Comments Thread For: Kovalev's Promoter Reveals What Caused Losses To Ward, Alvarez

[Noelanthony]

yup, he's a pack a day guy too

Arrogant, a poor trainer and a terrible lifestyle

he put himself in the position he's in now, he could have put the first ward fight beyond doubt if he lived the life

nobody to blame but himself

Exactly...... His promoter has to say this nonsense to generate interest. His last fight was a fight he was supposed to win yet lost horribly.

[HarvardBlue]

You might over train for one fight. You don't overtrain for 3 fights you happen to lose. Unless he has a medical condition to cause him to have poor stamina his problem seem to discipline. Also, Kovalev went 12 rounds with Chilemba and his stamina didn't seem to be a major factor. In fact he fought hard in the later rounds. Maybe Ward and Alvarez was simply better than him.

[apollocreed]

First we had a stream of excuses from the man himself, now they come from his promoter. Hope he get's KO'd again.

[Shadoww702]

Let’s hope he uses that as motivation because all I remember of the fight is that he got stopped

By a SHT ref. who was allowing his ba!!s to be punched up into his stomach ...

[jbpanama]

You might over train for one fight. You don't overtrain for 3 fights you happen to lose. Unless he has a medical condition to cause him to have poor stamina his problem seem to discipline. Also, Kovalev went 12 rounds with Chilemba and his stamina didn't seem to be a major factor. In fact he fought hard in the later rounds. Maybe Ward and Alvarez was simply better than him.

Not sure any of the top LH's can handle this version of Alverez...

[Loque-san]

Well-rested Kovalev is undefeated.

[Marvlus Marv]

Kov's a proper hard basturd and a highly skilled fighter no doubt about it, but his biggest flaw is his inability to learn from his mistakes. You can see his demeanor change after a 5/6 rounds when his guy is still there in front of him throwing back. It was evident in the 2nd half of the 1st Ward fight that he has trouble processing not annihilating guys. I really hope he reflects on those defeats and comes back an improved all round fighter. Still one of my faves.

[megas30]

Kathy Duva, promoter for former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, believes her boxer's issues with stamina is now a thing of the past. Kovalev (32-3-1, 28 KOs) was at one-time regarded as one of the most feared fighters in the sport. But in recent years, Kovalev has lost three of his last five fights - and two of those defeats have been by knockout.
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Bull. Since Meldonium has been banned plenty of these Eastern European/Eurasian fighters, especially the bigger ones seem to lose a step. From the Klits all the way down to GGG.

[MDPopescu]

... "Reveals What Caused Losses"...
... though, Kovalev said it was vodka...

[Guy3008]

Could be. Or maybe the KO losses put a dent in his chin, stamina and confidence.

I remember how he handled and stopped a very game and durable Pascal twice. Why couldn't he do the same to Alvarez? Probably because he was then undefeated and full of confidence till the KO loss to ward...

You might over train for one fight. You don't overtrain for 3 fights you happen to lose. Unless he has a medical condition to cause him to have poor stamina his problem seem to discipline. Also, Kovalev went 12 rounds with Chilemba and his stamina didn't seem to be a major factor. In fact he fought hard in the later rounds. Maybe Ward and Alvarez was simply better than him.