"Sergey sparred with Golovkin 5 or 6 times...had some very good, heated sparring sessions...sparring is sparring...that stuff has to stay in the gym...I'm not going to say it happened, I'm not going to say it didn't happen...it doesn't matter if it did,"
Sanchez described the encounter to Hustleboss.com as a mismatch. He stated, “He [Kovalev] was one of the sparring partners that we had. He was with me for about a year and a half. Really Kovalev was afraid of Golovkin when he was in the ring. I couldn’t spar him too much because he showed too much respect for Golovkin. He just fell apart in their with Golovkin.”
Abel Sanchez on Kovalev: GGG handled him easily in sparring. I would have no problem accepting that fight in the future. I kicked Kovalev out of my camp because of character, moral, & loyalty issues. - grantland.com

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