Sergey Kovalev vs. Marcus Browne

[Alpha]

Browne should rematch Kalajdzic except the hanging on like it was a airport reunion. Think Kovalev will punch holes thru him.

Exactly, Browne should already have a L on his record.

[TitoFan]

I sort of feel sorry for the rest of Kovalev's future opponents until he retires, or he fights on too long. Two losses to Andre Ward, the first controversial... the second frustrating as hell... which will never be avenged. Ward has retired, and that's that. I'd imagine Kovalev uses that frustration as an extra motivation to demolish his opponents, who must know what they're getting into. A part of me still can't believe how Kovalev lost that second fight. One of the lasting mysteries of boxing. I"m still hoping out hope that there will be a Kov-Stevenson fight somewhere in the not-too-distant future.

[Master]

If Kov wipes out all the champions and unifies, watch Ward come out of retirement.

[powerpuncher]

Good stay busy fight. He needs to fight someone at the top though. The thing is that Kovalev is the top dog of the division. People should be calling him out, but I feel like nobody has.

[TitoFan]

The elephant in the room here is Adonis Stevenson. Stevenson claims Kovalev "isn't ready to fight him yet", stemming from his back-to-back losses to Ward. That is the biggest load of bullshit ever spewed on the face of the planet. The public has wanted this fight for years, and it's painfully obvious Adonis doesn't want it. I imagine Stevenson will consider Kov "ready" when he's already retired and fat and happy.

[imp]

Badou Jack "could" be the new bogeyman at 175.

Kovalev is the top dog but Jack might actually be even better at this weight.

[powerpuncher]

The elephant in the room here is Adonis Stevenson. Stevenson claims Kovalev "isn't ready to fight him yet", stemming from his back-to-back losses to Ward. That is the biggest load of bullshit ever spewed on the face of the planet. The public has wanted this fight for years, and it's painfully obvious Adonis doesn't want it. I imagine Stevenson will consider Kov "ready" when he's already retired and fat and happy.

That fight left my mind long ago. Stevenson has avoided all challenges for the past 3 years. Jack is finally the first solid fighter he is fighting since he won the title. Stevenson potentially isn’t even top 5 anymore.

[Ron Swanson]

I sort of feel sorry for the rest of Kovalev's future opponents until he retires, or he fights on too long. Two losses to Andre Ward, the first controversial... the second frustrating as hell... which will never be avenged. Ward has retired, and that's that. I'd imagine Kovalev uses that frustration as an extra motivation to demolish his opponents, who must know what they're getting into. A part of me still can't believe how Kovalev lost that second fight. One of the lasting mysteries of boxing. I"m still hoping out hope that there will be a Kov-Stevenson fight somewhere in the not-too-distant future.

I don't see anything mysterious in it. A bully gets bullied and quits, it's a cliche. A drunk can't face reality and instead makes loads of excuses, another cliche. A racist says racist things.

I'm curious what you find mysterious about it?(not trying to be argumentative, genuinely curious)

[Alpha]

I sort of feel sorry for the rest of Kovalev's future opponents until he retires, or he fights on too long. Two losses to Andre Ward, the first controversial... the second frustrating as hell... which will never be avenged. Ward has retired, and that's that. I'd imagine Kovalev uses that frustration as an extra motivation to demolish his opponents, who must know what they're getting into. A part of me still can't believe how Kovalev lost that second fight. One of the lasting mysteries of boxing. I"m still hoping out hope that there will be a Kov-Stevenson fight somewhere in the not-too-distant future.

I don't see anything mysterious in it. A bully gets bullied and quits, it's a cliche. A drunk can't face reality and instead makes loads of excuses, another cliche. A racist says racist things.

I'm curious what you find mysterious about it?(not trying to be argumentative, genuinely curious)

Did he get bullied tho? Many feel he won the first fight and he may have been hurt in the second but those nut shots certainly had something to do with the ending.

[TitoFan]

I sort of feel sorry for the rest of Kovalev's future opponents until he retires, or he fights on too long. Two losses to Andre Ward, the first controversial... the second frustrating as hell... which will never be avenged. Ward has retired, and that's that. I'd imagine Kovalev uses that frustration as an extra motivation to demolish his opponents, who must know what they're getting into. A part of me still can't believe how Kovalev lost that second fight. One of the lasting mysteries of boxing. I"m still hoping out hope that there will be a Kov-Stevenson fight somewhere in the not-too-distant future.

I don't see anything mysterious in it. A bully gets bullied and quits, it's a cliche. A drunk can't face reality and instead makes loads of excuses, another cliche. A racist says racist things.

I'm curious what you find mysterious about it?(not trying to be argumentative, genuinely curious)

Did he get bullied tho? Many feel he won the first fight and he may have been hurt in the second but those nut shots certainly had something to do with the ending.

Basically this, Ron. I didn't see Kov getting bullied. Ward's has neither the size nor the power to bully Kov. Somehow, Ward got into Kov's head. That's the part I find mysterious. Going back to Kov-Ward I, very first part of the fight, Ward gets dropped. Kudos to him for adjusting his style and making a fight out of it, although IMO he shouldn't have gotten the decision. But the 2nd fight? Kovalev should've been chomping at the bit to make things right. Instead, he gets stopped to the body. Yes... he also got a lot of low blows ignored by the referee. It still doesn't make sense to me.

[powerpuncher]

Kovalev looked gassed in the second fight. I think it just comes down to that. Body shots wore him out (and a few low blows). I still think that Kovalev is really good.

[Alpha]

Kovalev looked gassed in the second fight. I think it just comes down to that. Body shots wore him out (and a few low blows). I still think that Kovalev is really good.

It would have been nice to see Kov get at least a few minutes to recover from some of those low shots.

[Freedom]

A racist says racist things.

We've noticed that about you.

Your posts are very predictable. It's obvious you like black fighters, and you don't like non-black boxers.

[Master]

A racist says racist things.

We've noticed that about you.

Your posts are very predictable. It's obvious you like black fighters, and you don't like non-black boxers.

I have not noticed that, except for one blatant post, Ron has been fairly critical about most fighters.