How Would Andre Ward's Opponents In Their Prime Fare Against Sergey Kovalev At 175?

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  1. Capt

    Capt Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I believe Kovalev destroys all. Froch and Kessler would have be exciting for however long it lasted.
     
    Capt, Sep 29, 2015
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  2. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Kovalev loses to Rodriguez, Kessler, Froch, Abraham, Bika, Smith, and Pudwill.

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    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    And he beats all those guys except Bute.

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  4. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    horribly, since most of them are career SMW's
     
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  5. Capt

    Capt Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ya because he gets DQ'ed for attempted murder. :lol:
     
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  6. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    :rofl
     
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  7. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    Here I thought according to many of you Ward would school Kovalev, well in theory shouldn't some of Ward's biggest wins have a shot at toppling the Krusher too.:conf
     
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  8. Winky Wright

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    Triangle theory doesn't work. Just because Kovalev might beat these opponents in a more convincing manner doesn't mean anything. Also you must remember that Kovalev is a full 175lber, Ward is a small 175lber if he was to fight there full on. You cannot compare the two's opponents against each other. Ward fought 168lbers so it would be unfair to bring Froch and Kessler hypothetically to 175 where they'd be less effective for obvious reasons.
     
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  9. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    Most of these fighters could easily make 175 and possibly have a degree of success there, after all Stevenson the lineal Champion is a blown up SMW. And of course triangle theories don't always work but they do provide a small amount of circumstantial evidence as to how a potential match may play out.
     
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  10. Doc Everlast

    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd would have to say that he beats all of them at the moment based on how Kovalev has looked in 2014-2015. Dawson and Green wouldn't last 4 rounds. Prime Tarver and Froch would give him a tough fight.
     
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  11. Winky Wright

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    Well bulking up 7 pounds is pretty easy but the consequences of it in a Boxing point of view can be huge. Yeah a very small amount of evidence of a potential match up. Nobody Ward has fought and beat fights anywhere like him and therefore could not be used by Kovalev as "preparation" for it so this exercise is pointless in my opinion. Hopkins is probably the closest guy to Ward at this weight area and even then, Ward and Hopkins are very very different fighters.
     
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    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Your joking right?
     
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    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Did Ward look fat or out of his division during the weigh in and the night of the fight against Paul Smith.
     
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  14. CST80

    CST80 The Hesitant Nihilist Staff Member

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    You're right Hopkins is the most similar to Ward on Kovalev's resume only he has a far better chin, and what were the scorecards again.... oh yeah that's right.....120-107 x 3, but since Ward is a little trickier than Hopkins I do think Ward might win 2 or 3 rounds off of Kovalev before being KTFO.
     
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  15. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    On the one hand Hopkin was 50

    On the other 50 year old B Hop has x100 the chin of Ward

    Not that it matters. Ward is cut from the Mayflower cloth and will avoid Sergey like the plague
     
    Beouche, Sep 29, 2015
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