Could Kova win a HW Title one day???

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  1. Benitom3

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    Kovalev ko 2 Burger King
     
    Benitom3, Nov 5, 2015
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  2. Robney

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    This isn't the 90's anymore, so he can beat the #1 HW. But he could pull a RJJ and pick a weak one once the belts are shattered post Klitschko era.
     
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    No way
     
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    Not more likely than Kathy Duva winning a HW title. Then again if WBA outsources their belt production to China and increases its output from 6 belts per division to 100, anything can happen.
     
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  5. madballster

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    How do you know that? Have you ever seen Povetkin at LHW? We have no idea who well Kovalevs power and chin will do at 210-220 lbs.
     
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  6. Deslizer

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    Chris Byrd got a Heavyweight Title ... and he was a middleweight and super welterweight as amateur.

    Roy Jones got a title, too.

    Spinks gone from 175 to 200lb and dethroned Larry Holmes


    Kovalev would be a smaller heavyweight than Tomasz Adamek or Chris Byrd.
    But with a bit luck, he could capture a HW title. But it would be very difficult against a 230lb-or-more-guy (Klitschko, Fury, Pulev etc.)
     
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  7. Rock0052

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    He's gonna need a helluva lot of juice and opportunistic match making to pull that off.
     
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  8. Ivo

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    Kovalev is a small light heavyweight. He should stick to175. A lot of good fights could be made there.
     
    Ivo, Nov 6, 2015
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    Too short and his power wouldn't transfer.
     
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    If there will be a weak HW Champ like Tyson Fury in the past Klitschko era i think he could!
     
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    Byrd is underrated, had exteremly high ring IQ, Kolaev doesn't. Kovalev can't win a heavyweight title.
     
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    No
     
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  13. dinovelvet

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    He woulda beat the Byrd that Wlad beat when he became champ.

    Unknown 175 pounder Shaun George battered Byrd not long after ffs.

    Hell , even Cleverly would have beaten that Byrd.
     
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  14. Baba Duke

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    Seriously
    Nothing happened to Byrd physically
    No two division weight drop suddenly
     
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  15. Rock0052

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    There was no beating

    That pushed him into the gorge

    No Wlad jabs, hooks, or right hands he'd been eating

    Before he faced Mr. George
     
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