It's Over For Kovalev. he's a first 6 round fighter. there's no coming back.

[HeadShots]

The only guys who last in this game are guys with supreme conditioning. Knocking guys out in the first 6 rounds is a young man's game.


So for example in a fight with Alvarez, with Kovalev's style he needed to win all first 6 rounds with KD's and KO's to win. The fact that he split those rounds with Eleider meant he was on his way to lose this fight regardless of what.


Eleider already said he sandbagging SK the first 6 rounds and won half those rounds. He was reserving his energy. That tells you where Kovalev's at.


He doesn't have that burst to get top guys outta there within the first 6 rounds anymore.

[bojangles1987]

His stamina has always been a question mark, but it looked alright against Ward the first time around. The rematch and now this fight, though, his stamina has fallen off a cliff. It was never great and now it's awful.

[HeadShots]

even i gave Ward the 2nd half of the fight. Ward has always been overrated. Without his homecourt(ref, judges, illegal) advantages, he would lose to guys like Kovalev and Froch.


However Ward did have good conditioning and that was enough to win the 2nd half of the first Kov fight. That is troubling.

[pillowfists98]

Stevenson is a great 6 round fighter too.Maybe now they can finally fight.

[Golden Boi 360]

I think it's simply a new era at 175. Out with the old in with the new.

[HeadShots]

Stevenson is a great 6 round fighter too.Maybe now they can finally fight.

no Stevenson can carry his power pretty late. He stopped Tony Bellew late

[pillowfists98]

no Stevenson can carry his power pretty late. He stopped Tony Bellew late

He knocked out Bellew in the 6th...