Why has Kovalev not fought a puncher?

[jas]

Very little upper body movement, no head movement.
Keeps his head dead center at all times, fights too tall. Doesn't bring his hand his hand back after jabbing, drops it when he throws his right.

His defense is his footwork, he uses angles well.

I don't think his defense is very good and he gets away with a lot due to fighting overmatched opposition that are scared to open up or throw with him.

The more I see the more I think hes made for B-Hop and I am convinced B-Hop took huge confidence from his fight with Agnew. He seen hes not hard to hit & can be froze by counters. He certainly looked weary of Agnews counterpunching to me he was just way too patient and selective.

this can be a description of stevenson too no?

ill watch some utube later to see whats up

im a huge bhop fan so i hope i see what u saw lol

[W1LL]

Kovalev has one of those skulls which you can see has about 20% more bone mass than the average persons. He could possibly be beaten by a boxer or a spoiler, B-Hop/Ward, but I don't see him getting KO'd.

[Foreign Soil]

Because there isn't many punchers at LHW, and the one big puncher, other than himself, ran to another network when the fight was being made.

Kovalev spars cruiserweights and heavyweights, so yeah, I'm sure he's just so terrified of "hard hitting" Fonfara.

[jas]

I am watching the Full Kovalev vs Agnew Fight Right Now.

[jas]

wtf is this, agnew is doing nada

[jas]

dan wtf on you on about

kovalev was not too patient and selective vs agnew

[dan_cov]

I don't think his chin is great, but it's definitely good. Boone can punch, he fought him twice.

I'm pretty sure Stevenson could hurt him bad. Just like Kovalev could hurt Stevenson bad. That fight in my mind comes down to whose power gets the other guy first, and that's hard to predict.

I do think you're reading too much into Agnew. When guys spend 2 and a half minutes of every round not throwing, it will probably freeze their opponent when they do throw just because it's unexpected. I never thought Kovalev looked bothered by anything Agnew landed.

That fight could well come down to who lands first. They both have one punch power and look a bit vulnerable at times.

Good point on the latter. Could of made for an interesting fight if Agnew had dared open up a bit. I think he himself could be a decent fighter, he looked pretty well schooled.

[dan_cov]

Because there isn't many punchers at LHW, and the one big puncher, other than himself, ran to another network when the fight was being made.

Kovalev spars cruiserweights and heavyweights, so yeah, I'm sure he's just so terrified of "hard hitting" Fonfara.

Don't most LHWs? Different ballgame when they're wearing 16/18oz pillows and holding back.

[dan_cov]

I worded that badly I meant Agnew but I also felt Kovalev looked a bit patient too at times after getting checked with a few counter right hooks to remind him he was still there, he seemed a bit reluctant to engage. From what I remember anyway.

[New England]

sillakh was a good puncher, he just didn't have opportunity to hit kovalev because he was getting his brains beat in.



the truth is, if you have a totally junk chin, you probably won't make it to the top of the 175 division. these guys are strong, man. they can hurt each other. they aren't HW, but they're not all that far from being HW. kovalev probably walks around over 200 lbs, and so would many of his opponents.