Kovalev adapted well

pascal put up the best fight yet against kovalev. kovalev proved he can take a punch, and face a bit of adversity.

 

Your vCash :rofl:rofl:rofl

 

He was smart enough to know he couldn't keep going forward haphazard, and changed tactics. He switched it up and got the job done.

Pascal is a monster for all the flush shots he took and kept winging, I'm shocked he was able to give an interview as concise as he did.

 

He did. I said to my buddy after round 6 that Pascal now needs to feint because kovalev was figuring him out.

 

Hopkins walked into a few of those in the fight with Pascal and was even dropped.

Is he also a Matthysse without a Danny Garcia?

 

Your post count to boxing knowledge ratio is the same as your vcash. Zero!

 

He couldn't stop Pascal's right even though it was the only power punch he was throwing. Credit his chin for absorbing them, but he showed poor adaptation.

 

Man, you write like you are drunk. Sober up pal.

Hopkins is not as shot as you are saying, he is probably still a top-10 LHW. Kovalev doesn't have terrible defense, a lot of those shots Pascal threw either missed or were partially blocked. Kovalev has pretty good movement.

Yes he hit Kovalev with some good shots but name a fighter who never gets hit.

 

He started off with the jab heavy in the opening rounds, so not sure that's an adjustment. I thought it was more of Kovalev just overwhelming Pascal as he was gassing, which was visible one minute into round 7 when he let Kovalev take that round from him... Great performance from both. Mad respect to Kovalev!

 

He's looking silly right now

 

I didn't see Pascal throw many jab. He was looking to counter with his speed. He landed a few good counter but Kovalev wised up to it. Kovalev worked behind a hard jab and when he had Pascal on the rope he started to work the body instead of just head hunting.

Bad game plan by Pascal.

 

Adapted brilliantly. Clearly the best boxer and hardest puncher in the sport of boxing.

 

Since Pascal threw virtually nothing until Kovalev opened up his half-guard, this is a really, really strange thing to say.

You can't walk into telegraphed haymakers that don't happen until you're already committed to your own power punches. Pascal was playing the 'let's trade close-in and see who catches who' game, and Kovalev was willing to do just that from the end of Rd 3 until maybe Rd 5-early Rd 6.

His adaptation was switching back into the Rd 1 jab-jab-right set-up that cut the ring off for Pascal and pushed him up against the ropes/corner.

You need to go back and have a look at how the meaningful power punches happened. Particularly, where they come from in relation to Kovalev, and Kovalev's positioning at the time.

 

Everyone gets hit flush now and again, and pascal is faster than KRUSHER so I'd expect him to land a few good shots. Stevenson gets hit flush and gets put to bed from journeyman Boone. **** off ears u racist.