

... Namely who he can fight? Do you have a name of one of those willing to fight him? (tomato cans, of course)...

[uncommon]

stevenson can always say the numbers doesn't make sense...very convenient.

That, and Stevenson can always leave the division to get away from Kovalev's power.

[uncommon]

stevenson can always say the numbers doesn't make sense...very convenient.

Nice try!

... "Kovalev can fight anyone else in the world whose name is not Stevenson."

... Namely who he can fight? Do you have a name of one of those willing to fight him? (tomato cans, of course)...

What else is he to do if Stevenson won't battle him? And, if he does fight Stevenson and win, everyone else in the division will be his opponents anyway.

[hitking]

No. Ward's wiffs won't hurt a bit. I bet Ward is dreading having to lock in with Kovalev though!

I'd be surprised if Kovalev won more than a couple rounds against Ward.

[MDPopescu]

No. Ward's wiffs won't hurt a bit. I bet Ward is dreading having to lock in with Kovalev though!

Yeah... Ward's so "slick" that he would take Frankenstein anytime...