If Kovalev is such a bad @$$, why not try the Cruiserweight division?

[Weebler I]

He's not getting $2m to fight Mohammedi, or Chilemba/whatever other soft touches he has access to, either. Rather than being a body coming to fight Huck, Kovalev would come in while being somewhat of a name; his pay is likely to increase accordingly.

Chilemba is Stevenson's mandatory, I doubt you'll be calling him a soft touch if they fight because he's actually a highly skilled boxer capable of the upset.

[-Kev-]

Kovalev is pretty big, he was 189lbs vs Pascal and Hopkins. He can campaign at CW successfully if he wanted to. There aren't any killers up there. Pascal and Hopkins were 182lbs so they rehydrated 7lbs to Kovalev's 14lbs. Then he hits hard. So he's a big LHW who hits hard and is heavier than you. I don't know how Hopkins took that assault in the end, all those clean punches he just took them standing.