Is this a case of Kovalev proving he is still great or showing that Alvarez was never that good?

I honestly think it’s the latter. I have never been that high on Alvarez. I thought that he wasn’t a great fighter by any means. He was pretty good but never overly impressive. Kovalev was winning the first fight before he got caught. The difference is that this fight he didn’t get caught.

I think that Kovalev did show that he was able to mentally get back into boxing, but I don’t think that at this stage of his career he beats the other belt holders at light heavyweight.