How long does Kovalev last against Calzaghe?

[Bushbaby]

Kovalev absolutely destroys JC.

[GateKEEPER88]

Joe isnt even on stevensons level. Or maybe he is par.

Kovalev >>>>>>>stevenson and joe

[Stuntman Mike]

I think Krusher manages to last the distance and loses a wide UD or maybe a late stoppage by Joe. Last night Kov showed he could be countered and he's never fought anyone with the blazing hand speed of Calzaghe, Joe also had massively underrated chin and power and we all know he had probably the greatest work rate of any lt heavy in recent memory. I think he just smothers Kov with his punches and doesn't let him get off.

This would be Calzaghe versus Lacy all over again

Obviously a joke thread

Slappy gets knocked into next week,Cleverly looked like Calzaghe for the most part,eating good punchers shots and brushing them off,same as Pascal...Pascal has an excellent chin and has taken bombs from Froch(who I believe hits harder than kessler) and instantly came back with no notable disorientation

I've never seen this kind of power rom a light heavyweight before Kovalev,this isn't just a guy with a good left hook or one trick pony,this guy has thunderous power in every kind of shot he throw... just look at his jab to pascals body it was doing a lot of damage and it made a crunching sound everytime it landed

Slappy would get taken out in four rounds with his sloppy defense,I highly doubt Froch who has one of the best chins in smw history could last 6 rounds with Kov

Pascal lasted 8 because he has good legs and fights in spurts,Calzaghe would try and constantly push Kovalev and thats not the way you fight someone with that power

see hatton/manny....foreman/frazier

[1lparm]

Obviously a joke thread

Slappy gets knocked into next week,Cleverly looked like Calzaghe for the most part,eating good punchers shots and brushing them off,same as Pascal...Pascal has an excellent chin and has taken bombs from Froch(who I believe hits harder than kessler) and instantly came back with no notable disorientation

I've never seen this kind of power rom a light heavyweight before Kovalev,this isn't just a guy with a good left hook or one trick pony,this guy has thunderous power in every kind of shot he throw... just look at his jab to pascals body it was doing a lot of damage and it made a crunching sound everytime it landed

Slappy would get taken out in four rounds with his sloppy defense,I highly doubt Froch who has one of the best chins in smw history could last 6 rounds with Kov

Pascal lasted 8 because he has good legs and fights in spurts,Calzaghe would try and constantly push Kovalev and thats not the way you fight someone with that power

see hatton/manny....foreman/frazier

Calzaghe is already an ATG. Kovs best win is over a 50 year old Hopkins and a hypejob Pascal. Calzaghe beat a much closer to prime Hopkins, a prime Kessler and RJJ those 3 names alone are better than anything kovalev has done except for the common opponent but let me guess Hopkins got even stronger and faster in the 8 years since Joe beat him huh

[Stuntman Mike]

Calzaghe is already an ATG. Kovs best win is over a 50 year old Hopkins and a hypejob Pascal. Calzaghe beat a much closer to prime Hopkins, a prime Kessler and RJJ those 3 names alone are better than anything kovalev has done except for the common opponent but let me guess Hopkins got even stronger and faster in the 8 years since Joe beat him huh

I don't even care about the Hopkins fight actually ,heck Nathan Cleverly is a better win than the Jones and Hopkins wins for Calzaghe especially considering Hopkins was robbed against Calzaghe

imo Kessler was the best win of Calzaghes career,Pascal was no hype job,the guy had a tremendous chin... how would you feel if Kovalev easily ko's Adonis? which i think he would do easily

Heck I'd pick the Pascal that fought froch to beat prime Kessler that fought Calzaghe and I'm sure quite a lot of people on here feel the same way...so please don't refer to Pascal as a hypejob

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I don't even care about the Hopkins fight actually ,heck Nathan Cleverly is a better win than the Jones and Hopkins wins for Calzaghe especially considering Hopkins was robbed against Calzaghe

imo Kessler was the best win of Calzaghes career,Pascal was no hype job,the guy had a tremendous chin... how would you feel if Kovalev easily ko's Adonis? which i think he would do easily

Heck I'd pick the Pascal that fought froch to beat prime Kessler that fought Calzaghe and I'm sure quite a lot of people on here feel the same way...so please don't refer to Pascal as a hypejob

Too much lulz in this post.

[1lparm]

Too much lulz in this post.

I laughed so hard at his post.

Pascal better than Kessler in what universe?

Calzaghe has a far better resume but I'll admit Kov is young enough to maybe surpass it. Let me be clear KOVALEV DOES NOT HAVE A BETTER RESUME YET.

[Bigg Rigg]

I think Krusher manages to last the distance and loses a wide UD or maybe a late stoppage by Joe. Last night Kov showed he could be countered and he's never fought anyone with the blazing hand speed of Calzaghe, Joe also had massively underrated chin and power and we all know he had probably the greatest work rate of any lt heavy in recent memory. I think he just smothers Kov with his punches and doesn't let him get off.

This would be Calzaghe versus Lacy all over again

No it wouldn't!!! CalZaghe gets killed!!!

[1lparm]

No it wouldn't!!! CalZaghe gets killed!!!

The second Kov loses and he will and very likely by KO I will be bumping this daily. You're propping him up like he's a world beater. He's a very good fighter maybe even the best in his division but let's not pretend he's better than a proven ATG.

[-Kev-]

I honestly believe Kovalev is the truth, but I think Calzaghe outboxes and outworks Kovalev. The Calzaghe from 2006-2007 vs current Kovalev who fought Agnew, Hopkins, Pascal. I think he gets outboxed. But it would have been a big fight between undefeated fighters. Let's not forget, even though Caparello got destroyed easily, he can not punch at all and he knocked down Kovalev. Agnew's awkwardness also took Kovalev off his game, Calzaghe was awkward as hell and moved very well. And Hopkins survived and avoided a Kovalev KO for 12 rounds at 50 years old, and even took some monstrous shots at the end.

Calzaghe by decision, he would be too fast, too many punches, he'll move around too, he's not a sitting duck. Calzaghe gets knocked down early out of nervousness but comes back to win with activity. Too bad it can't happen, but i'm hoping to see fights like Ward and Froch vs Kovalev even though Kov is huge.