was the key for the fight, it was powerful, it was on time and it hurt hopkins. And stopped any chance of hopkins setting any rhythm.. you cant land your patented right hand lead when your getting stopped dead in your tracks with thudding jabs to the body. who else is the master of the body jab? Floyd Mayweather was.. Skillspaythebills# John David Jackson Trainer of the year Sergey Kovalev fighter of the Year. :deal
It seemed as though that Kovalev was able to land the double jab and that was the key to winning the fight. If you cant throw the double jab against Hopkins you cant stand a chance to be honest. How the hell could you fight Hopkins without the double jab
He also through many feints, and you can tell hopkins was nervous and wary, kovalev played with him in there. It was a calm collected performance.
Curious if this does indeed make Kovalev a candidate for FOTY? Kovalev Walters Golovkin Crawford One fighter from the fly **** weights who's name escapes me.
Crawford is a good pick to be honest. hes got to beat beltran though. and thats 2 good wins beltran and burns, and top win in with gambao.
Right now I'd put Crawford as leading for FOTY, but all 4 of those fighters can be argued as being deserving.
It was excellent, pushed Hopkins back severely. Wonder if Kovalev did more of that after he hurt his hand after the 2nd round.
if a fighter just absolutely dominate a fight, from start to finish, it loses some of it's luster. crawford is ahead, seals the deal if he beats beltran.
