Suddenly the perception of Anthony Yarde has changed

Lots of people now is saying the fight was fixed and that Kovalev took a dive for extra money cuz Canelo was definitely losing the fight and needed a KO IMO to escape huge criticism if it went to the cards! Fighters like Badou Jack, Cornelius Bundrage, Austin Trout, etc. I think most didn’t expect Canelo to just knock Kovalev out like that but it’s boxing and anything can happen at anytime!

MDS (Mayweather Derangement Syndrome) has become CDS (Canelo Derangement Syndrome). Every fight and fighter from this point forward will be judges and described in ways to diminish Canelo's wins. Fighters will overnight become old and washed up or too green, or must have been hurt that night. Prospective Canelo opponents will be described as someone he'd never risk fighting, only to transform the moment he agrees to fight them then they'll be total bums and a cherry pick. And as the years go by it will be full on delusion.

Yarde was a TOUGH opponent... there is no question about that 2 days ago, Bivol stated that Yarde was VERY tough, and said that was a very good win for Kovalev I would listen to Bivol - or even Yarde lol - before I listen to the casuals... ALL of whom seem to have a childish agenda anyone who thought Yarde would be, or should be, an easy fight... is a muppet... also, go watch the fight, nothing about that fight looked easy... Yarde will give EVERYONE problems with more experience under his belt, the early rounds were very competitive Yes agreed on Yarde...will be interesting to see how he takes that loss, and if he can build on it or if it sends him into a funk...I was impressed with him vs Kov.

Yarde was always a tremendous puncher, Ward, Alvarez also hit harder than Canelo. Canelo is not a power puncher, you can go up and down his resume, the guys he KO'd, any average puncher would've & already did. Kovalev has fought much bigger punchers than Canelo, the way he went down tells me Yarde did just enough damage to him. Right now Kovalev is probably like 5th, 6th in the division. Well said...I think most of the comments I have read here get it more or less right on Yarde...he is young and inexperienced but has potential and is a good puncher...not sure if his fight with Kov was the reason for Kov's apparent lack of punch resistance/stamina, but I'm not sure how anyone can watch Yarde and not be somewhat impressed at least...and yes to say that a 160 pounder is a bigger puncher than a career 168 and 175 pounders, big for their weight class, I don't get that one. Good posts/points

Yarde didn’t catch 3 clean chin shots is the difference, I don’t think anyone is saying the KO was fake they’re saying Kov was half assing the fight ........Facts....

Yarde was considered a “weak” opponent due to his inexperience, not his lack of punching power. Yarde is a very strong hitter. But his punching power has been displayed against complete no-hopers. Thurman was once upon a time considered a power puncher too. There’s not a single live body on his record.

By the time of Ward II, Kov lost his whiskers. Age, maybe too much fermented potato..

In the build up to the Kovalev-Yarde fight the consensus was that Yarde had faced absolutely no one of note and so we couldn't really gauge or tell anything about how talented he was. He had looked good knocking out a bunch of unknown guys, some of whom looked like they were middleweights and super middleweights. He ended up getting knocked out by a jab, albeit due to punishment and exhaustion and was written off as being another glass-jawed british bum. Now fast forward to the Canelo-Kovalev fight and suddenly I'm reading that Yarde was an absolute beast of a puncher and there's no way Canelo could have legitimately KO'd Kovalev if Yarde didn't which indicates that the fight was "fixed". Yarde was an unknown quantity and watching the fight against Kovalev, I thought to myself that if Yarde was really a tremendous puncher, he would have stopped Kovalev when he hurt him. Ward who is regarded as feather fisted had Kovalev just as badly hurt.... Alvarez another supposed non-puncher knocked him out also. Basically what I'm saying is that Kovalev is not exactly known for being durable so why is it so far fetched that Canelo could KO him especially when you consider him damaged goods at the age of 36 going on 37. stop listening to casual-fans... they are fkn morons Yarde was a TOUGH opponent... there is no question about that 2 days ago, Bivol stated that Yarde was VERY tough, and said that was a very good win for Kovalev I would listen to Bivol - or even Yarde lol - before I listen to the casuals... ALL of whom seem to have a childish agenda anyone who thought Yarde would be, or should be, an easy fight... is a muppet... also, go watch the fight, nothing about that fight looked easy... Yarde will give EVERYONE problems with more experience under his belt, the early rounds were very competitive

Yarde was always a tremendous puncher, Ward, Alvarez also hit harder than Canelo. Canelo is not a power puncher, you can go up and down his resume, the guys he KO'd, any average puncher would've & already did. Kovalev has fought much bigger punchers than Canelo, the way he went down tells me Yarde did just enough damage to him. Right now Kovalev is probably like 5th, 6th in the division.

I've seen two people bigging up Yarde now, and they're the ones who usually have every inch of Canelo's dick past their uvula.

Yarde didn’t catch 3 clean chin shots is the difference, I don’t think anyone is saying the KO was fake they’re saying Kov was half assing the fight