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

[hitking]

I never watch postfight interviews. Just saw the Stevenson thing a min ago. Thought it was ******. Either way. During the fight tonight I wondered several times. If that's Stevenson hitting him tonight instead of Pascal, does Kovalev finish tonight on his feet?

[largo99]

Nice attempt by stevenson to stay relevant and make it seem like he actually wants the fight

Kovalev was the one who called out Stevenson ...

They both want it but it will never happen because of HBO vs Showtime

[Hewito]

He's much too small to be a heavyweight. He's comfortably coming in under the LHW limit, and he'll be 33 soon. There's absolutely no reason for him to move up.

I agree..I dont understand why when a fighter dominates their division,people start saying things like,he should move up and get destroyed,or things of that sort..Kovalev has no problem making weight and he should stay there..period.

[doninlouisiana]

Ward may be unbeaten since age 12 or whatever that number is, but he has not had a fight against a legitimate guy in 3 yrs. I hate to say it but he might want to think of retirement before getting the ring with that animal. Kovalev is a dangerous fighter would can box.

Did anyone else see how many times he shook up Pascal with that hammer of a jab? By the way that was a clear knock down in the early part of the fight. No doubt about it, Pascal got a hometown "slip" call on that one.. Lol!

[dirty fingers]

Carl Froch still hits harder "doe."

[SweetPbfAli]

Will the referee allow Ward to clinch and cheat the entire fight?
Ward needs to hope he can clinch effectively because in a fair fight with rules in play he will get a savage beating.

I'll entertain this. Kovalev likes to fight at a certain distance and does really good at maintaining that distance. Ward will either be in his chest, smothering his shots and landing shorts shots of his own while trying to push him back and take the leverage off of Kov's shots. That's no easy task but Ward is pretty solid defensively and his jab should help him set his own range as he probably has the most versatile jab in the sport.

I like Kov but people love to make power punchers into these unbeatable monsters when history has proven time and time again that even great punchers can be beaten.

[SweetPbfAli]

Abraham , Froch , Kessler , Smith all these guys managed to land a lot on Ward and now you say Kov isnt gonna do it.

Wow, if you think it's that simple then there's nothing left for us to discuss. You completely missed my point. I said he won't land "THOSE" shots on Ward.

[Foreign Soil]

I'll entertain this. Kovalev likes to fight at a certain distance and does really good at maintaining that distance. Ward will either be in his chest, smothering his shots and landing shorts shots of his own while trying to push him back and take the leverage off of Kov's shots. That's no easy task but Ward is pretty solid defensively and his jab should help him set his own range as he probably has the most versatile jab in the sport.

I like Kov but people love to make power punchers into these unbeatable monsters when history has proven time and time again that even great punchers can be beaten.

Staying glued to Kovalev is the only way Ward doesn't get KO'd. He can't handle that kind of fire at range. What may surprise Ward though is that Sergey has been wrestling since his amateur days, but I think Sergey will like to keep it as a surprise.

[SweetPbfAli]

Kovalev broke Pascal this fight. You could see it after every jab after a few rounds. Pascal's eyes of desperation and hopelessness told you everything you need. Towards the end where Kov got him on the ropes and was just jabbing his body and Pascal was like in this side stance just taking the hits like he was just resigned to his fate.

Yeah. His mouth literally wrote a check his ass couldn't cash. Gonzalez should have been in there tonight anyways.

[Foreign Soil]

Carl Froch still hits harder "doe."

"He slow d-d-d-d-doe." - Roach