Sergey Kovalev In-Depth: Andre Ward Rivalry, Canelo, Beterbiev-Bivol & Ambitions

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  • čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
  • Sergey Kovalev In-Depth | Sergey Kovalev speaks to Boxing News' Andi Purewal ahead of his ring return on Saturday night. Kovalev discusses his rivalry with Andre Ward, his loss to Canelo, remaining ambitions, Beterbiev-Bivol and much more.
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    00:00 - 00:14: Sergey Kovalev intro
    00:15 - 00:52: Return on Saturday night
    00:53 - 01:44: Nobody wants to fight him
    01:45 - 02:01: Difficult to think about retirement?
    02:02 - 03:25: Ambitions at cruiserweight
    03:26 - 05:06: Reveals struggles to make 175lbs
    05:07 - 06:23: Robin Sirwan Safar fight
    06:24 - 07:24: Cruiserweight division at the moment
    07:25 - 08:08: Watching Opetaia vs Briedis 2
    08:09 - 09:52: Darnell Boone was toughest fight of his career
    09:53 - 10:53: Most nervous against Canelo
    10:54 - 13:27: Reflects on Canelo fight and experience
    13:28 - 14:14: Dmitry Bivol performance vs Canelo
    14:15 - 14:58: Beterbiev vs Bivol
    14:59 - 19:09: Andre Ward rivalry
    19:10 - 22:32: Fury vs Usyk
    22:33 - 22:53: John Fury headbutt
    22:54 - 23:11: Sergey Kovalev final message
    23:12 - 23:15: Sergey Kovalev outro
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  • @boxingnews__
    @boxingnews__  Před měsícem +5

    What's your favourite memory of Sergey Kovalev? 🤔👇

  • @jonathanlatimer8127
    @jonathanlatimer8127 Před měsícem +30

    Robbed in the first Ward fight

    • @michaelhill2300
      @michaelhill2300 Před měsícem

      Nope, very close fight

    • @shahjaa4944
      @shahjaa4944 Před měsícem

      Ribbed 💯

    • @JD-re3cj
      @JD-re3cj Před měsícem +10

      Robbed on the second one too they were such obvious low blows

    • @alco2758
      @alco2758 Před 29 dny +1

      ​@@michaelhill2300it was close, but Kovalev clearly won

    • @Factsoverfeels8
      @Factsoverfeels8 Před 29 dny +5

      Andre low blows Ward

  • @BL.13217
    @BL.13217 Před 29 dny +7

    Kovalev was a supersonic fighter around that 2011-2015 mark. People forget how good he was.

  • @abb7118
    @abb7118 Před měsícem +9

    Great interview, especially him conducting it in English 👏

  • @zhuangcorp
    @zhuangcorp Před měsícem +6

    Kovalev was one of my favorites along with GGG. But after the 1st Ward fight it seemed like he never had the stamina to keep up his work rate.

  • @hashim442786
    @hashim442786 Před měsícem +9

    I can see Turki Alal Sheikh pitting him in future fights with Beterbiev/Opetia/Bivol, all of which I don’t mind watching. Prime Sergey was a gem

    • @andresmolina5474
      @andresmolina5474 Před měsícem +2

      He is not the same anymore, he should fight at his level now. I wish I wrong cuz Kova once could compite 50-50 with those men but he is not at that level anymore.

    • @desanctisapostata
      @desanctisapostata Před měsícem +4

      I would prefer Kovalev vs Zurdo or Kovalev vs Smith for a last title shot tbh

    • @powpow9560
      @powpow9560 Před 28 dny

      All 3 would kill him, stop it

    • @bandadoc5715
      @bandadoc5715 Před 28 dny +2

      @@powpow9560 kathy duva offered beterbiev a fight with kovalev when kovalev had a title ..... the fight was going to be in russia , it would have been huge ...... beterbiev turned it down.........

  • @mcape441
    @mcape441 Před měsícem +3

    Great Interview, Interviewer let Kovalev speak, and all done in English, well done Sergey.👍🥊🥊

  • @gezparks9630
    @gezparks9630 Před 28 dny +1

    He clearly outperformed Ward in their first fight and their second fight was just bizarre. Great champion.

