Gabriel Campillo Vs. Sergey Kovalev/Ronald Cruz Vs. Antwone Smith on next NBC card.

Kovalev is the truth, I've been a convert since his performance against Roman Simakov on the Provodnikov vs. Corley undercard. (although it was sadly overshadowed by the fact that Simakov died from injuries sustained in the process).

My only concern with him was his mentality going forward, because causing the death of an opponent has ****ed up the mind of many a boxer. He was shattered when it happened and tried to reach out to Simakov's family to apologize, spent several hours a day praying for Roman, contemplated retiring etc.

Fortunately he looked to have cleared some of his demons and gotten back into the swing in the Boone rematch. He didn't look as sharp as he had against Simakov, but a seven month layoff during which you're spending more time wrestling with guilt and grief than in the gym will do that. He still got the job done well inside the distance, in impressive fashion.

Lots of talent.

But then, Campillo is a h2h pest and a huge step up.

 

Yeah, even Kovalev himself stopped running around celebrating when he saw that big orange bag come out and took on a visible look of shock and concern.

That was ****ing scary to see live. You could almost tell already how it would turn out..

 

:good That's the trick with creating polls. You want to do it as late in the day as possible before the time the event will actually be. That way the day of the fight people aren't complaining that the poll cut off in the morning. Of course if the cutoff is too late people can vote on it during or after the fight.

It's a little restrictive, only being able to have the poll end at the exact time of day you made it on whatever day you choose. You should be able to set cutoff date and time. :conf

 

how do you think bellew would do against kovalev

 

antwone smith, I still like him despite his setbacks. he's a tough guy, a poor man's james toney, when james toney wasn't a disgrace.


what kind of fighter is kovalev? cruz?

 

I'll be rooting for Campillo and Smith. My predictions are Campillo and Cruz, however.

 

Rooting for Campillo for any particular reason, or just familiarity? :yep

 

It would be a WAR.

Bellew has the lower ceiling, though - if projections based on what we've seen of Kovalev prove correct.

 

I remember Kovalev began to establish his name at the time (there's a Sekbach interview of him at his american gym, before the Simakov fight). I thought he might stop boxing.

 

Campillo has been so ****ed up by judges that I think I'll never root against him.

 

Because, while I'm a T. Cloud fan, I thought Campillo fought well and won, so I'd hate to see him lose another winnable fight right after that.