How is Yarde only a slight underdog vs Kovalev in Russia?

Yarde should be favored, younger , faster and likes body shots. Kovalev can't take body shots .I think he can take body punches OK. It's Ward's accurate punches right on the balls he can't handle and who could? Kovalev has many KO wins over champions and top contenders while Yarde has no wins over anybody in the top 30 and he did no sparring so he should be the underdog. Kovalev is faster than Yarde who is too musclebound and looks like the hulk. We shall soon see how good Yarde is or isn't.

I think English betters are betting on Yarde due to wishful thinking and keeping the odds close. I don't know that for a fact. I am just guessing. I think Kovalev will beat him. Yarde has never beaten a guy ranked higher than boxrec 36th in the world. His trainer is weird and he did no sparring. The scoring will favor Kovalev if it goes the distance but I doubt it will. I haven't seen any of Yarde's fights but I am still betting money on Kovalev at these odds because he is well proven and Yarde is not.I have not placed a bet yet so I'll see if I can find some Yarde fights to watch first.

I mean I get that Kovalev is past prime, got stopped twice and Yarde looks like a beast, but... 1) Kovalev is very experienced and still an elite fighter 2) Fight is in Russia 3) Yarde has never fought anybody with a pulse How is Yarde only such a slight underdog? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/338698750568431616/613951686670549002/unknown.png What am I missing here? Probably because their is a lot of money going on Yarde. The odds are not a reflection of what the bookies think is going to happen. Common error by leman gamblers...the bookies main goal is to make money no matter the result...think about that

Unbeaten power punchers get overrated more so than any other type of fighter, but even allowing for that the odds are surprising. The whole fight feels weird to me. Until about a week ago I still thought it might get cancelled and Kov skip straight to Canelo. And Yarde's training style is odd enough to seem like an April Fools. Feels like the kind of fight where someone is gonna parachute into the ring or something crazy like that. the fight was never in doubt as both guys signed the contracts to face each other. the weird think is clenelo coming out of nowhere with his kovalev obsession everybody forgot about the kovalev vs yarde match up and focused on kovalev vs clenelo.

Praying to the racist gods that Kovalev does to Yarde what Gvozdyk did to Chickenson No but in all seriousness, I honestly think 'some' people on Yarde's team are actually delusional and don't have his best interests at heart. Either way will the winner please unify? LHW is a joke, things finally happening now but it has taken so long. Want the winner to face Gvozdyk/Beterbiev winner. light heavyweight currently is no joke. the reason for things taking so long is now out of the picture for good! clenelo is going after kovalev so there will be no unification with the winner of gvozdyk vs beterbiev next. if by some miracle yarde wins he will take the belt hostage and fight bums in the uk.

That's not slight. Cause someone's feeling Yarde has a puncher's chance in this fight.. I don't get why Rolls did not have a puncher's chance against GGG:) GGG was a much heavier favorite against Rolls, and both Rolls and Yarde are nonames with no resume.

That's not slight. Cause someone's feeling Yarde has a puncher's chance in this fight..

Because he's getting his ass beat. If Canelo beats Kovaoev then he fights Callum Smith. I'm the matchmaker for Golden Boi.

Yarde should be favored, younger , faster and likes body shots. Kovalev can't take body shots . Landing bodyshots against journeymen is different to landing bodyshots against world Level fighters. There is a reason why Golovkin abandoned a sustained bodyattack against Canelo. Yarde shouldnt be favoured. He only had a dozen Amateur fights. => Doesn't have experience against a variety of styles All his fights in the professional game have been against handpicked opponents, no power, no offense, Basic defense, no Special effects. His longest fight has gone 7 rounds. He doesn't have any experience in the Championship rounds, he won't be able to know how to pace himself correctly. Also, None of his opponents were even able to push the pace against Yarde. Yarde is only used to fight at a measured pace, controlled by him. Other than his fight against a journeyman in the US, he hasnt fough abroad. Especially not in russia, which has a more hostile atmosphere than fighting in the US. A big part of boxing is the mental aspect and Yarde does have no experience at the big stage. Those are all the non-technical aspects. From the boxing perspective, it's not like Yarde just blows away his opponents. He thinks his philly Shell is good, but he gets tagged cleanly against low-level opponents. He backs off in straight lines, Kovalev is good at chasing down opponents who back off. Kovalev has a great control of distance, stiff jab and heavy right straights. If Yarde tries to fight at midrange against Kovalev he will get outboxed. I'm not saying that Yarde doesn't have a shot, but there are way too many reasons for him to not be the favourite.

I mean I get that Kovalev is past prime, got stopped twice and Yarde looks like a beast, but... 1) Kovalev is very experienced and still an elite fighter 2) Fight is in Russia 3) Yarde has never fought anybody with a pulse How is Yarde only such a slight underdog? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/338698750568431616/613951686670549002/unknown.png What am I missing here? Honestly I don’t think ur missing anything. U made good points on both sides. Still at the same time u expressed that Kovalev should be a bigger favourite but didn’t offer ur own perceived odds or opinion on how u see the fight play out. I’m not slagging you, I just don’t think this one is obvious to most people. Don’t get me wrong if someone has a clear idea of who and how someone is going to win I’d love to hear about it. I get the Russia factor also. I was never as high on Kovalev as sum people were but at the same time I’m not as down on him now as sum are. I usually think weight is overrated but Yarde looks big in the ring. He might plod a bit but he punches hard and mixes them up well enough. I think I have Kovalev favoured mostly on his experience. I’ll put him at -185.

A buddy of mine used to train with Kovalev. He told me every time Kov hits Chelyabinsk he drinks into oblivion. I hope that is not the case before this fight.

Probably because there are doubts about Kovalev not that they think Yarde is an elite fighter. Kovalev's out of the ring problems have to be a factor as to why Kovalev isn't a huge favorite.

Praying to the racist gods that Kovalev does to Yarde what Gvozdyk did to Chickenson No but in all seriousness, I honestly think 'some' people on Yarde's team are actually delusional and don't have his best interests at heart. Either way will the winner please unify? LHW is a joke, things finally happening now but it has taken so long. Want the winner to face Gvozdyk/Beterbiev winner.

Yeah I was dissapointed wanted to make some money picking yarde