Comments Thread For: LIVE STREAM: Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward - Las Vegas Weigh-in

[Redd Foxx]

People have actually said this?

So many of the comments and predictions from last year and the beginning of 2016 were that Kovalev would be bigger. I remember because I was pointing out that they were the same height and nearly same reach but everyone insisted Kovalev was far more muscular, couldn't be bullied.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

So many of the comments and predictions from last year and the beginning of 2016 were that Kovalev would be bigger. I remember because I was pointing out that they were the same height and nearly same reach but everyone insisted Kovalev was far more muscular, couldn't be bullied.

Wtf? What do some people look at? Kovalev actually does look "scrawny" (for lack of a better word) at 175.

[King_]

So many of the comments and predictions from last year and the beginning of 2016 were that Kovalev would be bigger. I remember because I was pointing out that they were the same height and nearly same reach but everyone insisted Kovalev was far more muscular, couldn't be bullied.

He's always looked like this at every one of his weigh ins. I doubt there was that too many people who said he is more muscular than Ward

[GMAN SUPREME]

it would have been cool to see john david jackson drop virgil hunter.

[TripleGFightFan]

Was anyone else distracted by JDJ and Virgil in the back?

Lol...was wondering if anybody else caught that...look like Virgil whispered some smack talk back at JFK in his ear...he's like the low key of assassin' in boxing...that Virgil Hunter...

[GMAN SUPREME]

Lol...was wondering if anybody else caught that...look like Virgil whispered some smack talk back at JFK in his ear...he's like the low key of assassin' in boxing...that Virgil Hunter...

lol jfk has been dead for more than 50 years you ******.the least you could do is get the name of kovalev's trainer right.

[Beercules]

Lol...was wondering if anybody else caught that...look like Virgil whispered some smack talk back at JFK in his ear...he's like the low key of assassin' in boxing...that Virgil Hunter...

Lee Harvey Virgil

[GMAN SUPREME]

war kovalev knock that cross eyed punk ward out!!!

[j0zef]

Kovalev is considered a big LHW since he can barely make weight. He's openly admitted making 175 is very difficult and recently, about 2-3 fights ago, he had to change his diet and routine in order to make weight more efficiently. He's a big guy and has talked about fighting at cruiserweight sooner rather than later.

I don't think I've ever read that. I believe he changed his diet and routine in order to come into the fight lighter (which he did), supposedly in prep for fight with Ward.

I've seen him mention that he's not gonna drop below 175 (When fight w Golovkin was discussed), but I've never seen him say it's difficult to make weight.

He was 181 on the morning against Chilemba, and ~185-188 come fight night in the years prior. A 15 lb rehydration weight for a LHW is pretty much average.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I never thought he looked scrawny. He looked big compared to Hopkins and Pascal in the ring, granted neither of them are big but again, that helps create a perceptions at the very least that he's a big fighter. Ward has really filled out too, there was one fight at 175 where he looked a bit undersized/flabby, but today and his previous fight you can see how well his muscles have filled out his body, dude is ripped and in phenomenal shape. Kovalev has to shed pounds to make weight (as mentioned above he struggles to make 175) so he's never got look ripped while having to cut 20+ pounds each training camp.

Like I said, I used scrawny for lack of better word. But he definitely does not look muscular. His arms look thin to me. It seems weird to me that he struggles to make 175. Idk.