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by Cliff Rold - When a fighter finds the opponent who the most people want to see him against unavailable, the best course of action is simple.
Fight everyone else.
As long as they keep winning, and keep their knockout percentages in the 90s, there will be interest in a puncher’s showdown between Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson. While Stevenson, history’s champion, looks down to Super Middleweight for his next challenger (Sakio Bika), Kovalev is playing a game of keep them coming.
In his last fight, he shut out aged great Bernard Hopkins. Now he takes on a former champion who has never been shy about challenges. Jean Pascal faced Carl Froch, Adrian Diaconu, and Chad Dawson all with their undefeated records intact. Now he tackles Kovalev.
There’s easier ways to make a living. Pascal hasn’t taken them. Will he wish he had come Sunday?
If one picks fights by way of comparison-shopping, this one is already over. Bernard Hopkins solved Pascal sometime in their first fight and kept him solved through their second. Kovalev bested the master class Hopkins.
Boxing doesn’t always work that way. While he remains a technical mess at times, Pascal presents a different challenge to Kovalev than Hopkins did. Pascal’s speed is continually underrated in fights and could be a factor here. He shocked Dawson by getting off first. He was able to drop Hopkins twice in their first fight, and hurt him late in the second, because he gets to target so quick. [Click Here To Read More]
Fight everyone else.
As long as they keep winning, and keep their knockout percentages in the 90s, there will be interest in a puncher’s showdown between Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson. While Stevenson, history’s champion, looks down to Super Middleweight for his next challenger (Sakio Bika), Kovalev is playing a game of keep them coming.
In his last fight, he shut out aged great Bernard Hopkins. Now he takes on a former champion who has never been shy about challenges. Jean Pascal faced Carl Froch, Adrian Diaconu, and Chad Dawson all with their undefeated records intact. Now he tackles Kovalev.
There’s easier ways to make a living. Pascal hasn’t taken them. Will he wish he had come Sunday?
If one picks fights by way of comparison-shopping, this one is already over. Bernard Hopkins solved Pascal sometime in their first fight and kept him solved through their second. Kovalev bested the master class Hopkins.
Boxing doesn’t always work that way. While he remains a technical mess at times, Pascal presents a different challenge to Kovalev than Hopkins did. Pascal’s speed is continually underrated in fights and could be a factor here. He shocked Dawson by getting off first. He was able to drop Hopkins twice in their first fight, and hurt him late in the second, because he gets to target so quick. [Click Here To Read More]
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