Browsing Tag Sergey Kovalev

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  The Wake Of The Storm

  When Eleider Alvarez landed a thunderous right hand flush on Sergey Kovalev’s temple in round seven of their engrossing and hard-fought battle this past Saturday night, it was ...

  On August 9, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 194

  Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! Your weekly briefing on combat sports from Manny Montreal! This week: Congratulations are due! Congrats to new champion Tevin Farmer! Congratulations to Eleider “Storm” Alvarez! ...

  On August 9, 2018 / By Manny Montreal
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  Fight Report: Alvarez Upsets Kovalev

  The Event: Going into Saturday’s pivotal light-heavyweight affair, many questions loomed regarding Sergey Kovalev’s viability as an elite light-heavyweight following back-to-back losses to Andre Ward in 2016 and ...

  On August 5, 2018 / By Alden Chodash
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  Kovalev vs Alvarez: The Fight City Picks

  It’s been noted more than a few times on this site in the last couple years, but it’s a fact that bears repeating: you have to go a ...

  On August 1, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Dmitry Bivol Is Ready For His Close-Up

  Being a boxing fan is a tough gig. Don’t let anyone tell you different. And yes, we know, 2018 has been an impressive year in many respects, but, ...

  On July 28, 2018 / By Jeffrey Fuss
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  Kovalev vs Alvarez: Atlantic City Comeback

  Everyone loves a successful sports comeback and on August 4th, in more than one way, that’s exactly what we’re going to see. In fact, that particular date has ...

  On July 20, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight Report: Stevenson vs Jack

  The Event  Stevenson vs Jack represented one of the best and most interesting match-ups to be made in the light heavyweight division for some time, not to mention ...

  On May 20, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Stevenson vs Jack: The Fight City Picks

  It’s an intriguing match-up featuring two of the very best in a stacked light heavyweight division. Adonis Stevenson and Badou Jack are, without question, elite-level pugilists and this ...

  On May 17, 2018 / By Michael Carbert
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  The Weekend That Was

  This edition of my semi-regular weekend recaps is late and is going to be a bit on the random side because your friendly scribe here tripped over a ...

  On May 14, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  McCluskey’s Dozen: 30 Years Of Talent

  Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete but it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. It can manifest itself ...

  On May 9, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 179

  Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! Your weekly briefing on combat sports from Manny Montreal! Take a look at Manny’s Patreon page! This week: Congratulations to Groupe Yvon Michel for another great ...

  On April 25, 2018 / By Manny Montreal
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 172

  Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! Your weekly briefing on combat sports from Manny Montreal! This week: Congrats to Deontay Wilder! And Sergey Kovalev! And Dmitry Bivol! And Kell Brook! ...

  On March 8, 2018 / By Manny Montreal
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  Wilder, Bivol & Kovalev Win Big

  Once again Showtime and HBO go to war with major fight cards on the same night and the bottom line is fight fans got some great action, so ...

  On March 4, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Kovalev Comeback, Part II

  Not that there’s any lack of evidence to help people understand why boxing will most likely never regain the kind of mainstream acceptance that it enjoyed in decades ...

  On March 3, 2018 / By Neil Crane
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 171

  Time again for Manny’s Thoughts! Your weekly briefing on combat sports from Manny Montreal! This week: Congratulations once again to World Boxing Super Series! Looking forward to Usyk vs ...

  On February 27, 2018 / By Manny Montreal
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  Is Adonis Stevenson The Real President Of The WBC?

  A few days ago Showtime Sports announced with much fanfare a slate of upcoming matches to cover the first half of the new year, including 10 world title ...

  On January 26, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  New Breeds: Boxing’s Weirdest Fans

  Some call them “fanagers.” Others just call them annoying. I’ve always referred to them as boxing’s “new breed of fan.” No matter, it all means the same thing. ...

  On January 23, 2018 / By Sean Crose
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  2017 Performance of the Year

  Nominees: Leo Santa Cruz (vs Carl Frampton) Oleksandr Usyk (vs Marco Huck) Andre Ward (vs Sergey Kovalev) Errol Spence (vs Kell Brook) Roman Gonzalez (vs Srisaket Sor Rungvisai ...

  On January 5, 2018 / By Rafael García
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  2017: The Nominees

  One thing we know for certain: 2017 was, in many ways, a very good year for professional boxing. Compared to recent years when significant matches were few and ...

  On January 3, 2018 / By Robert Portis
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  Loma vs Rigo: The Fight City Picks

  If a boxing “superfight” can be defined as an eagerly awaited showdown between two supremely talented prizefighters, then Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux is a “superfight,” albeit one only die-hard ...

  On December 4, 2017 / By Michael Carbert
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  Fight Report: Kovalev vs Shabranskyy

  The Event Not that long ago, Sergey Kovalev was widely regarded as, pound-for-pound, one of the best boxers in the world. Dominant wins over Nathan Cleverly, Jean Pascal ...

  On November 26, 2017 / By Robert Portis
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  Sergey Kovalev, Act II

  Sergey Kovalev says he’s a new man. In a fascinating Sports Illustrated article, Kovalev makes it clear that he had a religious experience after the disastrous rematch with Andre ...

  On November 23, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 149

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congrats to Adam Braidwood, Mick Conlan, and Yunier “Doctor KO” Dorticos! Also, congrats to both Linares and Campbell! Great fight! ...

  On September 27, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Boxing Gods, We Want Some More!

  As diehard fight fans, every so often we take a long and thoughtful look at the assemblage of talent in the boxing world, all the top contenders and ...

  On July 13, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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  The Big Mouth Factor

  I’m not going to bullshit you. I’m going to tell it like it is. I don’t hold back. I don’t pull my punches. Here’s what I think. This ...

  On July 11, 2017 / By Sean Crose
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  The Appealing Ruthlessness Of Andre Ward

  The central premise of this article — that Andre ‘S.O.G’ Ward is a smarter, more obdurate fighter than Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev, meaner, dirtier, surpassingly vicious, constituted by sturdier ...

  On June 22, 2017 / By Eliott McCormick
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  Manny’s Thoughts! No. 135

  Welcome back to Manny’s Thoughts! From Manny Montreal! Congrats to all the winners in The Fight City from last week! So many outstanding performances! Bruno Bredicean! Custio Clayton! ...

  On June 22, 2017 / By Manny Montreal
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  Ward vs Stevenson: The Time Is Now

  Over the weekend, Andre Ward put an emphatic stamp of victory on his rivalry with Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev, stopping the Russian puncher in round eight and handing him ...

  On June 21, 2017 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Ward Stops Kovalev In Second Controversial Fight

  Andre Ward is a fighter who continues to surprise boxing fans and that’s exactly what he did on Saturday night when he stopped the formidable Sergey Kovalev at ...

  On June 18, 2017 / By Daniel Attias
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  Ward vs Kovalev II: The Fight City Picks

  Given how suspenseful their first encounter was; given that the combatants are, by universal consensus, among the top five boxers on the planet; given that some very real ...

  On June 16, 2017 / By Michael Carbert