Those that think GGG is more dangerous than Kovalev are DELUSIONAL.

[M Bison]

I'm a GGG fan but I've always believed that Kovalev is the more dangerous fighter of the two.

Kovalev lacks the boxing IQ that GGG has he has some traits that GGG has but he lacks the chin and the IQ so for anyone blind enough to rate Kovalev as a more dangerous fighter I ask you how...

Compare the amateur careers
Compare the professional careers

Ones best win is a 50yo
The others best win is Lemieux considerably better than a guy who belongs in retirement

[boliodogs]

They don't really think that. Which is why they make excuses when anyone suggests Golovkin moves up and fight the Ward/Kovalev winner.

Nobody has to make excuses. Natural middleweights aren't expected or obligated to fight the world's best light heavyweight. Is anybody asking the Ward vs Kovalev winner to fight any of the world champion cruiserweights next?

[Robbie Barrett]

Nobody has to make excuses. Natural middleweights aren't expected or obligated to fight the world's best light heavyweight. Is anybody asking the Ward vs Kovalev winner to fight any of the world champion cruiserweights next?

Because 15lbs is the same as 25lb.

If the team and fans were claiming they'd beat cruiserweights, yes people would be calling for it. If the trainer was bragging about them dropping the cruiserweight, yes people would call for it.

[boxing_pundit85]

Some on here actually think that Ward didn't want to fight GGG and instead chose to fight Kovalev. Please tell me how this makes any sense.
FACT: Kovalev is a more dangerous fighter than GGG for anyone and especially for a style like Ward's.

How can you dispute this? Not only is Kovalev much heavier/bigger, but he is also faster than GGG. Not to mention he is much better defensively.

GGG has shown that he can be controlled in the clinch (see Brook fight) while Kovalev has shown that he can counter a clinch attempt from a master clincher (see Hopkins fight).

The argument is that ggg is a much better boxer, and ward can exploit things in Kovalev he can't in ggg. But I agree Kovalev is more dangerous because he's 15 pounds heavier, that's common sense. And I would say for all practical purposes ggg's jab makes his defense very good. Not to mention chin. Granted they aren't attributes typically categorized as defense, but they change his opponents offense.