Who Has The More Impressive Resume? Sergey Kovalev, Carl Froch Or Mikkel Kessler?

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Who Has The More Impressive Resume? Sergey Kovalev, Carl Froch Or Mikkel Kessler?

Poll closed Mar 5, 2020.

  1. Sergey Alexandrovich Kovalev

    22 vote(s)
    40.7%

  2. Carl Martin Froch

    29 vote(s)
    53.7%

  3. Mikkel Kessler

    3 vote(s)
    5.6%
Multiple votes are allowed.
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  1. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Nice posts CST.

    ...

    For me personally,

    1. Froch
    2. Kova
    3. Kessler
     
    kirk, Aug 28, 2019
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  2. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Struggling a bit to take it in but for me Kovalev - like Calzaghe - was a better boxer but Carl had a superior resume
     
    Beouche, Aug 28, 2019
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  3. anjawnaymiz

    anjawnaymiz Can we get Ivan Dychko some momentum Full Member

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    Am I blind? You haven’t mentioned Kovalev beating cleverly, Hopkins or pascal???

    Also the first Kessler froch fight, Carl had to fly out on the day of the fight due to some smoke in the sky that affected flights that weekend so it wasn’t ideal
     
    anjawnaymiz, Aug 28, 2019
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  4. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    You must be.:lol: Yeah I mention them towards the bottom of the first post of the two.
     
    CST80, Aug 28, 2019
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Mull it over awhile longer.:D
     
    CST80, Aug 28, 2019
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  6. kirk

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    1. I couldn't care less about Ward in this specific discussion.

    2. Citing opinionated fantasy head to head results as a basis of rating is a far more inferior method of rating than using resumes.
     
    kirk, Aug 28, 2019
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  7. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Kessler is arguably the best looking boxer of all time so Kessler>>Kovalev>>Froch but Froch has the best looking wife

    Kessler like both Kovalev and Froch was a fearless road warrior (aka a real man) who would travel to his opponent's backyards where everything was stacked in their favour at the drop of a hat time and time again. Have gloves will travel deck-stacking female dog diva free zone.

    In addition to being a great fighter, a scholar and a gent both in and out of the ring, arguably the most handsome boxer of all times and a granite-jawed fearless road warrior, Kessler also has the coolest tatts of any fighter in history. Kovalev and Froch, however, inexplicably somehow managed to pull off being totally badass despite not having a single tatt adorning their bodies which is almost unheard of.
     
    Serge, Aug 28, 2019
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  8. kirk

    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    You know what... I change my mind. It goes against my initial reaction but after second thought, I do rate Kova higher.
     
    kirk, Aug 28, 2019
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  9. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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  10. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Froch promised Pascal he'd give him a rematch (in his backyard of Canada IIRC) but unlike Kessler he reneged on his word) and we must hold that against him. Kovalev fought the titanium-jawed Pascal twice over in Canada and he beat the soul out of him in the first fight (and indeed in the rematch albeit both fights were competitive) whereas Froch vs Pascal was mighty close (what a fight!).
     
    Serge, Aug 28, 2019
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Serge, Aug 28, 2019
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  12. Dance84

    Dance84 Unicorn and seastar land Full Member

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    Damn Kessler is one good looking dude.....mmm
     
    Dance84, Aug 28, 2019
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  13. Leoh

    Leoh Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kovalev's win against 50 year old Bhop is 9/10 while Froch shutting out a towards the end of his prime Arthur Abraham is 5/10?

    That just doesn't sound right.
     
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    Leoh, Aug 28, 2019
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  14. yeyo monster

    yeyo monster Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kessler! Overall he impressed me more than froch and he his style was more
     
    yeyo monster, Aug 28, 2019
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  15. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh!

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    Kovalev. Don't even need to think about it. Wins aside the way in which he beat his opposition gives him an edge. Froch going life and death with almost every other half decent opponent he faced hurts him here big time even then his resume isn't what some make it out to be. Kessler lived In the shadow of two great SMWS in Calzaghe and Ward(although the latter disgracefully headbutted him and should have been DQ'd) Hes easily the #2 here greatness wise but his resume is certainly lacking when stacked to Krusher and the Cobra.
     
    UnleashtheFURY, Aug 28, 2019
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