An interview with Sergey Kovalev

i am a fan of kovalev , I was rooting for him to win and I’m happy he won , but he’s an idiot , why would you **** on your previous trainers after winning one fight ?

 

Post-fight interviews in English of non-native English speaking fighters never do them justice. You are often left with the impression that they aren't that sharp. When, in fact, you realize when you read a translated interview like this that they are very sharp.

 

Let's not forget Jackson said he was a racist and even switched corners on him. He doesn't owe them anything. They were properly paid and maybe he is just being honest.

 

Didn't Sanchez, Turner, Jackson all talk **** about Kovalev as well?

 

it was a good interview. Yet out of all of it, the thing I noticed was his comment that Alex was not his friend but a good buddy. Meaning he sees friendship as something deeper than what Alex thought was a friend.

 

Well I agree with them, friendship is something special. I know I wouldn't hit a friend. In this country they take friendship lighter than somewhere else. One of the best friends I ever had was older than me by 11 years and from Taiwan, he has since passed away. But he taught me a lesson once in 1981. He was a mechanic and he was bleeding the breaks on a car and I was in the car pushing on the peddle when he said to and then he would let the air out of the line, something like that. It was a hot day we were both in a bad mood. This was a stick shift car,, and I told him teach me how to shift this..I think I was trying to get on his nerves by insisting when he was busy. He didn't want to, he had to get the work done, but I pushed it. I was 16,, so he said, put the clutch in then shift and release. I released it just all of a sudden and the car jumped probably 5-10 feet over his tool box and everything. He was so mad, and being young I got in his face like I wanted to fight him. He was so upset, he turned away and told me " go home. You are not my friend anymore" I had to apologize and all this and we shook hands saying we are friends all this stuff, but to him you don't get in your friends face ever. Sorry I rambled on that one. He was probably the best friends I ever had. No nonsense and honest. So it is good to see when people see friendship as important. Someone who will do anything for you. Within reason. Sorry I went off topic. I wont happen again anytime soon.