Beterbiev vs Kovalev in their prime

I would take the Kovalev that demolished Cleverly in 4 to beat any Light Heavy of the last 10 years with Beterbiev being his stiffest test.

I just saw a man on a mission that night who exceeded the hype prior.

 

KRUSHER by decision!

 

This match up... oof. Beterbiev did beat Kovalev twice in the amateurs. That being said this is not the amateurs. I see Kovalev winning late in what could only be described as manbear versus tank.

 

Its easy to tie up Kovalev.

Beterbiev on the inside has insane strength (he ragdolled Gvodzyk to the floor THREE times outside of the 3 legit knock downs he scored) and he has crazy torque and power on his short punches.

I can see Kovalev being hurt and stopped.

We are talking about pre-alcoholic Kovalev, right?

The alcoholic version gets blitzed even quicker.

Sergei would turn into Pina Kovalev.

 

A prime Kovalev would Jab Beterbiev's head off.

 

Nah. There were Russian boxing fans that watched the amateur bout between Beterbiev and Kovalev when Beterbiev won by a point, and they said Kovalev was robbed.

 

I’d like to pick kovalev because he does have the better boxing skill, but Beterbiev is very good technically and has dangerous power. Might not end well for kovalev who’s pretty chinny

 

Beterbiev is the biggest "What if" right now.

He's probably past his best already and he's only had two victories of note.

God only knows how good he really was.

 

You must be trolling here, the only explanation.

Almost every P4P ranked fighter of the past decade has a better victory than Beterbiev.

 

So your point is what exactly... that Russian boxing fans disagreed with judges? Does that mean anything? I was unaware that for amateur record keeping, fans had to agree. Does this count for Olympic record keeping as well? Someone needs to find Roy Jones Jr then and give him a gold metal.

Regardless, The official record states Beterbiev beat Kovalev twice in the amateurs. Kovalev would most likely beat Beterbiev prime for prime in his toughest bout.

 

Exactly, if Kov couldn't handle Ward's rough housing, AB pimps Kovalev out. Kov still has nightmares of what Ward did to him and his career.

 

He's always been the real deal. Beterbiev and his team have had issues with his activity for years unfortunately (like many very talented fighters). You're completely right, he's definitely the biggest "what if".