Better fighter, Maidana or Kovalev?

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  1. Scrap21

    Scrap21 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kovalev is definitely a better fighter he just doesn't have the opponents at his division that can elevate his status. Maidana is a just a bar room brawler with balls which is sometimes all you need to win fights.
     
    Scrap21, Oct 24, 2014
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  2. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    And he backed it up:good:hey

    :smoke
     
    Bustajay, Oct 24, 2014
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  3. Monogamous STD

    Monogamous STD Ya know, Quasimoto predicted all this. Full Member

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    To repeat: THIS IS NOT ABOUT WHO IS MORE ACCOMPLISHED AND HAD THE BETTER CAREER SO FAR. THIS IS ABOUT WHO YOU PERSONALLY THINK IS A BETTER FIGHTER.

    I made this very clear. Let me repeat this one more time for the slow guys:

    THIS THREAD IS ABOUT WHICH FIGHTER YOU PERSONALLY THINK IS BEST, REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU THINK DID MORE OR FOUGHT BETTER FIGHTERS. THIS IS YOUR BEST GUESS, ASSESSING WHAT YOU'VE SEEN THEM DO.

    Thank you.
     
    Monogamous STD, Oct 25, 2014
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  4. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    This has to be a joke it's easily Kovalev Maidana is a crude brawler !
     
    Imperial1, Oct 25, 2014
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  5. VG_Addict

    VG_Addict Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think Kovalev is more skilled.
     
    VG_Addict, Oct 25, 2014
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  6. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ

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    if you're going resume wise, but surely Kova is the better fighter. More composed, more accurate and P4P a harder puncher for me. And if you wanna go up the 'fighter scale', he would land on Floydweather and land him if you catch my drift. :bart
     
    Robney, Oct 25, 2014
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  7. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    Don't get caught up in the 47/0 hype
    I value a boxer who has faced the darkness and bitter sweetness of defeat once they come back and keep rolling.

    Both guys are a beast but I have always been a fan of Maidana, even in defeat.
    Hell he pulled his ass up in round 1 from two deadly body shots from Khan and IMO still should have been given a draw or the W:good

    The Russian has not fully been tested.

    :smoke
     
    Bustajay, Oct 25, 2014
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  8. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    Maidana
    Still at times sloppy but not so compacted as the Russian:hey
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    Bustajay, Oct 25, 2014
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  9. Tancred

    Tancred Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kovalev
     
    Tancred, Oct 25, 2014
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  10. Monogamous STD

    Monogamous STD Ya know, Quasimoto predicted all this. Full Member

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    Pimp C, aren't you the one who thinks Kovalev is only a "basic fighter"? If so, I think you're way off on that tbh. I think Kovalev's arsenal is one of the most hard to predict, varied arsenals of all the offensive fighters today. Nothing basic about that half of his game to me.
     
    Monogamous STD, Oct 25, 2014
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  11. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    After Hopkins unleashes a masterclass on Kovalev, everyone will be saying Maidana, but it's probably about even.

    :smoke
     
    Rumsfeld, Oct 25, 2014
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  12. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    But didn't Hopkins himself teach that move to SNV during their secret sparring sessions pre-911 when Hopkins was preparing for Trinidad? Or was it SNV who taught B-Hops that move? :huh
     
    Rumsfeld, Oct 25, 2014
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  13. plank46

    plank46 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    most of the brits on here are as anti russian as anyone.
     
    plank46, Oct 25, 2014
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  14. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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  15. Scar

    Scar VIP Member

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    Easily Maidana because he's more proven. We will find out how good Kovalev really is in two weeks.
     
    Scar, Oct 26, 2014
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