Has Kovalev Passed Manny as the Excuse Maker of the Decade?

[SweetPbfAli]

I was going to mention JMM but he just never thinks he lost a fight lol

[Eff Pandas]

I have a feeling that this fight was lost in training camp! The only strong team member that Kovalev has is? Kathy Duva, it was good to see the way she was supporting him after the fight passionately! Kovalev needs a stable team around him who he actually enjoys training with! (If i was Kovalev, i would actually go and train with Virgil Hunter with the aspiration of slaying Adonis Stevenson! Stylistically i don't think Andre Ward wants any part of Adonis Stevenson!)...

Is Kovalev that type of guy doe? He seems very Ronda Rousey-ish to me. And he probably even goes deeper then she does with her bs cuz I'm not sure he trusts anyone or feels that anyone is realllllllly on his team.

But yea I don't disagree he'd be better off if he acquired an actual team that was down for him. I just think he's on the back end of his career, he's been shown as a victim in his last two fights & this fight he seemed actively trying to get out of the fight.

Kovalev's story is written more or less now. Future opponents see the blueprint to beat Kovalev now. You can't change your stamina very well at this point of your career, you can't change your ability to bend when adversity comes this late in life.

[-PBP-]

I was going to mention JMM but he just never thinks he lost a fight lol

Exactly. He just thinks he's undefeated

[CHOWWOKKA]

Pacquiao is the all time king of excuses. He has never lost a fight without giving an excuse. Wrong socks, wrong gloves blood was taken out, hair is too long so it looked like he was getting hit, Marquez had pimples Floyd moved too much, torn rotate cuff, undersized so he had rocks in his pockets at the weigh in. The man has excuses for fights he even won!

[Johnny2x2x]

Pacquaio will always be the excuse king!

Here's some of his early work.

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[Combat Talk Radio]

Its pretty interesting how most boxers always need an out with why they lost besides they were the 2nd best guy in the ring that night.

Nelly answered that question in abstract fashion.

"Two is not a winner and three nobody remembers"

[Eff Pandas]

Pacquiao is the all time king of excuses. He has never lost a fight without giving an excuse. Wrong socks, wrong gloves blood was taken out, hair is too long so it looked like he was getting hit, Marquez had pimples Floyd moved too much, torn rotate cuff, undersized so he had rocks in his pockets at the weigh in. The man has excuses for fights he even won!

LOL good sh^t man.

[allstar]

LoL @ "blatant low blows"

Dude those were HEAVY body shots.


Get Some.

The Russian just could not handle that black POWER.

[ironmt]

I have a feeling that this fight was lost in training camp! The only strong team member that Kovalev has is? Kathy Duva, it was good to see the way she was supporting him after the fight passionately! Kovalev needs a stable team around him who he actually enjoys training with! (If i was Kovalev, i would actually go and train with Virgil Hunter with the aspiration of slaying Adonis Stevenson! Stylistically i don't think Andre Ward wants any part of Adonis Stevenson!)...

She will support him emotionally, just not financially.

[iamboxing]

Even if you dismiss the final seconds of the fight, there were some low blows which Ward got away with so he had every right to complain. Kovalev is a man and makes no excuses. He'll be back. As for Pacquiao, yeah he made excuses but there's no shame in that, like RJJ once said of Hopkins, "He just has that mentality, and ya can't blame him for that". An excuse is when a fighter doesn't show up or ducks.