Kovalev’s next fight at cruiserweight

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

DAZN have him for 2 fights. Apparently the first fight is on the undercard of Teixeira vs Castano. Then get prepared for the very real possibility of Kovalev vs Okolie

Yikes! 😬 I could actually see that being PPV over here...

[Boxing Goat]

Just read that Sergey Kovalev’s next fight will be at cruiserweight
Honestly speaking , I’m thinking he should retire before being severely hurt
Imo , he is a shot fighter , decreasing as the days go by

You guys think this will actually extend his career or don’t see much coming out of this
Can this be Buddy’s way to get a few more fights out of Kovi ?

He's not shot he was just paid very well to not KO Canelo

[Rayzah]

I think he should he should retire....his advantage at light heavy was his size at cruiser he wont have that.

Lets just remember that going from Light Heavy to cruiser weight is the biggest weight jump in boxing....25lbs.

[tritium_arma]

He's too big for LHW but too small for cruiser. Will probably face some bum and sail off into the sunset.

[OnePunch]

Except on Twitter it was stated that it came from the coaching staff...

could be. I dont know either way. I read from someone (was only half paying attention) that said they talked to Mcgirt and he said it wasnt true.

Time will tell.......

[boliodogs]

He has a weak chin now so fighting much bigger harder punching men is a bad idea. Retiring would be a good idea. He will probably be KOed by the first good cruiserweight he fights if he really does fight at 200 pounds.

[MulaKO]

He's not shot he was just paid very well to not KO Canelo

Don’t make no fughin sense
He’d make more money by having two or three fights against Canelo
Kovi is done , why do you think he’s moving up to cruiserweight , just trying to extend his career

[Boxing Goat]

Don’t make no fughin sense
He’d make more money by having two or three fights against Canelo
Kovi is done , why do you think he’s moving up to cruiserweight , just trying to extend his career

Canelo's camp would not have fought him just to take a loss, duh

[Thuglife Nelo]

Kovalev should’ve been a Cruiser 5 years ago. In order to campaign at 175 he said to sacrifice lifting or other diets. He was just able enough thud a lot of guys because he’s naturally a Cruiser. If anybody has ever seen Kova the heaviest he walks around 210lbs easily. He will now be more comfortable at Cruiser. Adding more mass means he can take shots better.

Take Bellew for example. Nobody ever jokes that he too couldn’t take punches, but for Kovalev people did. Bellew wasn’t that slow at Cruiser. At Heavy yes, but expect the Krusher to be as fast as Bellew was against Usyk.

It should actually be an turn of events. At least Kovalev stepping up unlike Kazakh Thunder...

[MDPopescu]

Not so sure about it
I think it’s a desperate attempt to prolong his career

Hearn signed him... (His career ended already...)