The Transnational Boxing Rankings

If Kovalev destroys Ward, I'll find it nigh on impossible picking someone to beat him.

If he can prevail a war with Stevenson where he ships serious leather and walks through it I might just have to up that to impossible.

 

Better said then done. Ward is on a level Kovalev has never seen and vice versa... Its the biggest fight of 2016 if it happens. Stevenson on the other hand is dangerous for a few rounds, but Kovalev is on another level I believe. There's a reason why this fight hasn't happened yet and why Stevenson ran to rival network showtime. He wants no part of Kovalev.

 

It's so hard to say. Kovalev is the epitome of consistency. Aside from one terrible round against Boone he's pretty much had his own way in his professional career.

But if he does beat Stevenson and Ward, I think he's a proven ATG.

 

We have different criteria mate.

I'll word it in your terms.

"If Kovalev beats Stevenson and Ward in dominant fashion I would have him number 1 h2h"

 

The styles overcome to see him beat Stevenson and Ward, I have to conclude that his power is legit, his chin is solid and he cannot be outmanoeuvred. That is assuming you consider Ward the real deal.

The only question left is stamina in my mind, whether he'd wilt in a competitive fight over 10 hard rounds. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt if he beats those two.

I mean how many LHW greats beat someone as talented as Andre Ward?

 

In fact my biggest concern wouldn't be those 3 it would be Conn, who schooled Louis for 12 before getting brave. If he can do that to Louis he can probably do that to Sergey.

Charles is an enigma and beating prime Burley, prime Moore and prime Walcott puts him in contention to beat any fighter in history ever. Foster has no reason to be favoured if he beats Ward and Stevenson imo.

 

Charles had a tougher mix but not strictly at LHW. His skills p4p were clearly proven though.

Spinks, not for me. I don't see that as tougher than Cleverly, Hopkins, Stevenson, Ward, Pascal.

 

I know the guys you listed were. I'm saying whether Charles beats a man at 160 or 200 it still demonstrates his fighting ability and imo the depth of talent he faced over his full career paints a picture of am excellent p4p fighter who was able to overwhelm MW opposition, boxer punch LHW opposition and out speed HW opposition. The closest style match he had to Kovalev was probably old Louis, which is why I was referring to his non LHW opposition.

I don't think they're harder to beat, I just don't think it's an easier gauntlet of opposition. Emerging through either set if fighers in dominant fashion screams of elite ability.