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In a lot of ways they have the similar attitude to fighting.
They're rangy tall fighters with power who like to control the center of the ring (octagon) and throw powerful accurate punches to systematically break down the opponent.
Both have the straight rear hand as the biggest weapon (right for Kovalev, left for Conor) and while Kovalev uses power jabs and jabs to the body to tire the opponent and demoralize him, Conor uses spinning kicks and body shots (hooks to the body).
It seems that they both feed of their opponent's fear and fight the best when the opponent is backing off and unable to escape. A lot of their opponents seem to be mentally beaten before the fight (in the case of Conor because of trash talk and in the case of Kovalev because of his aura of a total psycho who already killed another boxer in the ring). But they're both also good offensive counterpunchers who can punish anyone who rushes at them.
Kovalev seemed unbeatable but his recent fight with Chilemba (who survived until the decision and won some rounds) exposed some holes in his game. I think the style for Aldo to beat Conor needs to be something similar to what Chilemba used, basically he needs to be a boxer-counterpuncher, move laterally and use every inch of the octagon. Staying away from the left hand and refusing to engage, jump in and out of range.
If Aldo will try to engage he will get punished again. He needs to stay out of exchanges all the time, unless Conor gasses by the 4th, 5th round. Conor is extremely underrated because he's a very skilled offensive counterpuncher. The reason why Nate was able to outbox him is because Nate has the kind of boxing style to counter it, using jabs and the size & reach advantage while also having the chin to sustain punishment (again, similar to Chilemba), but this doesn't take anything away from Conor.
It's a difficult fight for Aldo because his management of distance needs to be more on point than in the Edgar fight because of Conor's reach and precision.
I think Conor is in a situation where he is both overrated (by his fans) and underrated (by people who think he's some sort of can), but his offensive boxing is definitely legit.
They're rangy tall fighters with power who like to control the center of the ring (octagon) and throw powerful accurate punches to systematically break down the opponent.
Both have the straight rear hand as the biggest weapon (right for Kovalev, left for Conor) and while Kovalev uses power jabs and jabs to the body to tire the opponent and demoralize him, Conor uses spinning kicks and body shots (hooks to the body).
It seems that they both feed of their opponent's fear and fight the best when the opponent is backing off and unable to escape. A lot of their opponents seem to be mentally beaten before the fight (in the case of Conor because of trash talk and in the case of Kovalev because of his aura of a total psycho who already killed another boxer in the ring). But they're both also good offensive counterpunchers who can punish anyone who rushes at them.
Kovalev seemed unbeatable but his recent fight with Chilemba (who survived until the decision and won some rounds) exposed some holes in his game. I think the style for Aldo to beat Conor needs to be something similar to what Chilemba used, basically he needs to be a boxer-counterpuncher, move laterally and use every inch of the octagon. Staying away from the left hand and refusing to engage, jump in and out of range.
If Aldo will try to engage he will get punished again. He needs to stay out of exchanges all the time, unless Conor gasses by the 4th, 5th round. Conor is extremely underrated because he's a very skilled offensive counterpuncher. The reason why Nate was able to outbox him is because Nate has the kind of boxing style to counter it, using jabs and the size & reach advantage while also having the chin to sustain punishment (again, similar to Chilemba), but this doesn't take anything away from Conor.
It's a difficult fight for Aldo because his management of distance needs to be more on point than in the Edgar fight because of Conor's reach and precision.
I think Conor is in a situation where he is both overrated (by his fans) and underrated (by people who think he's some sort of can), but his offensive boxing is definitely legit.
