Kovalev vs Chilemba on Monday

I saw no point where he could've finished him if he wanted to. In fact, up until he actually hurt him he was looking fatigued, frustrated and the snap was coming off his punches.

 

I think it's almost always good for a big puncher to have a long fight right before facing a top level opponent. However, I don't buy this bs about how Chilemba fights like Ward and is good prep because of that. Kovalev already had the perfect stand in for Ward--Hopkins. If that's all he was looking for, he should have fought a rematch.

 

In this age of fighters earning multimillion payday to fight scrubs, it's very hard, if not impossible, for an established star to keep the same hunger he had coming up.