Kovalev next move?

[Alpha]

Alvarez will hold the psychological advantage, Kov will need to correct his mistakes and improve his conditioning.

[Master]

Alvarez will hold the psychological advantage, Kov will need to correct his mistakes and improve his conditioning.

Reality in boxing is that most rematches end with the same result only quicker. So Kov has a massive physical and psychological mountain to climb.

[Alpha]

Alvarez will hold the psychological advantage, Kov will need to correct his mistakes and improve his conditioning.

Reality in boxing is that most rematches end with the same result only quicker. So Kov has a massive physical and psychological mountain to climb.

Agree, but history doesn't always repeat.

[Spicoli]

I respect that he's going in all or nothing at this point. It's a totally winnable rematch and a slow drawn out rebuild does nothing for him. Sometimes a guy just needs to accept he is where he is going and there is no reclaiming youth. Gather your forces and step forward.

[Alpha]

I respect that he's going in all or nothing at this point. It's a totally winnable rematch and a slow drawn out rebuild does nothing for him. Sometimes a guy just needs to accept he is where he is going and there is no reclaiming youth. Gather your forces and step forward.

Yea I can understand rebuilding but at his age and ability I'm glad to see him getting straight back on the horse.

[Alpha]

Kovalev is not the feared Krusher he once was tho, he has lost that aura. Could be a rough ending for Kov's career from here on out.

[p4pking]

I agree it could end badly if he takes the toughest fights, but an Alvarez rematch is winnable, a Stevenson fight certainly is, as unlikely that may be to get made. its not that grim as long as he thinks of his next couple fights as an exit, I’m sure he’s made decent money and he hasn’t taken any major punishment.

[ykdadamaja]

Kovalev is not the feared Krusher he once was tho, he has lost that aura. Could be a rough ending for Kov's career from here on out.

Retiring would not be a bad idea. He was what he as for a time. We knew he was good, but the next all time great was a big stretch. I think at this point and age he may not be able to handle Stevenson either, and Stevenson is a little bit more of a hype/fluff job than Kovalev was.

People wanted that fighter with the right "profile" to be built up to beat Andre Ward. It was a doomed effort from the jump.

What we saw in Ward was an ALL TIME GREAT FIGHTER... Not a great champion in his era, BUT AN ALL TIME GREAT FIGHTER AND CHAMPION!

Kov should just retire, or fight Stevenson for a whole lot of money, get bombed out and then retire.