Sergey Kovalev vs. Sullivan Barrera

[Banko Villas]

How do you see this going? Barrera is obviously taller, faster and more skilled, so the logical outcome is that he stops Kovalev late. But Kovalev DOES pack a dangerous punch, so honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Kovalev managed to land a gamechanger at one point. I feel 80% sure that Barrera bullies him to a late stoppage or a unanimous decision.

[DuckAdonis]

> Barrera is obviously taller, faster and more skilled

According to who ? Last time i checked Kovalev arguably won the first fight with Ward by boxing great and Barrera got absolutely schooled barely winning a round... hmmm

[Thraxox]

How do you see this going? Barrera is obviously taller, faster and more skilled, so the logical outcome is that he stops Kovalev late. But Kovalev DOES pack a dangerous punch, so honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Kovalev managed to land a gamechanger at one point. I feel 80% sure that Barrera bullies him to a late stoppage or a unanimous decision.

You should stop talking.

[Banko Villas]

You people should be careful with your attitudes. Any true boxing fan saw Ward winning cleanly 2 times in a row and any true boxing fan knows that Barrera is a VERY significant threat to Kovalev. There has been talks that they could face each other soon. I doubt Kovalev wants that, but if it happens, then mark my words, there's a good chance your boy is getting spanked again. Barrera is aaall wrong for Kovalev... He got much better handspeed and if you can't see that, then try again. Kovalev is all power and no skills. He was tripping over his own feet as he chased Pascal around the ring, he left himself wide open to be Ward's first KO victim in years and generally, he just looks very clumpsy when fighting. He couldn't even finish an old shot Bernard Hopkins in 12 rounds, there's no excuse for that, except a lack of skills (at least in Kovalev's case, due to his massive power).

[Madison Boxing]

deary me....

[DuckAdonis]

You people should be careful with your attitudes. Any true boxing fan saw Ward winning cleanly 2 times in a row and any true boxing fan knows that Barrera is a VERY significant threat to Kovalev. There has been talks that they could face each other soon. I doubt Kovalev wants that, but if it happens, then mark my words, there's a good chance your boy is getting spanked again. Barrera is aaall wrong for Kovalev... He got much better handspeed and if you can't see that, then try again. Kovalev is all power and no skills. He was tripping over his own feet as he chased Pascal around the ring, he left himself wide open to be Ward's first KO victim in years and generally, he just looks very clumpsy when fighting. He couldn't even finish an old shot Bernard Hopkins in 12 rounds, there's no excuse for that, except a lack of skills (at least in Kovalev's case, due to his massive power).

Wtf are you talking about man ? Like 70% of Boxing analysts saw Kovalev winning that fight lmfao... but he is less skilled than a dude who hardly won a round vs Ward ? Are you ****** or what ?? He's a better boxer than you think, who else has ever put on a good boxing performance like that vs the then #1 p4p Andre Ward ? No one that is...

[Sun_Tzu]

Lol..........

[Banko Villas]

Wtf are you talking about man ? Like 70% of Boxing analysts saw Kovalev winning that fight lmfao... but he is less skilled than a dude who hardly won a round vs Ward ? Are you ****** or what ??

You have to put things into perspective. Kovalev landed a lucky shot on Ward during their first fight and he hits very hard, Ward was not the same for the rest of the match (still clearly won, IMO). During the rematch, Ward was more careful with his defense and made easy work of it all.

As I said... Kovalev tripped over his own feet while chasing Pascal around the ring, despite his power he couldn't penetrate an old shot slow Hopkins' defense, he is the only guy in years to be stopped by the low-powered Ward. Those are facts you can't ignore. He generally fights like a caveman and that fact won't disappear, just because he managed to shock Ward during 1 fight.

[DuckAdonis]

You should stop talking.

You have to put things into perspective. Kovalev landed a lucky shot on Ward during their first fight and he hits very hard, Ward was not the same for the rest of the match (still clearly won, IMO). During the rematch, Ward was more careful with his defense and made easy work of it all.

As I said... Kovalev tripped over his own feet while chasing Pascal around the ring, despite his power he couldn't penetrate an old shot slow Hopkins' defense, he is the only guy in years to be stopped by the low-powered Ward. Those are facts you can't ignore. He generally fights like a caveman and that fact won't disappear, just because he managed to shock Ward during 1 fight.

Lol "Lucky Shot"... he got set up perfectly by a counter from Kovalev who already saw what ward was gonna do... stop with the fantasies bro you dont know jack **** about boxing. The rematch was about even until Kovalevs vodka body gave up, his skills were still there. Im not saying Barrera doesn't have a chance of beating him but if Kovalev is still the same Barrera will probably get stopped.

[JRB123]

Barrera leaves himself open for hooks, though...Kovalev could drop him

Valera got him with a good shot in that first round