Abel Sanchez: "Golovkin dropped Kovalev in sparring; Kovalev was afraid of Golovkin"

[boliodogs]

I voted no. It is possible he is telling truth but the guy talks an awful lot unlike GGG who is very confident but never a trash talker. Kovalev and GGG are both great fighters and punchers. When two great fighters spar the guy with a 15 pound weight advantage is the guy most likely to get the best of it. Kovalev seems fearless to me. If GGG told this story I would believe him. I think it's more likely Abel made it up to enhance GGG's reputation which really needs no help.

[boliodogs]

Golovkin can beat up the 175 champ but ducked Ward. Ward's the real most feared man in the sport.

How could GGG possibly duck Ward when Ward only talks about fighting but never actual fights anybody. Ward spends 365 days a year healing from some mysterious injury. He never actually fights anymore. That was something he did years ago. In the time frame when Ward was supposed to be fighting GGG who did he actually fight?????? Ward was fighting his favorite foe. The great and famous fighter named NOBODY.

[mathed]

Thats what Kovalev said about it on his website (it was long time ago, but I can still remember it):

"I just came from my vacation and unprepared sparred with Gennady, who was in the final stage of his preparation. He punched me in the solar plex and I decided to take a knee".

Thats how it was, but when you listen to this **** talker Sanchez, it looks like Kovalev got KTFO and runned crying out of the gym, lol. I am pretty sure, if Kovalev lets his hands go, he would hurt GGG pretty bad...

I read somewhere (or maybe saw a video) that Kovalev was saying that he was trying to hold back because he didn't want to risk hurting GGG as he was about to fight and that GGG was relentless and very strong.

[Box-Office]

Stuff like this happens in sparring. When you're full time job is to exchange punches then there is obviously a chance that out of the countless rounds of sparring you'll get hurt/dropped every now and then even vs guys who are below your level let alone against someone like GGG. Doesn't mean anything. What matters is that Kovalev is the #1 LHW in the World.

[mathed]

So why is it that Kovalev is actually willing to step up in competition while GGG seems to be OK chasing after JMWs?

What you mean, like how Ward is still chasing after SMWs?

[-Kev-]

no f#cking way. abel sanchez is very, very loud. he's got to help promote a fighter who speaks fery little english, and isn't one to talk trash.


i don't believe for a second that golovkin dropped him, nevermind that kovalev, a p4p fighter and a 175 lber with genuine knockout power, is scared of any man at LHW or below.


sergei kovalev killed a guy, for those who don't know. he has that kind of power and precision. by all accounts he's a mean, mean fighter. he's not f#cking scared of gennady golovkin .

I believe it happened, just that at this point is irrelevant. Kovalev has grown well into a LHW, he's one of the biggest LHW's at 190lbs on the day of the fight. He's grown too much. So whatever happened, idk how many years ago, most likely does not happen again in an actual boxing fight between the two. Guys like Pascal and B-Hop are in the 180-182lb range and they are pretty good sized LHW. Kovalev has probably topped out and won't come heavier than 188-190lbs but that's still big.

If Abel is lying, Kovalev does not seem to care because he has been saying that for like 2 years now and not once has Kovalev denied it. So I think it's true.

[-Kev-]

"When Kovalev first came to me he had nine fights. He was a young man, not in age but in boxing ability. When he came to me Golovkin was already a world champion, and a silver medalist in the Olympics, over 300 amateur fights...he had had all these credentials.

"So when they sparred it was like a very experienced guy against a very inexperienced guy, so of course Golovkin got the best of him," Sanchez said.

Sanchez credited Kovalev's new trainer, John David Jackson with turning him into a killer. "That guy we see on Saturday is not the guy who left my gym, because the guy who left my gym was still a pup.

http://www.sportsworldnews.com/artic...ring-video.htm

[Mr. 29K]

Golovkin hits harder than a HW. There is a reason why he is considered by major media outlets like ESPN and professionals as the greatest/most feared fighter of all time. And haters just have to deal with it.

Margarito is and will always be The most feared fighter of all time. GGG is second.

[firstborn]

Stuff like this happens in sparring. When you're full time job is to exchange punches then there is obviously a chance that out of the countless rounds of sparring you'll get hurt/dropped every now and then even vs guys who are below your level let alone against someone like GGG. Doesn't mean anything. What matters is that Kovalev is the #1 LHW in the World.

Great post!

[firstborn]

Margarito is and will always be The most feared fighter of all time. GGG is second.

Mosley might disagree....