Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev Will Head To Big Bear on April 29, Then Oxnard

[joseph5620]

That was never said. You're confused. Just quit.

[therealpugilist]

April 29th through June 17th.

50 days is all Kovalev is committing to this rematch (his weight didn't look all that good during the press tour)? lol

looked like he should be at cruiserweight

[therealpugilist]

I had similar thoughts. Most fighters don't/can't increase their stamina much this late in their career. He'd probably gain more of an advantage by coming in to camp lighter than normal to lessen the strain of the weight cut...



Maybe he's counting on knocking Ward out in the first half of the fight.....

that wouldnt be smart, considering Ward never gave him the opportunity to land that shot again


ward never attempted to slip outside and counter over/after the jab after he was dropped with the counter from kov

dude is too smart but Kov is too...he knows he is going to have to spark ward the hell out to win...ward isnt just gonna roll over and quit.

[Kigali]

Kov.is gonna punish Ward for his misdeeds and not being an honorable man!

His God is saved this karma for him for fighting his former promoter who gave him a shot at the big time at the super six and still took him to court on his deathbed, the man has no integrity!

Your Russian hero ain't gonna punish ****.

Speaking of no integrity....that trashy racist Kovalev stole a cell phone on 2012

[SUBZER0ED]

Is 3 weeks in big bear enough to help his stamina problem?

That's what I was wondering. He should have started climbing stairs soon after he lost. That will build your stamina quite well. Whatever the method, 3 weeks won't cut it for building much of anything.

[j0zef]

No, Kovalev is not going to be a "new fighter". It's not like he's just now joining a gym. He's been a high level boxer doing what high level boxers do for years.

As I said, I think it's a positive and he'll be likely to peak more timely. Really though, the whole "I was training wrong all these years and now in really going to be in shape" (in my 30's) is a tired refrain in combat sports. I can't count the number of times I've heard this and it failed to produce anything. James DeGale being the most recent.

While you do have a point, I actually believe Kovalev in regards to his recent comments about training. Ever since the Ward fight was "signed", he's talked about training hard etc etc. He gassed in the 2nd half of the Chilemba fight. Gassed badly enough that he got called out for it. He gassed for the Ward fight too.

It can be one of a few things - either his new training really did mess with his stamina, he started drinking/smoking more(Per hunter's recent comments) or both Ward and Chilemba's style did a significant job at sapping his energy. Kov never had too much stamina problems before. While he rarely went 12 rounds, he has gone past 6th 7th many times and was absolutely fine.

We'll see in June.

[uppercut510]

Kov is going to lose

[argentinabox22]

That was never said. You're confused. Just quit.

bro i'm not trying to sound rude or anything but you don't know anything about exercises physiology or basic physical education, so of course it doesn't matter what i say you won't understand.

[Scipio2009]

looked like he should be at cruiserweight

pretty much

[therealpugilist]

pretty much

He's gonna come out strong but get worked over

He not gonna get spectacular stamina out of no where