Kovalev is too reliant on the right hand

[5burowz]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

[diddy]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

[punchoutsb]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

[crusader]

I thought the jab was an important weapon, as it was against Hopkins, and it seemed to me like he hurt Pascal with a left hook/jab hybrid at one point, as he did to Campillo, Cleverly, and Agnew. While he tends to throw straight punches I believe he does a good job of putting them together in different sequences, and though he could mix up his attack more I think he's intelligent offensively and generally does what works best for him.

[5burowz]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

Refute it? Don't have the knowledge or expertise to do so in an articulate and intelligent manner? Not surprised considering your username.

[5burowz]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

Refute what I said intelligently

[punchoutsb]

Refute what I said intelligently

He was not too reliant on the right hand.

[5burowz]

Refute what I said intelligently

He was not too reliant on the right hand.

That wasn't very intelligent. Back to the corner...don't forget you dunce cap.

[crow]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. .

I had the same impression too.
Pascal was eating his shots and looking to counter, with some success.
After the third, it was clear he should have gone more to the body.
Kovalev is too much of a headhunter.

[caldo2025]

I respectfully disagree. It seems to me that Kovalev improves with every fight. He was popping his jab last night better than I have seen him do before. I thought that he looked great in his toughest fight yet. I do feel that the fight was stopped prematurely though. It was obvious that Pascal was pretending he was hurt worse than he was to bait Kovalev into a desperation right hand but the ref bought it. It was a fun fight to watch.

[Tarkus]

In addition to his excellent stiff jab, majority of big hurtful punches in this fight came from left hand. He also threw his key punch against Campillo with left.

[Datsue]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

The planets have aligned, the stars are right, & dread Cthulhu must be about to shamble up from his lair because for once, I have to say you are completely & utterly & unreservedly correct, diddy.

[Datsue]

Refute what I said intelligently

He was not too reliant on the right hand.

[punchoutsb]

Refute what I said intelligently

He was not too reliant on the right hand.

That wasn't very intelligent. Back to the corner...don't forget you dunce cap.

The corner and cap are both reserved for you as the starter of this thread

[palooka]

Kovalev uses his right hand intelligently; he doesn't always throw it full force and he drops it to the body and turns a hook.I imagine he hits harder with the right than his left hook, once he's in range he does pretty well, I think at mixing it up. A bout between Adonis and Kovalev has to be made and it is a 'must see' bout.

[crusader]

In addition to his excellent stiff jab, majority of big hurtful punches in this fight came from left hand. He also threw his key punch against Campillo with left.

He also first hurt Clev and Agnew with lefts and knocked out the latter with a left to the body.

[Impractical Poster]

Kovalev is the full package. The right hand just seems to be his bread and butter.

[koolkc107]

Looked to me that Kovalev fought pretty much the way he always does.

His problem last night wasn't his tactics but who he was fighting.

I predicted Kovalev would stop Jean but I had no idea how difficult such a stoppage would be for him.

And the problem wasn't that Kovalev was doing things wrong, but that Jean did some things right.

Pascal is awkward and that was part of it; but it was his ATHLETICISM that gave Sergei the most problems.

That, and a chin that held up for a bit.

The biggest news out of last night isn't that Kovalev won or that Pascal got stopped.

The biggest news is that a Superman/Krusher showdown is likely WAAAYYYY more competitive than many (including myself) thought it could be.

If Adonis is anything, he is athletic. And, he has proved to have some chin as Fonfara definitely can hit whatever else his shortcomings.

It still think Kovalev beats Stevenson. But I'm going to have the nerve to say what others may just be thinking and keeping to themselves.

If Adonis can hit Sergei with some of the same shots Pascal landed last night, he will stop Kovalev.

[VG_Addict]

Then you didn't pay much attention to the fight. Kovalev used his jab well.

He rocked Pascal in the third round with a right, then a left.

If you want to criticize Kovalev's performance last night, you would say that he was hittable. He got hit coming in several times.

He also winged his punches at times.

[punchoutsb]

Then you didn't pay much attention to the fight. Kovalev used his jab well.

He rocked Pascal in the third round with a right, then a left.

If you want to criticize Kovalev's performance last night, you would say that he was hittable. He got hit coming in several times.

He also winged his punches at times.

Yeah it's funny he talks about no left and no body work...when he clearly hurt him with the left several times, specifically hooks, and like every other jab he threw was to the body

[Shambles]

I respectfully disagree. It seems to me that Kovalev improves with every fight. He was popping his jab last night better than I have seen him do before. I thought that he looked great in his toughest fight yet. I do feel that the fight was stopped prematurely though. It was obvious that Pascal was pretending he was hurt worse than he was to bait Kovalev into a desperation right hand but the ref bought it. It was a fun fight to watch.

What utter nonsense.

[hurricanemitch14]

The only weakness kovalev showed was maybe fir a couple rds when he got off track and was dead set lookjng for the ko, but his corner told him to calm down stick the jab and get him with left. He went back to dominating after that.

[jewboypgh]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

Diddly, couldn't agree with you more. Asinine post

[koolkc107]

Almost disgustingly so at times. Kinda reminds me of how Stevenson abuses the straight left. Kovalev could've made this fight easier on himself if he did a few things differently: feint the straight right; throw left hook--if it lands good--straight right follow up to the body or head. Feint the right hand; slide or hop quarter turn left and feint another right hand and let Pascal come from leaning all of the weight to his right to the left and catch him with a left uppercut as he's doing so. In a nutshell, Kovalev underutilized his left hand. He didn't even hook off the jab once in this fight. There wasn't enough overall foot movement from him and he was out of position at times which got him caught with big shots. He has moved his feet and gotten into better positions in other fights he's had so I don't know why he seemed somewhat lethargic at times in there tonight. Everyone will say it was a great performance but I saw a lot of things in there tonight that he could clean up. And Kovalev rarely went to the body in this fight. Good performance, but, he needs to get rid of John David Jackson. He isn't teaching him shit.

Candidate for most retarded post ever. Good job.

Diddly, couldn't agree with you more. Asinine post

Well, 5burowz may have said some things open to disagreement, but I see him working.

If Kovalev would have jabbed more maybe it is an easier fight.

I just happen to think the reason he didn't stay disciplined is because Pascal was successful at times at drawing Kovalev into the fight he, Jean, wanted.

And I think Stevenson is capable of doing some of the same things even if he is not as "awkward" as Pascal.

No need to call the post retarded, it is just his take and it isn't offensive.

[5burowz]

That's two fights in a row where he has used his right hand too much. Sure, he was dominant, but, what happens when it doesn't work? I just think he's becoming somewhat predictable with it. I just think he needs to do a better job of mixing up his combinations. It's funny to read all of the nasty comments regarding my post though. You guys are acting like I killed his baby.