  • @jose-Maki
    @jose-Maki Před měsícem +6

    Won ward 1 and ward 2 was ward landing low blows. He was the A side and got done 2 times.
    Only a certain race thinks ward won and the rest of the world thinks kovalev won showing what's what

  • @Kugann
    @Kugann Před měsícem +4

    mad how boxing works, 2017 he was in the top 5 p4p with Ward and one of the biggest names and best fighters, he then lost his 2 defining fights, controversial or not, then 7 years on he's fighting a nobody on an undercard after losing more fights than he should have, and no one really talks about him now, i genuinely forgot he was on this card.

    • @knockout4121
      @knockout4121 Před 29 dny +1

      He is fighting a prospect! A nobody? Is he a nobody because he is not famous yet? Trying to understand your logic here… Kovalev is underdog in this fight

    • @Kugann
      @Kugann Před 29 dny

      @@knockout4121 i’m talking about Kovalev being a top 5 p4p and now being used as an opponent for an unknown prospect

    • @knockout4121
      @knockout4121 Před 29 dny +1

      @@KugannUnderstand. But its normal. And if Kov gets the w, all of a sudden he is relevant again

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc Před 29 dny +3

      We all saw him beat ward

    • @alco2758
      @alco2758 Před 29 dny +1

      It's even worse than that - he pretty much lost all the money he made on boxing.
      A lot of "friends" took advantage of him and now he's almost broke

  • @user-qb1ok7wy9m
    @user-qb1ok7wy9m Před 29 dny +1

    One of my best fighters ever

  • @user-uu7yq8bs6e
    @user-uu7yq8bs6e Před 29 dny +1

    Great interview

  • @denisf.5666
    @denisf.5666 Před 22 dny

    Kovalev was one of the best light heavyweights ever in his prime. His jab alone sent people to the canvas. Unfortunately, he got screwed over in the two Ward fights and couldn't build on his previous performance after that

  • @LimerickR266
    @LimerickR266 Před 29 dny +1

    Great fighter in his prime. Thought he did enough to win that first fight against Ward.

  • @marccreation1052
    @marccreation1052 Před 29 dny +1

    He won that first Ward fight. If he quit the booze he might still pull off some good fights.

    • @Krusher_1970
      @Krusher_1970 Před 18 dny

      So true. And it's a shame how he screwed his career up by that vice.

  • @jermainebrown9827
    @jermainebrown9827 Před 29 dny +2

    This guy should have a t-shirt made saying out of energy 😂 Excuse for all his losses

  • @sebastian5132
    @sebastian5132 Před 29 dny

    The way he said - "Kick his ass" 😂

  • @jorgesanchez3084
    @jorgesanchez3084 Před 28 dny +1

    It wasn't canelo's fault they had to wait on the UFC fights. Canelo was upset too.

  • @michaelhill2300
    @michaelhill2300 Před měsícem

    I have a feeling Aergey let himself go and was probably around 16 stone when he agreed this event, he was originally announced as a Cruiserweight bout now it’s back at light heavyweight

  • @user-uk2dn9ly6x
    @user-uk2dn9ly6x Před měsícem

    Kovalev🥇 Серега, привет из Украины💪

  • @hughhubbard8407
    @hughhubbard8407 Před 29 dny

    Will Buddy McGirt be training KRUSHER for this fight?

  • @davegonnaway6007
    @davegonnaway6007 Před 13 dny

    He was the best around at his peak but the powers wanted the second best ward to be...

  • @brolickscholar3083
    @brolickscholar3083 Před 22 dny

    She tried to blackmail Kovalev. Why’re you out here talking about things that you don’t know about?

  • @rickisunak
    @rickisunak Před měsícem

    Good interview as always Andi lad but you do need some different synonyms for words, especially with non-native speakers and your accent 😂.

  • @abb7118
    @abb7118 Před měsícem +7

    Beat ward in the first fight.

  • @JD-re3cj
    @JD-re3cj Před měsícem +3

    Team Cleno did this man dirty. Everything was rigged against Kovalev

    • @Av-fn5wx
      @Av-fn5wx Před měsícem +1

      That’s what they always do

    • @israelsosa1778
      @israelsosa1778 Před měsícem +2

      Look up the reason behind the UFC delay... It was not Canelos team.

