A few morning after thoughts:

- Kovalev has a few holes in a defense. His comment that agnew was a smart fighter; that he hid behind his defense and then tried to throw punches at the right time had me a little puzzled. It don't think its necessarily smart... Just boxing... and he should be prepared for a lot of guys that lay in wait and explode from a shell with combos (because of Kovalevs Linear retreat).

-Agnew wasn't horrible in the first round. He hit Kovalev with a 3 punch combo where every shot landed on the button. I'll admit that inched me closer to the edge of my seat. Kovalev going straight back a lot means an opponent can put in some work this way. I also think someone that uses a lot of angles and spins him can make him hesitate.

-That being said umm...Kovalev didnt really seemed phased and that was scary for a guy like Agnew. Everything agnew landed just seemed to be a deposit in the Karma bank and its like he knew he would get it back. After Kovi took that combo, and knew what the danger was.. he went right back to his attack. After he got butted and opened up, he went right back to the attack. ... after a low blow, he went right back to the attack...pretty much anything that happened was just an interval before he went right back to the attack. He was a machine. Whoever beats this guy (cleanly) is going to need serious power or blinding speed and accuracy. A Ward "hug & slug" performance could probably stifle Kovalev, but i'd pay to watch kovalev toss Ward to the mat, if he tried that grapple..

-The post fight interview was great. A fighter than says what he means and means what his says. The POS comment about Stevenson was funny. Even funnier was him realizing he was on TV right after it came out. Him Saying he'd like to fight anyone with a title in his division showed he wasn't choosey after the Stevenson pull out. I do think he'll need to push harder and name a name to corner someone into fighting him.