Hell, Stevenson almost got knocked out by an unknown unskilled fighter named Fonfara. Can you imagine if Stevenson had been fighting Kovalev tonight?! Stevenson ducked Kovalev for a good reason, he knew he would get knocked out. It was a clearly proven duck by Stevenson...............and Ward refused to fight Stevenson at 175 or even 168. Ward also refuses to fight Kovalev...................Ward is a fraud. Won his own personal boxing tournament, was the only boxer who never had to travel, had his own judges and boxing commission and still demanded even more.............Ward will spend a long time in court, he should just retire..................
They both could get dropped. Boone is one of the better gatekeepers since Big Foot Martin. Kovalev has better technique and expends less energy so I'd favor him.
I have seen this before but what I noticed for the first time is that the guy who dropped him was a lefty. Think Stevenson. But Kovalev has come so far since this amateur clip.