Browsing Tag Sergey Kovalev

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  January Hangover: Quiet Start For 2021

  The new year’s boxing schedule kicks off with tonight’s high-stakes showdown for the lightweight division, Luke Campbell vs Ryan Garcia. Just 22, Garcia (20-0) had a brief 44-fight ...

  On January 2, 2021 / By Harry Meyerson
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  Corona Crossroads: Alvarez vs Smith Preview

  Fans of Eleider Alvarez will certainly appreciate the irony of the Columbian-Montrealer having his most active year as a pro since 2017 under the shadow of COVID-19. The ...

  On August 20, 2020 / By Zachary Alapi
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  Aug. 14, 2010: Pascal vs Dawson

  It doesn’t seem that long ago and yet the time has gone so fast. And so much has changed. Ten years later, it’s a pandemic and combat sports ...

  On August 14, 2020 / By Jamie Rebner
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  Quarantine Blues: Boxing Fights For Survival

  Last week the government of Quebec announced it was considering prohibiting the resumption of boxing events until an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is found. The province’s two biggest promoters, ...

  On July 15, 2020 / By Eliott McCormick
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  McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent

  Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...

  On January 23, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  2019 Upset Of The Year

  Upset of the Year Nominees: Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO7 Anthony Joshua Andrew Cancio KO4 Alberto Machado Julian Williams W12 Jarrett Hurd Oscar Escandon KO1 Jhack Tepora Jean Pascal ...

  On January 5, 2020 / By Michael Carbert
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  2019: The Nominations

  As the old saying goes, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” and it’s difficult to conjure up a more apt statement ...

  On January 3, 2020 / By Robert Portis
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  Canelo vs Kovalev: What We Learned

  It was an unlikely and unexpected event before it became one of the most anticipated showdowns of the year. Canelo vs Kovalev: a crossroads fight with major implications ...

  On November 3, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Canelo vs Kovalev: The Fight City Picks

  A few short months ago, absolutely no one in boxing was thinking about a clash between Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and light heavyweight titlist Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev of ...

  On October 31, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Kovalev vs Canelo: Searching For Answers

  On Saturday night reigning middleweight king Saul “Canelo” Alvarez will challenge light heavyweight titlist Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev in a bid to become world champion in a third weight ...

  On October 31, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Canelo vs Kovalev: The Tactical Overview

  All boxing matches are, to some degree or other, worthy of study in terms of strategy and tactics. Of course the more capable and sophisticated the pugilists, the ...

  On October 28, 2019 / By Lee Wylie
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 32

  Time for a new edition of our podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash! This week he and site editor Michael Carbert recap the great battle that was ...

  On October 28, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Will Beterbiev Make Montreal Great Again?

  After losing by knockout, Oleksandr Gvozdyk held up his hands in honest submission. The gesture came on his way back to the dressing room when a group of ...

  On October 24, 2019 / By Eliott McCormick
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 31

  Definitely time for a new podcast, hosted as always by Alden Chodash who is again joined by site founder and editor Michael Carbert as they recap Beterbiev vs ...

  On October 23, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  The Canelo Situation

  For a while now I’ve been wondering what’s going on with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. First, for many months he’s been insisting a third match with his arch-rival, Gennadiy ...

  On October 20, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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  Fight Report: Gvozdyk vs Beterbiev

  The Event: For quite some time hardcore fight fans have been gazing at the rankings of the light heavyweight division and muttering to themselves,”What gives?” As in, how ...

  On October 19, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Beterbiev vs Gvozdyk: Light Heavyweight Lift Off

  Recent weeks have seen boxing fans spoiled by a deluge of terrific contests between big-name fighters. From the back-and-forth battle between Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter, to ...

  On October 14, 2019 / By Rob Lownie
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  The Macon Bibb United Boxing Club

  From the outside, the industrial building where the Macon Bibb United Boxing Club can be found looks nothing like a place for the serious pursuit of the brutal ...

  On September 4, 2019 / By James Simpson
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 28

  The summer break is over and we’re back with a brand new episode of our podcast, anchored as always by Alden Chodash. For this installment he is joined ...

  On August 28, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Kovalev vs Yarde: Double Vindication

  Kovalev vs Yarde. A veteran champion defending in his home nation of Russia against an undefeated British upstart. An intriguing match-up on paper and one that brought out ...

  On August 27, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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  Kovalev vs Yarde: Russian Renaissance

  Sergey Kovalev has always had tremendous boxing ability but, until recently, it has been largely masked behind his persona as the “Krusher” and a fearsome reputation built on ...

  On August 25, 2019 / By Alden Chodash
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  Fight Report: Browne vs Pascal

  The Event Jean Pascal has been written off more times than a teenager’s first car and last night pretty much no one was giving him any chance of ...

  On August 4, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  Turning Defeat Into Victory

  “A rose is a rose is a rose,” writer Gertrude Stein once famously claimed. Likewise, a loss is a loss is a loss. Nothing more. Nothing less. One ...

  On May 17, 2019 / By Sean Crose
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 13

  Time for another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash, with site editor Michael Carbert also offering his insights as they look back on the big fights ...

  On February 5, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Kovalev Returns! (With Some Help From “Buddy”)

  The bell had yet to ring to start the fight, but the outcome was already decided. Sergey Kovalev was finished and about to get his butt kicked for ...

  On February 3, 2019 / By Ralph M. Semien
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  The End Of An Aura

  It’s surprising how far and how fast a fighter’s star can fall when a once-fearsome aura is finally burst. It’s just a few short years ago that Sergey ...

  On January 30, 2019 / By Matt O'Brien
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  The Fight City Podcast No. 12

  Welcome to another edition of The Fight City podcast, hosted by Alden Chodash, who this week gets a welcome respite while Michael Carbert and Rafael Garcia discuss, among other things, ...

  On January 29, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  2018 Knockout Of The Year

  Nominations: Teofimo Lopez KO1 Mason Menard Murat Gassiev KO12 Yuniel Dorticos Dereck Chisora KO8 Carlos Takam Dillian Whyte KO11 Dereck Chisora Vasyl Lomachenko KO10 Jorge Linares Eleider Alvarez ...

  On January 6, 2019 / By Neil Crane
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  2018: The Nominations

  In many ways, 2018 picked up where 2017 left off with its share of excellent match-ups, unification fights, and a heaping helping of action-packed, crowd-pleasing battles. But perhaps ...

  On January 4, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Five Myths About Judging

  In the aftermath of the controversial draw verdict for Saturday’s huge heavyweight showdown, attention has once again turned to the ancient question of how boxing matches are scored ...

  On December 6, 2018 / By Matt O'Brien