Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev Survives Scare, Knocks Anthony Yarde Out in 11th

[Freedef]

What a fuccking fight

[Nightfall]

Clenelo has his wish for the weakest champion again. Kovalevs body won't last 3 rounds. 🥊

[Eff Pandas]

Yeah I don't think lack of sparring cost him, it was definitely lack of stamina late on. He blew himself out in the 8th.

He could definitely improve his cardio a little bit but if he went to the body earlier and fought in spurts early on then he might have caught Kovalev big earlier and had the stamina and explosiveness to finish the job.

100% agree & I legit thought that was what they were gonna do.

The How to Beat Kovalev Book is written & even civilians know it, but for some reason Tunde didn't. He was way to c#cky going into that fight. I read something were he said he thought trainers deserve more acclaim for boxers wins. Well I think he should be feeling like this L is more on him than Yarde. And he should consider making some alterations to system 9 & maybe rename it system 10 or 11 cuz I think Tunde gots another year or two worth of learning & improvement to make on it.

Good fight, fun fight doe.

[Afi23]

the same guy that couldn't stop jacobs, not even drop him once. lol

a few questions about that fight (if it happens) does canelo has power at 175 lbs? can he take a punch at 175 lbs? will it be at 175 lbs or some BS catchweight (or rehydratation clause). and a thing to have in mind, canelo also has stamina isues, he is just younger than kovalev.

PS, haven't see you in a long time dude. nice to see you back.

"Gomez told ESPN that Alvarez would not ask for a catch weight to force Kovalev to come down below 175 pounds."
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...t-line-kovalev

[Hnnnggg]

Big props to Yarde, definitely lasted longer than I’d imagined. He just needs to shave off some muscle and apparently start sparring and he could be a step below the current young champions. Kov vs canelo should be exciting, I’ve got a feeling I’ll be on the edge of my seat like this fight given the tangibles. Kovalev seems to have either lost his punch resistance over the years or his opposition is finally no longer intimidated but canelo is way too small for lhw. If Yarde could get on the inside and work the body, canelo has a chance (definitely more than I believed before this fight), especially now that kov is a bit long in the tooth. Really excited

[MaksBox]

Btw, keep in mind, Kovalev does not fight well in Russia... too much pressure, remember his last fight there vs Chilemba?

In the United States with ZERO pressure on him, he would have ended this sooner.

If Canelo wants to have the best chance of beating Kovalev... fight him in Russia... the pressure would break him down.

Vegas would be good, in Mexico... would be really hard for Canelo as Kovalev feasts on hatred.

[Straightener]

Yarde is nothing more than a gym rat with no conditioning for boxing. He is a bum.

Hard to disagree but don’t be that guy

****ing hard to get county champion let alone British champ and above

Good fight overall

[apollocreed]

This really reminds me of Canelo v Mayweather.

With experience Yarde will get a lot better but the old HoF just had the skills and experience on his side.

Did Canelo get stopped, and did his face look like Yarde's at the end? Yarde's defence is actually porous, regardless of Tunde thinking he has the philly shell sussed.
I wouldn't say Kovalev is a shoe in for the HOF either.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Yarde was gassed midway and punched himself out completely after hurting Kovalev ****** for not sparring during the preparation for a championship fight that's what cost him in the end if he had better conditioning he probably could've stopped Sergey if he continued his body attack but he was slow and tired and got jabbed up all night Kovalev couldn't miss I only gave Yarde rounds 7 and 8 other than that he looked like **** and I have no idea why they were saying he started out fast he was slow the entire fight throwing nothing but looping shots.

On the BT broadcast David Haye made exactly this point, first thing he's said in a while that I've agreed with... a bit of hard sparring does wonders

[Boksfan]

Dammit, that kid got knocked out with a jab!