Kovalev's skills

[mlac]

he beat the schit out of pascal like no one else had ever done before, no one claimed pascal was shot before the first fight, and most people agree kov could of stopped him any time he pleased, and was prolonging the punishment as he's a mean SOB.

people were claiming he was flat footed before the hopkins fight, and most people on here said hopkins would UD him. not only did he prove he's not flat footed but he outboxed the master boxer
after that it's only because hopkins was shot and ' kov couldnt even stop a 50 year old man' despite b bob clinging on for dear life.

Chilemba has a fantastic chin and is a legit top 10 light heavy, let's not pretend he 'exposed kovalev' by winning 2 rounds lol.
if the round was 10 seconds longer, it's a TKO win.

The caperello KD was an offbalance shot, i believe he was standing on his foot, i may have to re-watch it.

but hey don't let any of that derail your agenda bud

[just the facts]

Literally since this fight was made official last week, there's so many nervous posters here now who you can tell don't want it to happen. So, they/you come up with these ridiculous theories as to why Kovalev will lose. Lol.

Kovalev's destiny is to retire the undefeated, undisputed, GOAT LHW. Andre Ward will not step in his way.

Wow that's some man crush you got going there. I realize you are a charter member of every fighter from the Soviet block is great club, but keep your feet on the ground. Kov will never, ever be the GOAT LHW.

Does Kov prefer starch or no starch in his underwear?

[TheBoxingXpert]

Piss off mate, IDGAF about your E-Rep.

Well, you should, if you won't end up like my other critics who embarassed themselves. Well, you seem pretty sure that Kovalev will win, so how about we make a deal. If Ward wins, you will accept my reputation and become one of my students. Okay? People like you are making boxing fans ****** by saying stuff like "Kovalev will beat Ward", WTF, I need to improve the quality of this place.

[have_not]

Well, you should, if you won't end up like my other critics who embarassed themselves. Well, you seem pretty sure that Kovalev will win, so how about we make a deal. If Ward wins, you will accept my reputation and become one of my students. Okay? People like you are making boxing fans ****** by saying stuff like "Kovalev will beat Ward", WTF, I need to improve the quality of this place.

You need to improve the quality of your life.
In other words, get a life instead of living it on the internet tough guy

[Kigali]

You need to improve the quality of your life.
In other words, get a life instead of living it on the internet tough guy

[MDPopescu]

Kovalev's skills... How do you rate them? If we go by his recent fights, this is my analysis:

Chilemba: Kovalev was neither able to stop Chilemba nor easily outbox him. That's not a bad sign, just shows that Kovalev's skills are not extraordinary.

Pascal: Pascal, a shot fighter, was nailing Kovalev with brutal shots and Kovalev would fall over his own legs while trying to hunt down Pascal. Kovalev won this war due to superior punching power, but it showed that his defense and balance are horrible.

Hopkins: A 49 years old fossil who had just fought one average guy after another in hard matches. Some say that Kovalev outboxed him, but it was more a case of Hopkins not being able to open up due to Kovalev's power and the lack of speed that comes with the lack of youth. The fact that Kovalev could knock him down in the first round shows that his power could hurt and stop Hopkins, but he simply didn't have the offensive skills to push for the stoppage. This fight showed that Kovalev is limited and can't adept to complicated defensive opponents. WTF is he gonna do against Ward, then?

Caparello: He knocked Kovalev down, though the knockdown was more a result of Kovalev's horrible balance issues and lack of defense. Kovalev won, as he should, but this was the first sign of Kovalev's weaknesses that just got confirmed further in his later fights.

That's basically how I see Kovalev. A very hardhitting guy who can box, but in a very flawed and limited way. It won't work against a young, fast, skilled and slick opponent.

... Great analysis!

What's next?

[just the facts]

Caparello stepped on his foot. Kovalev lost balance because he had the full force of a foot of a 175lb man on his foot, so he fell.


Guys on here trying to pick apart Kovalev's childhood, life, story and family history for the next 3 months, trying to convince yourself and everyone on NSB why you believe Kovalev will lose...


Meanwhile, on November 17th, Kovalev will easily outclass and destroy Andre Ward..... and then all of this will be pointless

Like when you guaranteed Shafikov would beat Barthelemy and/or Vasquez? Like when you guaranteed that Postol would KO Crawford?

Due to your inability to look at anything boxing related with any degree of objectivity, your opinion means less then nothing.

[kafkod]

Dude. Do you even know who I am? When I declare a winner, that's how it always goes. Only idiots still doubt that Ward will win. It's a fact. Can I adopt you when Ward easily wins almost every round while Kovalev desperately hunts him with wild shots while tripping over his own legs, lol? You could become my prediction student.

Post some links to those predictions you made, let's see if you are bushitting or not.

I have a feeling you are one of the many people who were predicting that BHop was going to school the crude slugger Kovalev who closed their accounts and disappeared after the fight.

[MRBOOMER]

This is a real pick em fight I think ward will try to smother kova and work his body. Also kova comes in straight up and down so I'd imagine he's gonna be throwing over hands and hooks. As for what kova will do well we all know what he's gonna do lol

[TheBoxingXpert]

Post some links to those predictions you made, let's see if you are bushitting or not.

I have a feeling you are one of the many people who were predicting that BHop was going to school the crude slugger Kovalev who closed their accounts and disappeared after the fight.

Check my posting history and don't pretend you didn't see all my threads before the fights happened, lol.