Comments Thread For: Sullivan Barrera To Be Offered The Option of Kovalev or Bivol

[aboutfkntime]

why must Barrera get dropped before he switches up his A-game?

good luck with that gameplan against Kovalev

[MaksBox]

Barrera is a solid B level. He has the basics but not at all impressive, especially sine he was kd by nobodies with power.

He will not get up from a kovalev kd

[HarvardBlue]

Both fights are winnable but I would think Bivol would be easier. It is a hard choice to have to make. Fighting a guy coming off a tough loss who's hungry to make it back to the top. Or fighting a young, strong boxer that's hungry to make it to the top. Barrera seem to be a bump in the road for these two.

[Lester Tutor]

Duva will choose Bivol for Barrera. Gives Main Events more control to have 2 Champions to get to Stevenson and TRY to get that fight. Duva wants the WBC for Kovalev.

Some wanker here believes Duva promotes Bivol. That ho ain’t doing any revenue gains for another promoter as a favor when she’s just getting a percentage

[Shadoww702]

Awesome all around... and good for Barrera who can now stop complaining about the lack of a title shot.

Unfortunately, not sure his best course.

The easier fight of course is Bivol... But... after seeing Barrera have a challenge with Valera... who in real life is likely in his 40s... I think Barrera would have his hands full with Bivol.

With Krusher... I don't believe he is ready.... watching both fight back to back... Barrera is far slower and would be a punching bag for Kovalev.

In either case, a loss to either would be horrible for his career.

A loss to Kovalev, who is arguably THE best LHW at the moment he may bounce back from.
A loss to Bivol? Career ender I am afraid.

Haha I thought the same thing! No FKN WAY is he 29 YEARS old. Dude looks over 40 years.

[Shadoww702]

NOT.SO.QUICK.!!

He was also supposed to be knocked out by Joe Smith and Shabaransky.

We know how both worked out.

The man has only ONE L on his record against the same guy who made the "Krusher" quit!!

As long as he is not LOW balled again I believe he matches well with either fighter.

Are you comparing those bums to Kovalov???

Kovalov will knock him out he has like zero D. Kovalov hits him like when he got dropped fights gonna be over.

[Shadoww702]

why must Barrera get dropped before he switches up his A-game?

good luck with that gameplan against Kovalev

Yeah he gets hit way to cleanly to beat Kovalov.

[Chrismart]

I think he will go with Bivol.
I'd give him a better chance of winning that one than against Kov, but i'd pick Bivol to be honest.

[filup79]

Really hope it's Bivol-Barrera. That is a fight that could generate a new star (Bivol), plus it frees up Kovalev to take on bigger fish ASAP since he is already 34 and fans want to see what he has left before he gets even a second older. Whereas if Kovalev fights Barrera and wins, it doesn't create a new star at all, because Kovalev is already at that level. But for Bivol to do it, would bring someone new up to the level, and offer something new to boxing fans. Not that beating Barrera impressively would prove absolutely nothing for Kovalev, but it wouldn't prove nearly as much as if Bivol beat him.

Plus, for Kovalev-Beterbiev to happen in March, Kovalev-Barrera can't happen in March. That's the real issue here.

Kovalev-Beterbiev
Bivol-Barrera

Doubleheader. March. Make it happen boxing. Hopefully Stevenson will fight one winner, and Jack fight the other winner, and then the winners of that can fight. Make it happen boxing. I know you won't let me down and overmarinate everything until Kovalev reaches the second decline of his career before making the good fights. Boxing would never do something like that! Ahem Canelo ahem Floyd ahem Ward ahem Stevenson.

I hope that's what we get, although I could settle for Kovalev-Jack instead of Beterbiev for the March fight, which would make the Beterbiev fight perfect for July.

Beterbiev/Kovalev isn't going to happen since Beterviev is pretty much going to be an ESPN fighter with Arum. Kovalev is stuck with fighting HBO fighters and his management is too ****** to allow him to make good money else where. Pretty sure he could make more money fighting Stevenson and Jack on Showtime. Kovalev just fought in a small theater in front of 3k people for peanuts.

[slimPickings]

Are you comparing those bums to Kovalov???

Kovalov will knock him out he has like zero D. Kovalov hits him like when he got dropped fights gonna be over.

Valera is not a BUM . No he is no Kov by any stretch but he is no bum. The guy can fight and can ****.

Shabaransky has virtually NO D. Blocks punches with his face. Taylor made for a puncher like Kov.

Barrera is different beast altogether.

Does he have what it takes to beat Kov. ? I think so.
Will he be able to do it. It remains to be seen.

Count me as one who is not dismissing Barrera's chances as glibly as most.

My guess is it will be a lot more competitive than most will admit with the outcome not being a foregone conclusion.