"I already see the fuckery starting already this year. Kovalev is blaming his loss to Andre Ward on John David Jackson. My problem is this, guys like that always say, 'I'm going to bring in somebody to help out.' Who can help the best trainer in boxing? Nobody," stated former world champion Nate Campbell, who shared his thoughts on an interview where former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev slammed American trainers and expressed his desire to add a Russian trainer to his team. Check out what else Campbell had to say and how he thinks it will impact Kovalev's American trainer, John David Jackson.
NATE CAMPBELL ON SERGEY KOVALEV'S COMMENTS AND HOW IT RELATES TO JOHN DAVID JACKSON:
If you really want to be honest, John David is the best trainer in boxing. I'll say that because he's led more guys to world titles since 2008 than any other trainer out there. Do the math! I'm speaking on facts. And in most cases, he did it with guys that were brought in to lose. And you telling me you're bringing in another trainer to help him train because American trainers don't train like Russian trainers? Why didn't you keep the American trainer? You know why? Because you want to pay the American trainer less and pay the Russian trainer nothing because you can to keep more money for yourself, and that's okay, but don't make it be about the trainer.
To be honest with you, I was pulling for Kovalev on the strength of John David. That's the whole reason I was pulling for him. I didn't pull for him because I like him. I was pulling for him because of John David. I don't hate him, but I was pulling for Ward to make a good fight for it and he did. But I don't think you should be able to win a fight the way he won it. I'm old school; I believe you gotta beat the champion. It should be clear that you're the better fighter. The close rounds should go to the champion.
But you lost because Andre Ward was the better athlete. John can't train you how to be an athlete. John can train me because John can teach me everything he knows because I'm athletic enough to pull it off. Kovalev is not an athlete. He's stiff, just like every other European fighter; all he got is power. What was he when John got him? He was a stiff, basic fighter. He was a basic European fighter. John David gave him some bounce and a little something and now you want to say that John can't teach you. What it is is you're unteachable. You can't be taught and that's the problem. See, the problem is you get these guys that want to blame somebody else for their downfalls and shortcomings, and those type of guys, you gotta be very, very leery of them.
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