Something that's being overlooked in the Kovalev/Ward fight.

[frantic fighter]

No way, Silakh won the first round fairly easily.... Kovalev didn't touch him that round because if he had it would have probably been a first round KO, the first half decent connection seperated him from his senses.

You should go back and watch the fight Kovalev was feeding him jabs in the first round and touching him to the body.

[Thraxox]

Ward can win without power.
Kovalev cannot.

Just look how he squares himself up....
The way he drops his hands to his waist after he punches.

The way he stands around after he fires like he's posing for the cover of overrated boxer magazine.

That is so ******. It's like saying, "Ward without speed is nothing"

Or "Pacquiao without the speed and power is nothing"

[BostonGuy]

sounds like you're too fat to read my posts, and just look at my avatar.

Immature response as expected- I don't know why I try have an adult convo with this ****in clown. "You fat doe"

[boliodogs]

He can box very well and he is a great puncher with a left jab almost as hard as a straight right.That's why I pick him to beat Ward and knock him out. We will all see what Kovalev has got when he fights master boxer Ward in three weeks.

[Larry the boss]

Without power Kovalev is nothing.

without 1 asset alot of fighters would be nothing

[Real King Kong]

If his ring IQ is so high he wouldn't drop his hands and leave himself squared up.

What exactly do you mean by "leave himself squared up"...please elaborate. He gets a bit square when commits to right hands, as do a lot of fighters when they throw power shots in combination, but his stance is far from square.

[Real King Kong]

That is so ******. It's like saying, "Ward without speed is nothing"

Or "Pacquiao without the speed and power is nothing"

No...manny pacquiao without speed and power is bobby pacquiao.

[SkillspayBills]

I can't wait to bump threads like this on the 19th.

[Reloaded]

agreed. anybody who thinks kovalev is just a power puncher with no skill are morons.

He can box and he hits hard thats a given , the thing is Kov is mechanical and that means he can be out maneuvered and timed , Kov is against a very efficient fluid counter puncher a master of position and that makes the fight very intriguing .

[big_james10]

In November of 2013, Kovalev, then a budding star squared off against former amateur rival Ismael Sillahk. What most may remember from that fight was a brutal second round ko, followed by an unusual celebration and post fight interview. Which shouldn't be glossed over,however is what took place during the first round. Sillahk, who for all of his shortcomings in the chin department, was thought to be the better technician of the two, was handily out jabbed and overall outboxed by the supposed"puncher" in the first stanza. I know it's a small sample size,but he followed that feat up with a complete wipe out of the aging great Hopkins, who old or not still has enough wit to cause anybody problems. Kovalev could potentially be a rare (Thomas )Hearns like fighter, who not only packs a potent punch, but also has next level technical prowess should he need it.

You may be right, but he will still lose to Andre Ward because Andre Ward is superior to Kovalev in every category, including punching power. What strikes me about the Hopkins fight is that Kovalev couldn't put Hopkins away, even though he knocked him down twice. You may attribute that to Hopkins great chin.

However, I attribute it to the fact that Kovalev, like most punchers, can KO the B-level opponents but never seems to have enough power to KO the A-level opponents. There is no doubt in my mind that, if Hopkins had been five years younger, he would have beaten Kovalev.