Was Kovalev always overrated?

I like GGG and Kovalev but your reasoning is flawed. That's like saying GGG is crap because he took 3 rounds to beat Geale who was later blasted out in 2 rounds by Renold Quinlan a domestic level Australian fighter who was comprehensively beaten by CEJ and beaten by Jake Carr another domestic level Australian fighter.

 

Kovalev won his first fight with ward

 

there's no way he was up in the second fight.

 

not really almost all of press row had Kovalev down in the second fight. first fight press row was a bit split but favoured kovalev.

 

He was down 1 point on 2 cards up 3 on the 3rd.

 

.....With three shots to the nads. How short our memories are....... Ward went low earlier in the fight and it seems like that was planned with the ref to allow "anything". That Ward needed to resort to those tactics shows Kovalev was not overrated.

 

he's underated now because he lost twice too a fraudulent fighter. I am looking foward to see how he bounces back

 

First fight you are wrong as hell, overwhelming majority favored Kovalev. 74% of 60 outlets.

Second fight, USA Today is only media card I could find that had Ward up.

Associated Press, Kovalev
Lederman (HBO), Kovalev
Brian Campbell (CBS), Kovalev
Dylan Hernandez (LA Times), Kovalev
Paulie, Kovalev
Bloody Elbow, Kovalev
Sherdog, Kovalev
Bleacher Report, Kovalev
SB Nation, Kovalev
Telegraph had it even
USAToday, Ward

 

kovalev is king of krushas and will return shortly to take his titles back, mark my words.

 

Overrated because he got a) robbed on the scorecards and b) stopped after being punched in the nuts three times? Forgive me if I don't follow. The only thing he's guilty of is stupidity. Moral of the story don't fight loaded dice Ward in the states with four American officials. They don't even try to hide the corruption, just flat out refuse a request for neutral officials!!!

 

So losing once fair and square when youre older means you’re overrated?

 

Kovalev wasn't over rated. He just lost his focus and got arrogant along the way. The Kovalev up to the first Ward fight likely KO's Alvarez, or wins a wide decision.

 

Yeah, he was overrated.

But his first loss against Ward made him distinctly worse.

He became afraid of losing decisions, so now he tends to risk too much going for a KO, then ends up gassing and getting knocked out.