Kovalev next move?

[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.

[El Kabong]

Tough call...he had been rolling along so well and then that stoppage loss oooh that was not good for him. Well there's the problem for any fighter who fights in that style eventually you'll run into someone who catches you and you won't react so well to it.

I get it I do, I get that taking a few shots here and there that you see coming and you just shake off like nothing happened really gets at the psyche of your opponent, but so does "swing and a miss, swing and a miss, swing and a miss, and DAMNIT STAY STILL WHILE I BEAT YOU!!!!" as does "I'm going to land this time!!! Oh I got hit in the face and didn't even come close to making contact"...those while less intimidating are extremely frustrating and a frustrated fighter is a fighter eager to make a mistake.


So what should Krusher do? Well if he's up for a rematch then there's that idea, if he wants to rebuild his career he's a bit old for it at 35, he's recently (2017) swapped trainers, maybe getting back with John David Jackson would give him something, he could take on cruiserweight bulk up a bit maybe?

My picks in order...

#1. Have a (maybe multiple depending on how well they do) farewell fight(s) in Russia

#2. Retire

#3. Get back with John David Jackson and have another go at the titles.

[Alpha]

I've heard HBO isn't interested in the rematch. Will have to start shopping it around the other networks.

[Master]

I've heard HBO isn't interested in the rematch. Will have to start shopping it around the other networks.

Have HBO lost their interest in boxing?

[Alpha]

I've heard HBO isn't interested in the rematch. Will have to start shopping it around the other networks.

Have HBO lost their interest in boxing?

They have seemed to be heading that direction for awhile now.

[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.

[El Kabong]

Got to think that the landscape has changed in regards to how stations are so specialized these days: MLB channel, NFL channel, I guess there's an NBA channel, NHL channel, etc....well you have to figure martial arts/combat sports will get their own channels eventually and Fight Channel has emerged from Croatia and Fite.tv is new on the scene too which does streaming fights and PPV events....got to figure that's the wave of the future even if those two ventures peter out the way shit works right now is that stations are specialized for this that or the other and the fans flock to it.....being the big bidnessman he is perhaps @Saddo himself could crowdfund his own lil station, would have to bring back Wacko for the drunken round by rounds, but that would be hilarious.