Kovalev's resume.

[IronDanHamza]

He has a solid resume.

[IronDanHamza]

Grachev had already clobbered Sillakh and derailed that hype train.

Campillo is Kovalev's best win.

Exactly, was thinking the same.

Yeah, Sillakh was hyped, unwarrented but he was hyped, but not after the Grachev fight.

Can't see how it was high risk either.

[MPX309]

If Kovalev beats Stevenson and Pascal then he is the real deal. Until then he's just a hype job like Golovkin and Chavez Jr.

This: I also believe he has the minerals to do it too

[LacedUp]

Pretty solid resume - but nothing more really.

If Campillo had looked even remotely close to his best self then he would have been his best win, but I would say Cleverly was his best.

He was a fit, undefeated, young, hungry champion fighting at home - and got severely beaten. Let's not forget that Cleverly had also beaten several top 10 light heavies in his time like Murat and Bellew.

[RINGG]

1 question who is his best win?

Cleverly was his best

[876arrow]

Stevenson's resume is garbage. All he has is a one punch, 1st round KO against Dawson (who was coming off a devastating beatdown by Ward) & Cloud, and what has Cloud ever done? His best win is an SD against Campillo.

I'd say both their resumes are pretty much the same - weak. But they're being talked about simply because both have massive power.

[bojangles1987]

cloud beat campillo
cloud was the lineal champ
and cleverly beat no 1


resumes are not close at all

No he didn't.
No he wasn't.
Cleverly beat Bellew. You going to talk up Bellew for Stevenson now?

The only reason Kovalev doesn't have the clearly better resume is the Dawson fight for Stevenson.

[boliodogs]

The only reason it's not as good as Stevenson is Stevenson got to fight some big names first. I think he would KO the guys Stevenson did and Stevenson as well but right now Stevenson has the edge as far as resumes go.

[IronDanHamza]

cloud beat campillo
cloud was the lineal champ
and cleverly beat no 1


resumes are not close at all

You can't tell me you watched that fight and thought Cloud won?

And Cloud wasn't the Lineal Champion.

If Cloud was the Lineal Champion then Hopkins would be the Lineal Champion now, which he's not.

[cupocity303]

Grachev had already clobbered Sillakh and derailed that hype train.

Campillo is Kovalev's best win.

Sure, on paper he may be his best win.

But skill vs skill, Sillkah was his best win, hence why I said BIG RISK VS LOW REWARD. The fact that you don't think it's his best win should tell you that it was a low reward fight. It proves my point. Sillkah hasn't accomplished anything yet everyone recognized his potential.

For all we know, Sillkah could have been boxing his ear off for 10 rounds and won the fight. Or Kovalev barely winning by coming from behind and scoring a KO, which would have damaged his reputation.