Name some 175s in history you would confidently pick to beat Kovalev

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  1. HerolGee

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    yes. I am not imperial
     
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    Not necessarily. Kovalev is alot rangier, taller and strong.

    Qawi was a nasty fighter for sure, very determined and tough. but he would have to dodge alot of bombs. his upperbody movement was very good, yeh damn he could hurt kovalev. But kovalev has good footwork, he does know to move back and can counter. Im not sure you want to be walking into them. He had an extra 20lbs for holyfield and an extra 50lbs for old foreman.
     
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    Kovalev gets hit by crude Pascal, I see no reason why Qawi wouldn't get to him. Qawi could also take a punch. I think Kovalev would take a beating from Qawi from what I have seen so far.
     
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    alot of these fighters get plaudits for moving up and going the distance or being pummelled by bigger men, surviving for a while. but ultimately losing.

    foster did it
    qawi did it
    jones did it
    toney did it

    Im pretty sure kovalev could hang with some of the top cruisers, beating a few, getting stopped by a few. at hw he would lose aswell, it wouldnt be complete wipeouts! kovalev is a little too cute for that.
     
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    I'd like to see Kovalev in with someone like James Scott before I start picking him over great light-heavyweights. I think Scott would have given him hell.
     
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    i think hopkins would give qawi hell. :deal

    qawi was a little predictable, hopkins would like a shorthouse coming towards him all night. he picks them fighters apart, and so clever to tie up.
     
  7. cslb

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    Are you serious? Hopkins wouldn't last five rounds with Qawi. Qawi would literally walk right through him. Stuff is starting to get pretty deep in here. Hopkins wins over the scrubs he faced at light-heavyweight don't mean he would be competitive against Qawi.
     
  8. Bulawayo

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    Bob Foster
    Micheal Spinks
    Archie Moore
    Ezzard Charles
    Joey Maxim
    Yvon Durelle
    Billy Conn
    Jose Torres
    Dwight muhammad Qawi
    Eddie mustafa Muhammad
    Yaqui Lopez
    Victor Galindez
    Micheal Moorer
    Gene Tunney
    Virgil Hill
     
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    :yep
     
  10. turnip

    turnip Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I must be stupid then !.so modern middle weights would beat hagler due to being more modern today's WWs would batter SRL .Holmes; foreman etc would all be beaten due to more modern methods. This boxing not football or athletics .perhaps you need to follow a different sport.
     
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    That's because you don't know shi.t
     
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    qawi would be countered to hell by hopkins. Hopkins kryptonite is speedsters, athletic guys with physical advantages. a short armed pressure fighter wouldnt have it easy with the trapsetter the crafty alien.
     
  13. teemy

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    Kovalev beats all these guys. I think you could even put two of them in there and Kovalev would demolition them. His technology is too fierce. He's not from some punk hood neighborhood, he is from a place that has no pity. There are no food stamps. None of these guys would last a second there or likely even have become boxers, they would have been food for the likes of kovalev.

    Kovalev by fatality.
     
  14. cslb

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    lol Okay. I am going to assume that you are now trolling me so I will let this nonsense go.
     
  15. Imperial1

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    Break it down how bout you list the guys that Kovalev beat that makes him worthy of sharing the ring with these guys who are more proven ? How bout you start there since you love hyping him up and comparing him to these legends :think