If you were a boxing trainer...

Michael Moorer & Michael Spinks wouldn't have to stand up & trade...They were big well schooled Light Heavyweights with enough reach to Keep Sergey out of the Picture :think

 

I think both him and GGG are in the same catagory, if either get beat it will be from being outboxed from a safe distance. Every shot they throw seems to have meat on it. I saw Martin Murray beginning to wither before the end of the 3rd and he is a monster. GGG didnt seem to of landed anything of note by that point but everything he threw hurt Murray. Same really for Kovalev and Cleverley. He did take some big shots that fight but the Welshman was really suffering from the jabs to head and chest alone.

 

Qawi would fight inside and make hamburger helper out of Kovalev.

 

Prime Hopkins would Pavlik Kovalev

 

Most 175 highly skilled fighters are blown up 168 & 160. It will take a solid tall big 175 Amateur experienced star to come & replicate Moorer or Spinks, but those usually get recruited into Cruiser/Heavyweight, any kid that walks past 190 at 6'2" is a few cycles from Heavyweight paydays, so most managers go for Heavyweight, to avoid the headache of worrying about cutting weight & smaller paydays. Cruiserweight is even worse, all their top Talent get straight out recruited into Heavyweight, any pro debut under 220 is a perfect Cruiser, but nobody wants that, especially in the USA :smoke

 

someone that can close distance, rough him up on the inside, and not let him get any snap on those long punches of his. beterbiev needs more seasoning and he'd have the perfect style to give him problems.

 

If I was a boxing trainer, I would never suggest somebody "stand and trade." Regardless of who the opponent is. That kind of defeats the purpose of "boxing" if you're going to stand there like Rock'em Sock'em Robots.

 

Foot speed, kovalev has unbelievable foot speed. He just looks more slow and lanky but he has the best legs in his division by a country, not country mile a whole facking country.

Watch the way he Springs in and out of range, it's literally like his legs are brand new Springs. Ones eyes can literally lie to their brains, especially when ones not sure of what his eyes are seeing.

Major loss of packets from your eyes all the way back to your brain. You have a break in every zone with zero redundancy

 

I would emphasize distance control.
1) the punch zone
2) inside the punch zone
3) outside the punch zone
Dont move straight back.
After you punch, side slip so he has to reset, then attack again.Be very aggressive with your jab, double and triple jabs.
That will keep him off balance and set up big shots.
There is more.
Anybody can be beat.

 

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