Is Sergey Kovalev an ATG?

huge fan of the krusher but no

 

Yes he is. And so is Ward by the way.

 

I don't think either of them is a great fighter. Not what I would call a great. Kovalev lost at times when he should not have, and does not have the wins to be a great and Ward -does not have the wins. He is a hall of fame fighter, but not a great. What is the criteria for great? Top 250? Then maybe. When you look at great fighter lists even the top 75 are not great fighters and much better than Ward is..

 

Of course he is.

He was "the man" for many years, his nearest rival wouldn't fight him, and he's still a top dog in a division which has never been so stacked.

You'd also fancy his chances against a lot of top fighters from yesteryear @ LHW.

 

Can you? LHW is one of the deepest divisions ever. If he's squeezing in somewhere in that division its top 25

 

He is as is GGG, both legacies have been tarnished by corruption, GGG to a much larger extent.

If boxing was a fair sport, both guys would be undefeated as it stands. It seem Russian, Eastern European fighters always get ****ed over the most.

 

Name 24 better fighters at LHW than Kov...

 

My top 24, with Galindez at 25 and Kovalev at 26. For résumé.

1. Ezzard Charles
2. Archie Moore
3. Gene Tunney
4&5 Tommy Loughran
5&4. Maxie Rosenbloom
6. Micheal Spinks
7. Bob Foster
8. Philadelphia Jack O'Brian
9. Jimmy Bivins
10. Lloyd Marshall
11. Roy Jones Jr
12. Billy Conn
13. Tommy Gibbons
14. Harold Johnson
15. John Henry Lewis
16. Dariusz Michalczewski
17. Gus Lesnevich
18. Dwight Muhammad Qawi
19. Young Stribling
20. Jack Dillion
21. Mathew Saad Muhammad
22. Virgil Hill
23. Jimmy Slattery
24. Antonio Tarver

 

Without question

His accomplishments are incredible

He beat who many consider an ATG in Andre Ward in their first fight.

Then you look at the champions and legends he's dethroned how can anyone argue that he is not?

 

Well said and are my exact sentiments.

The cleverly beat down was one of my favourite fights considering most of Cleverly's fans throught he was fighting a nobody at that time and Kovalev ended up making Nathan look like the nobody with his effortless performance.

 

No. If he unifies the titles, we will revisit his career again. Right now he's a long distance from that finish line.

 

That depends on your standard for an all time great. I do think he has done enough to make the boxing hall of fame, not in his first try or as the class headliner, but eventually. You're correct, he won the first Ward fight.

Krusher isn't what he was, but might be able to score a big win before he hands them up. A fight with Canelo would be very interesting.

 

You have greats, all time greats and legends. Kov is a great fighter. Can he travel through time and beat the likes of Moore, Charles, Foster, or Spinks, Conn, Qawi, Saad Muhammad, prime Hop and Jones Jr and many others? I need more from Kovalev.

 

A very good post. Thumbs up!