Talent

[SlimTrae]

Against Bhop, Kovalev upped his game from banger to thinker.

Whoever beat him in amateurs should remember, for decades on decades guys who beat top names in amatuers, usually lose against them when they turn pro.

[Ron Swanson]

Against Bhop, Kovalev upped his game from banger to thinker.

Whoever beat him in amateurs should remember, for decades on decades guys who beat top names in amatuers, usually lose against them when they turn pro.

I don't think that second part really makes sense. In Amateurs people lose, we don't remember when it goes the same in both fights. We only remember when the script is flipped. And we only remember when the big name wins in the pros because winning in the pros is how you become a big name. It's not that usually the script is flipped, it's that we remember when the script is flipped.

Yes, often the better professional wins the return. But isn't that to be expected since they are the better professional? So the true premise is the better amateur will win in the amateurs, the better pro will win in the pros. Where people get in trouble is when they say "sure X is better now, but maybe Y just has his number. After all, he beat him in the amateurs"