Kovalev/Ward aftermath..

[Ron Swanson]

Cruiserweight is indeed quite barren.

Ward is probably too small to become a proper CW in his prime (he may bulk up when he gets older).

Kovalev could do CW, and he would beat the crap out of Bellew.

However, I'd love to see him against Usyk, who I rate really highly.

When Kov beats ward, Stevenson and Beterbiev he can go up an dominate Cruiserweight.

You think Kovalev would beat Usyk? SMDH

I hope that fight comes to fruition so you can see how wrong you are.

I've only seen usyk fight once (which was last fight that he won the title) and he looked pretty good. I haven't seen him enough to make a real fair judgment I'll admit, but i think it's pretty obvious that kovalev is better, but is just smaller. The biggest question is if his power moves up well with him or not. If it does, I think he beats usyk. If not, he probably doesn't because he won't be able to throw usyk off of his game plan.

You should watch more of Usyk. He's really entertaining but also sneaky diverse. He'll tap you a few time with the jab, then bring the sledgehammer jab once you relax. He does this with a variety of punches too. Just one of those guys the more you see him the more you understand everything he does has a purpose. Not trying to do things, doing things to create other things. Whoever coaches the Ukrainian amateurs produces very very clever fighters.