Originally posted by Pac=Duran
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True or false: Sergey Kovalev could hold his own against any Light heavy in history?
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I don't even think he beats a prime Chad Dawson, let alone top light heavweights in history such as Michael Spinks, Bob Foster, RJJ, Archie Moore, Bernard Hopkins in his prime, etc. He hits hard but he doesn't have the best defense and his chin is suspect, I mean got knocked down by Blake Caparello.
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False. False. False. It's too early to tell. I am a huge SK fan but that's pushing it. Evander Holyfield, Michael Moore, Ezzard Charles, Dwight Muhammad Qwali, and Michael Spinks would all beat him at this point. He is going to KO Pascal AGAIN. Then it's on to Ward or Stevenson. I think he has a good chance to beat both, especially Stevenson! Ward is a 60/40 fight in his favor. We have to see how Ward handles 175lbs. He's one of my favorite in boxing today but let's not get too far ahead.
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We just can't say. Utterly pointless trying to compare fighters from different eras. My personal take is that the elite guys from any era could probably hang together, but there's those that'll tell you boxers from the past were incomparably better (or, some folks will say, worse) than those of today.
Yeah. I don't see any reason to think Kovalev wouldn't be a least a threat to any light heavy of the past. I challenge anyone to prove otherwise....
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What will the people who think he can hold his own against anyone say if Ward dominates him, that he was shot?
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Originally posted by Boxingwizard View PostI don't even think he beats a prime Chad Dawson, let alone top light heavweights in history such as Michael Spinks, Bob Foster, RJJ, Archie Moore, Bernard Hopkins in his prime, etc. He hits hard but he doesn't have the best defense and his chin is suspect, I mean got knocked down by Blake Caparello.
Just like the HW division, the LHWs are traditionally American so it hurts too much to admit a foreigner could compete with them.
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Most definitely!
The guy has proven himself to be THE GUY of his generation, with the possible exception of Stevenson and has not only beaten all comers but shown himself to be a level above. Of course, he isn't such a good fighter on the back foot and superior light heavies such as Spinks and Foster would really make him work hard but in terms of holding his own, he'd do it against just about anybody.
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