Good fight Kovalev took a lot more damage than I thought he would, props to Chilemba he's a tough SOB. I still think Ward can outbox him and avoid his big shots, we'll see come November.
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"Lettuce Pray The Devil Slips Up & Gets Beatdown" Chilemba vs The Klansman on hbo 7/11 Fight Thread
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Kkkov gonna get exposed come November
Kovalev Admits He Didn't Pace Himself, Was Punched Out
By Edward Chaykovsky
On Monday night at the DIVS Sports Palace in Ekaterinburg, Russia, undefeated WBO, WBA and IBF light heavyweight world champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over top contender Isaac "Golden Boy" Chilemba (24-4-2, 10 KOs). The scores were 117-110, 116-111 and 118-109.
Isaac is only the second fighter to go the full twelve round distance with Kovalev. Bernard Hopkins was the first in November of 2014, when Kovalev won a twelve round unanimous decision in their unification battle.
Chilemba have gave Kovalev some tough moments in the fight and made him miss a lot of punches. The Russian slugger looked winded in the second half of the contest.
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Kovalev had his moments, when he dropped Chilemba hard in the seventh round and couldn't close the show as the round was coming to a close.
"If it wasn't the end of the round I would have pursued to actively attack him. But because the bell rang, we rested and he managed to pull himself together and I didn't want to waste my energy. He is very experienced and had as many fights as myself and with boxers of highest level, therefore I was boxing and continue boxing and whatever happens, then it happens. There was no aim to knockout him, but the main aim was to gain experience from this fight for the next fight in November in Las Vegas," Kovalev said.
As far as his stamina, Kovalev admits that he didn't properly pace himself and was throwing had power punches, with knockout intentions, in every round. He says his arms were dead tired by the championship rounds.
"I gained experience; there are things that I have to work with now. I have to work with opponents that sit in the defense and I have to work more with my left arm. And probably I also wanted to make a hard punch and that worked against me. My arms felt heavy and not everything that I wanted happened, and that is again because it's Chilemba," Kovalev said.
"He is actually a very experienced fighter and like many "couch-experts" said: what round? I never think about when knockout is going to be - it's boxing, you need just one punch. We are all under God and how he judges, that's how it's going to be. I believe my mistake was that I was trying to put power in every punch. I had a heavy feeling in my hands. That's why he was faster than me in some moments."
Ya he needs to work on that left hand, fighters are starting to figure him out, mainly to stay away from the right hand.
I always get a good laugh from the kov vs cleverly fight, clev went out there in the first round and let kov hit him with EVERYTHING.
I always get a good laugh from the kov vs cleverly fight, clev went out there in the first round and let kov hit him with EVERYTHING.
Plea coppin by the Klansman 
Shocking!
TBF I don't think it'll be a total wash by Ward, just a boxing lesson and possible tko. If kovalev had a good uppercut, or any semblance of in-fighting, it'd be a whole different story.
Shocking!
TBF I don't think it'll be a total wash by Ward, just a boxing lesson and possible tko. If kovalev had a good uppercut, or any semblance of in-fighting, it'd be a whole different story.
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Plea coppin by the Klansman
Shocking!
TBF I don't think it'll be a total wash by Ward, just a boxing lesson and possible tko. If kovalev had a good uppercut, or any semblance of in-fighting, it'd be a whole different story.
Yup i might throw some $$$ on a stoppage, I can see him running into something trying to go to the body of Ward. I'm not at the home pc but I had some gifs of him telegraphing the 3 to the body I can see him trading hooks with Ward in that situation and #Gang's left hook getting there first and hurting him.
#Gang brought up some power to 175 + kkkov stamina + kkkov been dropped by light punchers =
I think it'll be body work that gasses him then a few nice left hooks ala Bhop TitoYup i might throw some $$$ on a stoppage, I can see him running into something trying to go to the body of Ward. I'm not at the home pc but I had some gifs of him telegraphing the 3 to the body I can see him trading hooks with Ward in that situation and #Gang's left hook getting there first and hurting him.
#Gang brought up some power to 175 + kkkov stamina + kkkov been dropped by light punchers =