If A class fighter lose a significant fight after long win streak against another fighter with a win streak, most likely he's going to lose his next fight too
Kovalev-Ward is not the only example of this rule
Cotto lost to Mayweather and looked terrible in his next fight against Trout
Brook lost to Golovkin, and got destroyed by Spence after
Pacquiao lost his fight with Bradley with a controversial decision, and then Marquez dropped him
What else?
Klitschko-Fury and then Joshua loss, one of the most recent examples
After a long win streak, Roy Jones lost Tarver fight and then his next fight with Glen Johnson
That rule even works for some B class fighters as well - Algieri lost to Khan and Pac two times in a row
Trout lost to Canelo and Lara
And the list goes on
You might ask "But what about Canelo? He got schooled by Mayweather but destroyed Angulo in his next bout?"
But before Canelo fight, Angulo lost to Lara and therefore he broke the rule, because he wasn't coming off a win streak
And yeah, there's few exceptions out here
Not saying that rule is an important factor, just an interesting tendency in boxing world
Kovalev-Ward is not the only example of this rule
Cotto lost to Mayweather and looked terrible in his next fight against Trout
Brook lost to Golovkin, and got destroyed by Spence after
Pacquiao lost his fight with Bradley with a controversial decision, and then Marquez dropped him
What else?
Klitschko-Fury and then Joshua loss, one of the most recent examples
After a long win streak, Roy Jones lost Tarver fight and then his next fight with Glen Johnson
That rule even works for some B class fighters as well - Algieri lost to Khan and Pac two times in a row
Trout lost to Canelo and Lara
And the list goes on
You might ask "But what about Canelo? He got schooled by Mayweather but destroyed Angulo in his next bout?"
But before Canelo fight, Angulo lost to Lara and therefore he broke the rule, because he wasn't coming off a win streak
And yeah, there's few exceptions out here
Not saying that rule is an important factor, just an interesting tendency in boxing world
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