Sergey Kovalev - i think he is a bit of a psychopath

He's a brute of a man. Its great. We need more nasty ****s.

 

I don't think so. Psychopaths don't have much discipline. I think he was pee'ed at Pascal for some of his comments and for how he went at his trainer. He said he did not like him. I think he viewed him as cognitively weak. I think part of Kov's talk is he is trying to cultivate a tough killer image. From what I've read Kov did right by the guy he killed... giving his purse to the parents etc and he expressed regrets.

I think Kovalev just wanted to knock him out in spectacular fashion...maybe RJJ vs Enzo level.

 

Kovalev ko 1 Wilder

 

Edwin Valero

 

He is crazy guy i will never forget the moment after he stopped pascal in the second fight and how he had this best smile and pascals daughter was crying ahahahah

 

Not really a psychopath. More like a sociopath.

At the same time, people have to realize that Kovalev wasn't going to forgive someone for calling him a racist. If someone called me that and I wasn't racist, I wouldn't forgive them either.

 

No more than McClellen.

 

What is the difference?

 

Psychopath:
a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior.

Sociopath:
a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.

Kovalev has a wife and a family. He's very much a functioning member of society. Many Wall Street bankers are said to have a sociopathic personality, that's why they can do what they do.

When Kovalev's inside the ring, he lacks empathy, and he wants to hurt the other guy. But he doesn't attack people or get into fights with people outside the ring.

 

Psychopath is quite an unclear term. It really manifests on more of a 'scale'. I believe he would be high on the psychopathic scale but the only thing that makes me doubt he is extremely high is two things:
1. He paid for the funeral of Simakov who died fighting Kovalev
2. He is friends with Lomachenko...this counts for something, right?

His repeated racial slurs, his being a boxer does point towards an 'impulsive' nature, though. He isn't a sociopath, they're loose cannons.

 

I think we need to understand that Kovalev is a true alpha male. If you respect him, he will respect you. If you disrespect him, you'll never get back on his good side again.

Kovalev is friends with Hopkins, because they're both alphas. They understand each other. An alpha never disrespects another alpha. Hopkins didn't disrespect Kovalev and likewise. Kovalev sees Pascal and Stevenson as betas, so he looks down on them. He looks down on Stevenson for not fighting him, and he looks down on Pascal for talking so much racists trash and not accepting defeat gracefully.

If you want Kovalev to respect you, act like a man.

 

Absolute ring