A few years back, I thought that Kovalev had the slight edge. GGG will definitely go down as the more well known fighter and better fighter because of longevity and his big fights with Canelo.

Kovalev has his issues but let’s be honest, if GGG fought Ward or somebody like him, he would have gotten beat easily. At least Kovalev should have beat him in their first fight.

GGG has the better chin for sure and is a good boxer, but he has more problem when his opponent has quick feet. Kovalev could overcome movement from his opponent much better than GGG. Kovalev just didn’t have the chin and heart of GGG. His drinking problem and lack of training (from what I’ve heard anyway) stopped him from being greater than he should have been.

So again, I ranked Kovalev higher than I ranked GGG a few years ago, but I think GGG will go down more accomplished in his career.