Comments Thread For: John David Jackson: Sergey Kovalev is a Real Assh*le - He Quit!

[Tom Cruise]

Bad look for Jackson, even worse for Kovalev. But Kovalev already exposed his character to us during that second Ward fight. Jackson is exposing himself now.

If Kovalev was withholding money and trying to get his purse cut every fight then he doesnt deserve loyalty from JDJ.

This is work at the end of the day.

[IMDAZED]

If Kovalev was withholding money and trying to get his purse cut every fight then he doesnt deserve loyalty from JDJ.

This is work at the end of the day.

True -- Can't argue with you there.

[True That]

The both of them are A ssholes

John David A sshole and Sergey A ssholev

Together they are a Perfect Combination

Flush them both down the toilet

A ssholes

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Everyone already knew that 'Sergey Kovalev is a Real Assh*le' ...that's exactly what endeared him to most of his fans. Accepting the fact that he quit is harder for them to do.

[Boxing Logic]

JDJ says he's been trying to teach Kovalev for years how to fight inside... that proves he's a terrible trainer! Kovalev is not an inside fighter. He should have been teaching Kovalev how to HOLD inside like Floyd does, since apparently that's allowed now, until the referee breaks you back to distance. Or, if the ref doesn't do that because he's bought off for Ward, then you learn how to push off the opponent from the inside back to range. Hold him inside when he's trying to get in, then once he tries to break the clinch by pulling back, use his own momentum against him to push him back outside.

Kovalev did try to fight inside vs Ward, right in line with the bull**** JDJ admits trying to fill Kovalev's head with, and that mistake is what even made the fights competitive. He should have avoided that altogether.

It's just like JDJ told Kovalev if Ward tries to fight inside, to "keep hitting him in the ribs until you break his ribs." Let me ask any knowledgeable boxing trainer, when is the last time a top 50 boxer in the sport got his ribs broken period, by any punch? It almost never happens, not even with great punches. But for JDJ to think that inside arm punches by Kovalev would break Ward's ribs? Are you ****ing kidding me? All Kovalev throwing at Ward's ribs inside with one arm meant in reality is that it also freed up Ward's arm to throw back inside. In other words, that terrible piece of advice from JDJ is what allowed the inside fighting to take place in the first place. He literally told Kovalev to instigate the inside fighting, instead of try to avoid it.

So JDJ is absolutely to blame here. What top boxer has he ever trained? He got Kovalev when Kovalev was already a top boxer, simply because JDJ was one of the only name trainers in the Florida area and I guess he knew Don Turner who knew Kathy Duva, or something, and since then Kovalev's stamina has steadily declined. It sounds like their training methods are outdated and they overwork their fighters, only to then go public blaming their fighters when they want to train in a more modern fashion. And as we can see here, his tactical advice has ranged from good but obvious (in the Hopkins fight, where they still failed to get the KO they should have gotten easily however), to catastrophic in the second Ward fight, and he's seemingly fed the opponent info on his own fighter going into the biggest fight of his career. He's as much to blame as anyone besides Kovalev for listening to him.

[BrometheusBob.]

Yikes. Even his trainer says he quit.

But now JDJ kinda looks like a d1ck, not a good look when you trying to get more clients.

[aboutfkntime]

JDJ says he's been trying to teach Kovalev for years how to fight inside... that proves he's a terrible trainer! Kovalev is not an inside fighter. He should have been teaching Kovalev how to HOLD inside like Floyd does, since apparently that's allowed now, until the referee breaks you back to distance. Or, if the ref doesn't do that because he's bought off for Ward, then you learn how to push off the opponent from the inside back to range. Hold him inside when he's trying to get in, then once he tries to break the clinch by pulling back, use his own momentum against him to push him back outside.

Kovalev did try to fight inside vs Ward, right in line with the bull**** JDJ admits trying to fill Kovalev's head with, and that mistake is what even made the fights competitive. He should have avoided that altogether.

It's just like JDJ told Kovalev if Ward tries to fight inside, to "keep hitting him in the ribs until you break his ribs." Let me ask any knowledgeable boxing trainer, when is the last time a top 50 boxer in the sport got his ribs broken period, by any punch? It almost never happens, not even with great punches. But for JDJ to think that inside arm punches by Kovalev would break Ward's ribs? Are you ****ing kidding me? All Kovalev throwing at Ward's ribs inside with one arm meant in reality is that it also freed up Ward's arm to throw back inside. In other words, that terrible piece of advice from JDJ is what allowed the inside fighting to take place in the first place. He literally told Kovalev to instigate the inside fighting, instead of try to avoid it.

So JDJ is absolutely to blame here. What top boxer has he ever trained? He got Kovalev when Kovalev was already a top boxer, simply because JDJ was one of the only name trainers in the Florida area and I guess he knew Don Turner who knew Kathy Duva, or something, and since then Kovalev's stamina has steadily declined. It sounds like their training methods are outdated and they overwork their fighters, only to then go public blaming their fighters when they want to train in a more modern fashion. And as we can see here, his tactical advice has ranged from good but obvious (in the Hopkins fight, where they still failed to get the KO they should have gotten easily however), to catastrophic in the second Ward fight, and he's seemingly fed the opponent info on his own fighter going into the biggest fight of his career. He's as much to blame as anyone besides Kovalev for listening to him.

..... before Kovalev teamed up with Jackson he was working with Abel Sanchez, who dumped Sergey for similar reasons..... I suppose that was Sanchez fault, right?

[observer]

Guys,

Give JDJ a break.

He's not talking about a single incident. He's pouring his heart out after years of frustration.

Easy to say he had to quit after the first Ward fight. Boxing coaches don't make much money. You stick with a guy on his way up, making peanuts, and then pass on the biggest fight?

JDJ is speaking up after he heard that Kov is running his mouth.

He was mistreated by Kovalev. He was messed around by Ward's team. I don't believe he would do something like that to another fighter. Hell, there aren't any other fighters like Kovalev. Toney and Floyd come to mind as people I wouldn't like to deal with, but I can't think of anyone else quite as bad. He's truly giving Russian fighters a bad name.

Now the story of Golovkin stopping Kovalev with a body shot in sparring falls in its place...

Kovalev is better off with a Russian trainer who won't take any crap from him... hope both JDJ and Kovalev bounce back.

[BrometheusBob.]

Makes you wonder what inside information he gave Wards team???

I like the avi

[future hendrixx]

jdj got played big time by team ward. he said they reached out to him in january but kept dragging out with no real offer.. because their intention wasn't to add him to the team, it was to get inside info on the opponent. so here is jdj with years of frustration being offered a lifeline so you know he spilled all the tea to team ward.. after getting all that juice there's no reason to add jdj to the team. for what purpose?

it was jdj that told team ward about kovalev drinking vodka and not training hard. he also told them hes weak to the body and even more things i bet.

then ward came out and said if hes telling us all these things about his fighter imagine what he'll tell if we bring him along. jdj loves to talk and team ward capitalized on it.

checkmate ✔