First Kovalev, now Chocolatito

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  1. Boxingfan200

    Boxingfan200 USYK #1 P4P banned Full Member

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  2. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Gonzales is a 4 division weight champ, you can't compare him to Kov.
     
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  3. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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  4. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kovalev was a hype job and Chocolatito was simply too small. GGG is no hype job nor is he too small. Case closed.
     
  5. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Excellent use of West Coast ebonics there.
     
  6. JacobEr

    JacobEr Member Full Member

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    I don't think so, Kovalev and Golovkin are different boxers and people in general. I've read Kovalev's book "On the Edge". Where he wrote about his life, especially crime life in Russia, he was a "not big" street criminal. Even when he came to US, he didn't leave his criminal habits, in Stub Hub Arena he took Iphone which that someone had forgotten near the metal detector. And then he was arrested after he turned on the Iphone at home.
     
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  7. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Dude won both fights.

    The judges took the first fight from him and the ref took the second.

    After seven rounds, Kov led 5-2.

    Anything after rd 7 was a $hitshow as far as the rules go.
     
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  8. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    I honestly dont remember even typing that :D
     
  9. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    it proves everyone is beatable..
     
  10. khaosai galaxi

    khaosai galaxi Superbad Full Member

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    Nah, the worse it can get is like Pac Horn. A win but rob by the judges.
     
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  11. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Kovalev was never as good as Gonzalez
     
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  12. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Kovalev was soundly beaten twice, by the best fighter in the world, and a guy who he was never as good as.

    Choco was upset. Most elite fighters end up slipping, and losing towards the end of their careers.

    Two completely separate situations.
     
  13. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well it happened, as expected. Thankfully they didn't completely rob GGG by giving the decision to Canelo.
    Now I can only imagine what the rematch will be like since Golovkin won't have that same mental stress that Kovalev and Chocolatito succumbed to when they "lost" the first fight. Hopefully Golovkin doesn't fall into the same trap if the rematch happens.
     
  14. Phelps-Brady

    Phelps-Brady Slicker than Raspberry ripple banned Full Member

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    Down goes Rigondeaux...