Atm it seems that Beterbiev is still having contract issues but TR has made a strong move to get him. It seems safe to assume that Beterbiev will end up with TR. I dont know much about Bivols inside game but i know that Beterbiev is limited. At least he hasn't shown much. Ive watched a lot of his fights(not that there are many) to see what he does on the inside and he does little to nothing.
right now I think bivol wins.. but the more time passes the advantage gets more for bivol.. kovalev is starting to slide abit I think..
Are you sure Kovalev is improved at this point? I'm not sure about it at all. Well, he doesn't drink vodka while training anymore — that's good.
Let’s not sleep on Kov He only lost to Ward once under very controversial circumstances. Bivol hasn’t been cracked by a Krusher shot yet!
Bivol kos the **** out of cry baby bully kova! We know this fight wont happen! Kovalev it going to fight another bum!
Kovalev is one of my favorite fighters and i was really upset after the first Ward fight and the robbery and especially after seeing all those people on forum trolling and saying that Ward won that.Honestly dont think that Kovalev will be the same fighter ever again after this. Also some really talented and younger fighters are coming up and Kovalev lost motivation and struggles to make weight for a while now and has crap promoter and changed coach.Dont really think that he can beat Bivol or Beterbiev anymore , hard to say about Stevenson because he fights once per year and is even older. Gvozdyk vs Kovalev i have to favour Kovalev because puncher vs Gvozdyk`s not so good chin its bad combination but wont happen as they are friends probably.
Man that would be an exciting fight. Of course I think Sergey would dominate but with Smith Jr’s power you never know.
I think his style is more of a cross between GGG and Mikey Garcia. He has solid fundamentals and works more on his defence than GGG. At the moment, I cannot see any weaknesses in him and due to that I see him beating Kovalev either a late TKO or UD. Kovalev doesn’t have the speed, stamina nor workrate to keep up.
How inconsistent boxing fans are. Kovalev was the greatest thing since slice bread not long ago. The most feared fighter since Iron mike. Fast forward two years and two fights with Ward and his fans are already jumping off his bandwagon. Now you know why some thee fighters are reluctant to take tough fights.
How is he shot? What punishment has he taken? Other than a few well placed body shots? He ate one perfect right hand from Ward that wobbled him. He’s perfectly fine and will silence the doubters when he puts a beating on Bivol!!
He learned to bend the body and slip the incoming shot in order to be in range for his counters, rather than use his legs to evade them, then go forward again. That was sapping his stamina big time against elite opposition.
Kovalev hasn't improved but a prime Kovalev probably would have ended Barrera within 3. Once Barrera got hurt it would have ended.