Comments Thread For: Jackson Reflects on The Journey With Kovalev as Ward Test Nears

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By Thomas Gerbasi - The call from boxing manager Egis Klimas to boxing trainer John David Jackson wasn't a long one. Klimas' fighter, Sergey Kovalev, had just split with his previous trainer, Abel Sanchez, after a seventh round stoppage of Roman Simakov in December of 2011 that lifted his pro record to 17-0-1. The Russian was a star on the rise with one punch knockout power, but he was still raw...
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[!! Shawn]

Looks like Jackson is basically confirming what Abel said.

[Teetotaler]

This was a really good article.

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[LoadedWraps]

By Thomas Gerbasi - The call from boxing manager Egis Klimas to boxing trainer John David Jackson wasn't a long one. Klimas' fighter, Sergey Kovalev, had just split with his previous trainer, Abel Sanchez, after a seventh round stoppage of Roman Simakov in December of 2011 that lifted his pro record to 17-0-1. The Russian was a star on the rise with one punch knockout power, but he was still raw...
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Great article.

[Citizen Koba]

Comes across loud and clear that Kovalev is a very willful guy, but I think most of us guessed that already, nonetheless it's it's seems that he also respects Jackson as a coach in a way that he didn't respect Sanchez who he essentially considered a dilettante.

Great interview though, and we'll see how Jackson's theories work out on the 19th.

[firstborn]

Comes across loud and clear that Kovalev is a very willful guy, but I think most of us guessed that already, nonetheless it's it's seems that he also respects Jackson as a coach in a way that he didn't respect Sanchez who he essentially considered a dilettante.

Great interview though, and we'll see how Jackson's theories work out on the 19th.

Maybe Kov respects the fact Jackson actually had a successful pro career and knows what he's talking about from experience.

[bojangles1987]

That was a nice read. Jackson has really done well with Kovalev, the difference now from the guy I first saw against Gabriel Campillo. You can see what Jackson talks about here, where Kovalev is very good at following a gameplan.

[SteveM]

That was honest of Jackson to mention that he has his ego invested in this fight and others. Seemed to me like he was saying Hill hasn't done much apart from Ward.

Also not sure why he was making a big deal out of being a teacher and that is over and above a trainer. I would think that all the elite trainers have to be able to teach and know not only how but when.

[Citizen Koba]

Maybe Kov respects the fact Jackson actually had a successful pro career and knows what he's talking about from experience.

I think so. In fact he says as much in a russian language interview. That doesn't mean Abel isn't a good coach of course, but not all fighter / trainer relationships work, and Kovalev / Sanchez was clearly one which didn't.

Per google translate from Vesti.kz and vRINGe.com

"As a coach, Abel was very monotonous and as a boxer did not give me anything. Or maybe I just seemed so, since I mostly worked with Gennady. The combat practice with Gena helped me more than anything else. I believe that he (Sanchez - vRINGe) generally poorly understood making [training?]. For example, he gave all the same load. No matter, you always did the same thing when you had the fight in two weeks or two months. It did not matter, when you got up in his training camp, which is located at an altitude of 2100 meters. "

Then Sergey told about the training regime at Camp Sanchez, who was "one for all" [one size fits all?].

"Monday, Wednesday and Friday - the days of fighting (sparring or bag). Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - sportsmanship. All training and general physical combat, respectively were from the same week a week. In my view, it is fundamentally wrong. You can not pull one size fits all, as did Sanchez "- said chelyabinets [the Chelyabinsk native].

According to Kovalev, when he returned from Russia after the tragedy in the battle with Roman Simakov, the [he] "finally came to the conclusion that Abel - amateur boxing," teaching without education and even sports boxing experience.

(my additions in square brackets)

[Vitar]

I think so. In fact he says as much in a russian language interview. That doesn't mean Abel isn't a good coach of course, but not all fighter / trainer relationships work, and Kovalev / Sanchez was clearly one which didn't.

Per google translate from Vesti.kz and vRINGe.com

"As a coach, Abel was very monotonous and as a boxer did not give me anything. Or maybe I just seemed so, since I mostly worked with Gennady. The combat practice with Gena helped me more than anything else. I believe that he (Sanchez - vRINGe) generally poorly understood making [training?]. For example, he gave all the same load. No matter, you always did the same thing when you had the fight in two weeks or two months. It did not matter, when you got up in his training camp, which is located at an altitude of 2100 meters. "

Then Sergey told about the training regime at Camp Sanchez, who was "one for all" [one size fits all?].

"Monday, Wednesday and Friday - the days of fighting (sparring or bag). Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday - sportsmanship. All training and general physical combat, respectively were from the same week a week. In my view, it is fundamentally wrong. You can not pull one size fits all, as did Sanchez "- said chelyabinets [the Chelyabinsk native].

According to Kovalev, when he returned from Russia after the tragedy in the battle with Roman Simakov, the [he] "finally came to the conclusion that Abel - amateur boxing," teaching without education and even sports boxing experience.

(my additions in square brackets)

Let me help you with translation...

As a trainer Abel Sanchez is very one-sided and wasn't giving me anything boxing-wise. Or it just seemed so to me because I worked mostly with GGG. I think he [Sanchez] understood very little about what he was doing. For example, he gave everyone the same workload. And it didn't matter when you had the fight - in two weeks or in two months - you did all the same things. And it didn't matter when you came to the camp which was at the height of 2100 meters.
Mon, Wed, Fri - fight days (sparrings or bag). Tue, Thu, Sat - conditioning. All training exercizes were the same every week. I think it's fundamentally wrong. You can't have the same approach to every fighter as Sanchez does.
When I came back from Russia, I finally concluded that Abel is a layman in boxing - without sports teacher education and even without fighter experience.