Round three of Kovalev-Mikhalkin. It's not a rumor...

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  1. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Your criteria is off and outright bizarre. Stop trying to save face and to convince yourself otherwise. I can't imagine Miller winning any of those fights and him being undefeated is moot because he hasn't faced elite opposition like Barrera. Barrera has won the same kind of fights Miller has and then some, coming up short against Ward and Bivol.

    No ones touting Ngombu or Oosthizen as world beaters but they certainly aren't journeymen. If you beat them you're at the very least a fringe contender/top European level operator. and thus Mikhalkin isn't a journeyman either but a solid top 20 LHW. Not hard to compute unless you've got some sort of wacky agenda.
     
  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    No it doesn't. It literally means that you are on the fringes of contending for a world title. CONTENDING has nothing to do with being able to beat but challenge. Are you really able to convince yourself of the **** your spew?
     
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  3. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    Knowing the blueprint is one thing. Executing it could be another matter entirely.
     
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  4. DONT B SCARED

    DONT B SCARED Pimpin Aint Easy Full Member

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    Obviously he has a suspect chin and has been knocked down in some recent fights but I still think Barrera beats most of the top guys including Stevenson but loses to Beterbiev ,Kovalev, Gvozdyk and obviously Bivol
     
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  5. kirk

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    Taking all that into consideration (though I do disagree slightly here n there), I still stand by my pick. I think Bivol is all wrong for Kova.

    Time will tell though. Hopefully we get to see the fight.
     
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  6. Kevin Willis

    Kevin Willis Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Slnderweiner is borderline insane. Recall when he started a thread about the Ukrainian Olympic team being overrated as pros right after Khytrov's loss? This same squad that contained Lomachenko Usyk and Gvodzyk. I am sure he will bump it after the next one loses or performs poorly.
     
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  7. SnatchBox

    SnatchBox Boxing Full Member

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    Kovalev' opponent was no journeyman
     
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  8. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    9 times out of 10.
     
  9. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Great. Makes sense.
     
  10. DONT B SCARED

    DONT B SCARED Pimpin Aint Easy Full Member

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    Arent you the guy who had the scorecard with Canelo easily beating GGG? LOL makes sense
     
  11. slender4

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  12. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    I could go "fringe contender" after a few drinks, but the guy got beaten up by his buddy who was trying not to hit him too hard.
     
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  13. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I hate the word luck, I know it’s necessary sometimes but it really takes credit away from someone. Imagine all the beatings Traux took, he could of packed it in. However he got called up as a cherry pick and he came to win, if he had just said I’m only here to lose let me do enough and get out safe then he would never had pulled it off.

    The fact of the matter is Traux was underestimated and came to win, it was his time.
     
  14. Somachenko

    Somachenko The Matador Team Full Member

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    You need to redefine journeyman for yourself. I don’t think you understand the concept.
     
  15. Somachenko

    Somachenko The Matador Team Full Member

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    Barrera would probably be a bad fight for anyone in LHW not named Kovalev, Bivol and Beterbiev (although I’d like to see him against Beterbiev). I think he would destroy Adonis lol. You’re being silly