Sergey Kovalev vs. Jean Pascal II HBO January 30, 2016

[dirty fingers]

With that new nose Krusher gave him, Jean Pascal looks like Anthony Dirrell.

[atomicsad]

How did this fight end up on HBO?

[k1llu]

Who's that girl in the gif

That's Otmara Marrero as the "sexy mourner" from the pilot episode of Ballers.

[Sun_Tzu]

Kovalev vs Stevenson was the fight to be made in early 2014, I've been watching Stevenson.... he's deteriorated a bit during the following years. Right now I'd take Kovalev over Adonis comfortably.

As for Ward, people say that he won't survive those shots that Pascal took and they may be right but there's no way that Ward is getting hit that much EVER... His conditioning is also at the highest level, when you're dealing with a defensive genius like Ward, it's one thing to hurt him, another to drop him and a whole other thing to keep him down and out or force the ref to stop the fight. It's a true 50-50 fight but I'm on the Ward side of that 50.

Ill be honest with you Im working off of a 45 year old memory so I probably need to go back and look at some of Wards higher level fights. I remember him being somewhat slick and highly skilled but I think people put Kovalev in the slugger/brawler class. He is not, he is a very skilled boxer with some balance issues who has devastating power.

The only reason I give Kovalev the edge is Ward is moving up to his weight class. If this was at SMW it would close the gap in my mind. It remains to be seen if Ward can take the shots that Kovalev is surely going to land, not with the frequency he does on everyone else but he will land. I dont think Kovalev will knock him out but right now today, I think Ward wins some of the early rounds but I think they will be close and Kovalev will close in the later 2/3 or 1/2 of the fight in brutal fashion. They both will be facing the best they have ever been in the ring with. Its like football though, we all talk about what is suppose to happen but sometimes, sometimes something happens that is truly special. Im a boxing fan first, I like Kovalev and enjoy watching his fights but I can appreciate a master tactician plying is craft. Win or lose neither guy loses standing with me.

[NaijaD]

Ill be honest with you Im working off of a 45 year old memory so I probably need to go back and look at some of Wards higher level fights. I remember him being somewhat slick and highly skilled but I think people put Kovalev in the slugger/brawler class. He is not, he is a very skilled boxer with some balance issues who has devastating power.

The only reason I give Kovalev the edge is Ward is moving up to his weight class. If this was at SMW it would close the gap in my mind. It remains to be seen if Ward can take the shots that Kovalev is surely going to land, not with the frequency he does on everyone else but he will land. I dont think Kovalev will knock him out but right now today, I think Ward wins some of the early rounds but I think they will be close and Kovalev will close in the later 2/3 or 1/2 of the fight in brutal fashion. They both will be facing the best they have ever been in the ring with. Its like football though, we all talk about what is suppose to happen but sometimes, sometimes something happens that is truly special. Im a boxing fan first, I like Kovalev and enjoy watching his fights but I can appreciate a master tactician plying is craft. Win or lose neither guy loses standing with me.

All great points man, You can't hate on either guy whether they win or lose. I like Ward a lot but I will have no problem giving Kovalev his due if he wins in whatever fashion.

I can't wait for it though, it's the kind of match up that you have to take an anxiety poop or piss before the fight because you're that pumped and anxious to see.

[Sun_Tzu]

All great points man, You can't hate on either guy whether they win or lose. I like Ward a lot but I will have no problem giving Kovalev his due if he wins in whatever fashion.

I can't wait for it though, it's the kind of match up that you have to take an anxiety poop or piss before the fight because you're that pumped and anxious to see.

Thank god for DVRs man, I know exactly what you are talking about.

[Build That Wall]

That's Otmara Marrero as the "sexy mourner" from the pilot episode of Ballers.

I watch ballers and I never noticed that

[Foreign Soil]

That was murder. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[Box-Office]

Painful to watch.


Pascal got a heart of a lion.

[Weebler I]

Is there way to make Kovalev's clucking sound as my ringtone? #boxing https://t.co/PCn94cdhQW

— Write on the Button (@wotbboxing) January 31, 2016