Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev Punishes, Beats Down Pascal Over Seven For TKO

[Bandman]

kovalev belongs at cruiserweight. hes bullying guys at 175. that power too much. ward is more skilled but will get his chin shattered.

[hitking]

ward will have no advantages over kovalev...in reach...in height and in strength . This is not a bloated super middleweight paul smith....and i noticed when kellerman said about ward fighting him he said september or whenever in other words ward don't even know when he will be ready for kovalev ... I'm more than confident that if ward doe's face kovalev he gets beaten up......i'm not so confident andre ward even sets foot in the ring with sergey kovalev

ok........

[Tobi.G]

So you tried it with the sound off? Does that make you an idiot?

I watched a few bouts with no sound available and i hated it.

[anonymous2.0]

No surprise, every time Pascal has stepped up he's either lost or drew. In high profile fights Pascal is 0-4-1

[hitking]

kovalev belongs at cruiserweight. hes bullying guys at 175. that power too much. ward is more skilled but will get his chin shattered.

Why stop at cruiserweight? Pretty much every great light heavyweight in history tried their luck at heavyweight. If Kovalev beats Ward, which I doubt. I'd love to see him toss his name into the new, exciting, wide open heavyweight division.

[have_not]

No surprise, every time Pascal has stepped up he's either lost or drew. In high profile fights Pascal is 0-4-1

So you don't think beating chad dawson in his prime when he was the champ as a step up/high profile fight?

[Cuban Linx]

Fight should have been stopped after the 5th round... Pascal endured two more rounds of punishment.

It was scary to watch after the 4th cause Pascal has so much heart but he just could taken anymore.

[have_not]

kovalev belongs at cruiserweight. hes bullying guys at 175. that power too much. ward is more skilled but will get his chin shattered.

I hear everybody say kovalev is so big for light heavy weight and try to say his size and reach wins his fights.
Cleverly, silliakh, capparello are taller and bigger reach.
b-hop and agnew has the same reach and hight

[Hewito]

You actually have the sound on when watching HBO...newbie!!

Not sure if you are kidding or not but watching a fight with the volume up is nice..You hear the punches and other things besides the commentators..Any way,l watched on box nation and they said something that made a lot of sense.."How much can roach help him for two months when he has been fighting for 20 years"..

[sirron000]

Kov is much quicker than he appears. Pascal is one of themore athletic and quick fighters up there and all that became a non-factor. The problem for Ward is that unlike Froch and all these other guys he fought is Kovalev's positioning and footwork. You think Ward is going to be able to catch every jab to initiate a clinch? Kov's jab is too long and way too strong. Ward IS faster, but he has more distance to cover. Kovalev isn't going to wing shots and let himself be smothered. He'll take a step back and hit you in the body if he cant land to the head. That's what makes him scary. His sense of distance and he doesn't lose himself in the fight. I would have said that Ward is more skilled before but Kovalev is skilled in a different, classic way.


With that being said, if Ward can get past the jab he wins the fight but I'm now convinced that Kovalev won't be beat by anyone who can't neutralize his jab. And I think Ward is going to try to initiate clinches from too far and will end up in a mid to long range boxing match and I'm not sure Ward has the style to out punch Kovalev.

Pascal is athletic but doesn't know how to use it. Him being quick is an overstatement, he's herky jerky who wings all his shots.

If an unbalanced, falling forward Pascal was able to initiate clinches you don't think Ward can and will if needed.

Kov is going to be coming forward most of the fight, so watch when Ward steps off the line and close the distance with his feet. You can look at any of his previous fights.

Ward has seen Kovalev's style before (maybe not the power) but has Kovalev seen a style like Ward's. (And if you say a 50 year old Hopkins, I won't respond).

Watch the frustration set in from Sergey if the fight happens.