:good and dont forget the fight with a Prime Robin Reid, was amazing the shots he took too, Calzaghe was a fabulous fighter
Calzaghe would be in and out punching him before he knew what was what, he would just do as he did with lacy, eassy fight for JOe Froch would beat Kov. Froch has one of the best chins in boxing, wonder if kov could take his bombs
Now that's a fight I'd like to see but I think Kov punches harder than Kessler or Taylor and Froch was troubled by their power. What did Kov weigh on fight night v Clev btw? Anyone know? I missed that.
Firstly i do rate Kovalev and certainly do not think Cleverley is a bum, i commend the man for taking a risk and fighting the best. Isn't this what we all demand as fans yet as soon as it happens and they lose we call them bums/over hyped etc?!!! Calzaghe would make easy work of Kovalev even at 175. Yes he has great power but he was blowing out of his arse after 3 rounds. Calzaghe would have picked him apart and Joe would not have been hit as clean as cleverley was.Joe just doesn't stay in the same place long enough to be hit.Kovalev puts his shots together well but he doesn't have the speed or the smarts to think about competing on the level of Joe. Cleverley seemed disheartened after tasting the power, he should have kept him at range and waited for an opening yet he crumbled and was there to be hit. Show boating and dropping his guard was an awful decision. Clev can come back from this but a Kovalev rematch doesn't seem likely nor the fight with Hopkins.
Joke thread? Kovalev has 2 notable wins in my opinion, Cleverly and Campillo. Do you think either of those 2 fighters were at the same level of many of the fighters Calzaghe beat? I dont. Kovalev can obviously punch but prime Calzaghe had a sound chin and beat far more accomplished fighters
Froch and all the others won't take Kovalev's power. When will people get it into their heads that he hits so hard and so many times, fighters cannot physically take it. He has the size, technique, footwork and boxing skills to deliver the power almost effortlessly too. :happy
total bollocks mate, he was gassing, Clev fought the wrong fight or was not good enough, Froch would have not gone down from those shots, and would have stepped it up after, and have finished him off, as for Calzaghe well.... would have been another Lacy
Would have boxed rings around Kovalev. I don't think he'd be stupid enough to go toe to toe with him like he did Byron Mitchell for example.
Joe was down once against Mitchell, once against Salem, once against Hopkins, and the bogus forearm one against Jones. All those KDs were from right hands. Eubank was in training to fight on the same bill as Joe, against Mark Prince. He was in very good shape for that fight.