    • @Kugann
      @Kugann Před měsícem

      what happened

    • @user-ct1ov7sh5s
      @user-ct1ov7sh5s Před 28 dny

      That was a sparring session

    • @bandadoc5715
      @bandadoc5715 Před 28 dny

      @@user-ct1ov7sh5s kovalev is lucky that right hand didn't kill him.......

  • @ViktorM1
    @ViktorM1 Před měsícem +18

    Dude got robbed in both Ward fights

    • @Dimka2012Bo
      @Dimka2012Bo Před 27 dny

      Yea that’s bllsht Kovalev quits every time the fright doesn’t go his way.

    • @ViktorM1
      @ViktorM1 Před 27 dny +1

      @@Dimka2012Bo first fight was close tho but the second fight was bs. Low blows and referee stopped the fight

  • @Geraldo-ro9rc
    @Geraldo-ro9rc Před 29 dny +1

    Canelo had to drain him completely and wait him out, thats the only way canelo fights anyone tough

    • @arturomunoz6898
      @arturomunoz6898 Před 26 dny

      he fought bivol with no clauses so ??? bivol came in near 200lbs

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc Před 26 dny

      @@arturomunoz6898 Thats why he lost, they thought bivol was a nobody.

    • @arturomunoz6898
      @arturomunoz6898 Před 25 dny

      @@Geraldo-ro9rc umm no the fans did which why they were calling cherry pick for not going after beterbiev first , i actually had a bet on bivol beating canelo. canelo said in many interviews that he thinks bivol was the best out of 175 so ?? he seems to not be wrong cause now everyone sees bivol as this beast which he is but not leading up to the fight calling canelos words a bluff make it make sense

    • @Geraldo-ro9rc
      @Geraldo-ro9rc Před 24 dny

      @@arturomunoz6898 No thats not true. Everyone was calling Bivol a cherry pick because he didnt look that impressive before.

  • @sly_tendencies87
    @sly_tendencies87 Před měsícem

    All Sergey has to do is imagine the man he's fighting is a woman. Knockout every time.

  • @franciscotaveras8392
    @franciscotaveras8392 Před 29 dny +1

    If you had respected yourself and the title, you would have defended it under your terms. You handed your fight and your title for money. No other reason. Canelo didn't deserve the light championship because he is too small. You hurt yourself and boxing. Because of it boxing suffered. Now you need money and you're coming back. Nobody cares whether you win or lose anymore, you sold out!

  • @sainy375
    @sainy375 Před 28 dny

    You just got crushed krusher retire before you get smashed to bits. 😢

  • @bee3148
    @bee3148 Před měsícem

    Son of ward

    • @Theboss-tb9nh
      @Theboss-tb9nh Před 29 dny +2

      Ward is a bum lost the first fight and had to cheat in the second fight

    • @denisf.5666
      @denisf.5666 Před 22 dny

      U mean Son of Judges and in 2nd fight Ward was the son of Tony weeks

  • @box228
    @box228 Před 28 dny

    Canelo has always been a fraud. He weight drained kovalev and was still getting beat up

  • @Shadow-92932
    @Shadow-92932 Před měsícem +4

    Canelo wouldn't of dared of fought a hydrated Kovalev he would of won similar fashion to Bivol

    • @desanctisapostata
      @desanctisapostata Před měsícem +2

      Canelo might be the most hated fighter ever. According to some fans, literally has never won a single fight legit. There's always something people bring up

    • @knockout4121
      @knockout4121 Před 29 dny

      I found it strange that Canelo beat him

    • @Shadow-92932
      @Shadow-92932 Před 29 dny +1

      @@desanctisapostata Of course he has but they way he set up Kovalev to a rehydration clause forced him to be not 100% so he could maximise his advantage of taking the belts listen to kovalev about it Canelo looks for the advantage any way he can and when he couldn't against Bivol he got destroyed both similar fighter aswell plus Kov was beating him until the stoppage even with the hydration clause 100% Kov it would of gone exactly the same as Bivol UD head boxed off and im a Canelo fan btw great fighter

    • @desanctisapostata
      @desanctisapostata Před 29 dny

      @@Shadow-92932 I don't agree because you seem partial

    • @user-ct1ov7sh5s
      @user-ct1ov7sh5s Před 28 dny +1

      @@desanctisapostatathe extent people will go to defend their fighters is hilarious.
      Kovalev was completely not himself for the Canelo fight. It’s really undeniable