Sergey Kovalev vs. Isaac Chilemba RBR.

Every great boxer gets hit with clean shots, Kovalev won this fight comfortably.

 

Lol. The Insane One strikes again.

 

Totally. It's like people were ignoring what Kovalev was doing and going ooh ahh when feather fisted got his shots in. He took shots, good hard shots from pascal too. He did seem lackluster in there but Chilemba was just nothing to him. Kov's a monster on an off night. Chilemba's lucky he got out of the 7th. Beat him up as bad as anybody in the 8th. Was kicking his ass through most of the rounds and even got good shots in the 5th. I don't think it looks good for Ward at all. I think if Kovalev comes in there correct it's going to be Hospital Ward for Andre.

 

Go deliver food.

 

There is a difference in getting hit with clean shots and getting caught flush easily with every punch in the book.

If I were a Krusher fan I would be nervous the reason he won comfortably is because Chilemba had no power. Once someone with some pop or better timing starts connecting those shots...

 

http://www.insidehboboxing.com/inside/2016/7/7/compubox-kovalev-vs-chilemba

Compubox says Chilemba clearly outlanded Kovalev. That doesn't sound right.

 

I also read the RBR before seeing the fight. After watching it, I gave Chilemba three rounds.

All of the qualities we've seen from Kovalev before were all there. The power, the two-handed attack, the feinting, the half-bolo punches.

At times Kovalev looked like he was pressing too hard for the KO. The opposite of his controlled performance against B-Hop.

And he also looked a little sloppier than we've seen him since round 4 or 5 against Pascal. Looked a little ragged at the end.

His few weaknesses were also on display. His tendency to get off balance. His tendency to fight angry and reckless at times.

If you're Andre Ward, you're feeling OK, maybe a little better than before. But not much. But Andre now has 36 minutes of less-than-stellar Kovalev for film study. Andre and Virgil are going to burn the midnight oil watching those 36 minutes, you can count on that.

 

Well, Ward-Bika was kind of the equivalent of this fight in terms of being a clear decision with quite a few competitive rounds. Bika's mauling style is quite a bit different from Kovelev, it should be noted.

Anyway, 116-111 seemed just about right in this case, though a slightly closer score (115-112) or wider score (117-110) would be within reason.

As for the upcoming fight, Ward could make Kovalev look pedestrian, if he's able to get rolling, but there's little margin for error with the Krusher- and that's what this match-up is so intriguing.

 

Right

 

I have stayed away from this forum all day, I'm going to watch this fight fresh