Kovalev will defend his title against Cedric Agnew over a scheduled 12 rounds at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 29?
?Nattering nabobs of negativism.??Spiro Agnew
Does the former vice president?s famous alliteration apply to the fans of WBO light heavyweight champ Sergey Kovalev as they skeptically appraise the chances of his upcoming opponent, namesake Cedric Agnew? If so, they aren?t being so much negative as realistic.
Kovalev will defend his title against Agnew over a scheduled 12 rounds at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on March 29.
Born in Russia in 1983, the five-year pro (23-0-1, 21 KOs) now fights out of Fort Lauderdale, and is coming off four consecutive knockout wins in 2013, stopping Gabriel Campillo in January and Cornelius White in June, both by third-round TKO, Nathan Cleverly by fourth-round TKO in August, thus winning the WBO title, and Ismayl Sillakh by second-round KO in November.
A Windy City lad, 27-year-old Agnew is a seven-year pro (26-0, 13 KOs) who fought once last year, defeating Yusaf Mack by unanimous decision in April.
Agnew is arguably toward the top of the second-tier. But Kovalev, who?s considerably higher than that, isn?t called ?Krusher? because he makes his own wine. It?s not his feet that are purple but his hands that are red. He?ll redden them again on March 29?Kovalev by early stoppage.
Up next for the Russky? A titanic clash with WBC champ Adonis Stevenson (23-1, 20 KOs)?
?Superman,? who?s scheduled to defend his title against Andrzej Fonfara on May 24, wreaked havoc throughout the light heavy division last year, avenging his only loss by stopping Darnell Boone by sixth-round KO in March, winning the WBC by kayoing Chad Dawson in the first in June, retiring Tavoris Cloud in the seventh in September, and stopping Tony Bellew by sixth-round TKO in November.
His hands, too, are red.
