The Best of the Rest: 175lbs Tier II Tournie - Round 1 - 5: Richard Tiger TKO12 Sergey Kovalev

What i've done is i've lifted top tiers out of my top fifty at the poundage, fiddled it a little bit to minimise guys with no footage and used the remaining 32 names plus some subs to develop a seeded tournament to uncover "the best of the rest" at the poundage, with you, the denizens of the world's greatest boxing history forum, casting the deciding vote.

Pick your man! Write however many details you like or don't in a post below. But maybe try to post, to keep things moving a little bit. You have three days.

And let's be nice. No reason for disagreeing over total fantasies after all!

15 rounds, 1950s rules and ref. Ten points must. Weigh in is 18 hours before the fight.

I'll only vote if it's tied, then I'll decide the result.

Round of Thirty-Two Fight 5: Dick "The Tiger" Tiger vs Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev

Dick Tiger (60-19-3)
The mighty Dick Tiger is the holder of a patchy career at LHW and although undoubtedly a geat fighter, is he great enough to make meatballs for a large modern LHW? How do we define him at 175lbs anyway? Have at it Classic.

Sergey Kovalev (34-4-1)
Kovalev the beast or the overrated? How good was Kovelave in his prime? And how will this test progress for him?

 

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A bold, bold prediction from young George, and at the expense of a one-time forum favourite!

Anyone else for Kovalev?

 

Tiger off to an early lead, presumably for reasons laid out by Robert...plenty of time for Krusher to make the comeback though.

 

That's right, do a vote.

 

Do a vote! Do a vote!

 

Sal launches a prediction very much in his own idiom.

He's in the door though. Everyone who tries to make a pick in a later round who doesn't contribute in round one will be roundly mocked.