Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev Eyes New Trainer, Move To New Weight Class

[champion4ever]

I don't know which fight you where watching, but the one I saw and have seen several times, Kovalev was the aggressor the whole fight and HE was winning the fight, if Kovalev stopped trowing punches Ward would give him a break, also, some of the body punches where low, go and watch the fight and you will see, Kovalev was fading but ward was also breathing trough his mouth, Kovalev didn't stop in any of the rounds being the aggressor and that last round was the one that changed the tide, still Ward made a heck of a fight aside from the dirty tactics he used, that he didn't need to, he fought beautifully, the KO would have come later but would have come even if he didn't use his dirty tactics, what I don't understand is if Kovalev was getting hit low, why he didn't try to do the same, I would have power punched his balls to get the respect needed, still Tony Weeks robbed Ward of a fantastic ending and that's what bothers most the boxing community and there will always be that * on both fights, not because Ward would have KO Kova, but we didn't get to see it happen and because we didn't see it happen because Weeks"peeleft: on us all, there will always be that debate.

You know wny he didn't punch back because he was never punched in the balls in the first place. He slicked a can of oil on you boxing fans.

The man's a liar and a cheat. He was feigning an injury from low blows because he was physically and mentally exhausted and was looking for a way out.

In addition, there were three reasons why Tony Weeks called a halt to their bout: One Kovalev wasn't throwing anything back. Two, he was getting caught flush with clean shots to both the body and head and wasn't protecting himself.

Then lastly, because he was sitting on the ropes, with a look of resignation and defeat on his face. He wanted the fight over. He simply had the body language of a broken fighter.

[Butch.McRae]

Virgil would be good for Kovalev because Kovalev needs a dominant personality he respects. Virgil is a former parole officer. He's worked with rapists, thieves, and killers. Sergey killed a man so they can relate to each other.

I see what you did there lol

[Tobi.G]

Thank you; You are absolutely correct. He was obviously lying and faking about getting hit with low blows.

You clearly see Ward landed low blows on him. Watch the videos.

[aboutfkntime]

Wow, so I wonder if there were some truth to his trainer wanting to come to Team Ward side..... But now it's Kov who wants to join the team. I would like to see him move up, but I hate that him and Stevenson didn't get in the ring together. Seems like Kov just admitted that Ward is better than him.

Ward is better than him

but they were the first comments from Kovalev that did not sound like excuses

I think he is 100% correct

sounds to me like he wants to be better than Ward, so that he can beat Ward..... possibly at cruiser

he obviously needs a new trainer

I think this is positive

[aboutfkntime]

An admission from kova that ward is a better fighter

a guy who refused to admit that, would never be able to fix it

Kovalev is on the right track

[aboutfkntime]

those comments sound a lot better than they did after the first fight

how were they ever going to improve, and make the necessary adjustments, without admitting what went wrong?

[rrayvez]

Sometimes a fighter needs that kind of reality check to recognize they need a better trainer or need to actually listen to a trainer. Reminds of what happened with cotto. He basically trained himself for yrs but once he stepped in with pac, he realized how outgunned he was strategically vs a fighter that he should've been much more competitive with. That's when he hired steward, and so forth. Maybe Kovalev has come to the same conclusion.

[HarvardBlue]

Kovalev can erase this set back if he stays at 175 and beats Stevenson or even Beterbiev. There's some stiff competition at CW especially if Ward moves up. It looks like Kovalev is over analyzing this loss. He's good enough to beat most LHWs but Ward is a different fighter. I doubt even Hunter could help him with that.

[BrometheusBob.]

It's amusing that this is happening because, from the Kova fans' comments after the fight, you'd think nothing went wrong for Kovalev other than Ward going below the belt on the last punch.

But yet here is Kovalev talking a new trainer, a new weight class etc etc.

[parrish duke]

I don't know which fight you where watching, but the one I saw and have seen several times, Kovalev was the aggressor the whole fight and HE was winning the fight, if Kovalev stopped trowing punches Ward would give him a break, also, some of the body punches where low, go and watch the fight and you will see, Kovalev was fading but ward was also breathing trough his mouth, Kovalev didn't stop in any of the rounds being the aggressor and that last round was the one that changed the tide, still Ward made a heck of a fight aside from the dirty tactics he used, that he didn't need to, he fought beautifully, the KO would have come later but would have come even if he didn't use his dirty tactics, what I don't understand is if Kovalev was getting hit low, why he didn't try to do the same, I would have power punched his balls to get the respect needed, still Tony Weeks robbed Ward of a fantastic ending and that's what bothers most the boxing community and there will always be that * on both fights, not because Ward would have KO Kova, but we didn't get to see it happen and because we didn't see it happen because Weeks"peeleft: on us all, there will always be that debate.

Only for you there will be that debate! Kovalev did not mention low blows, dirty tactics, nothing. He admitted defeat and a desire to get better and be a better fighter than Ward even to go as far as to entertain Virgil Hunter training him - stop being delusional, he is a human, not Drago - he lost 2 times to Ward, its official....