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

[MulaKO]

Even better! I hope your right,....

I can’t see it going any other way
Canelo smells blood a mile away
They will **** away the body for the first three rounds with the occasional head shot
From then on he’ll mix it up and Kovi will be doing the funky chicken dance
Canelo learnt more than just boxing from his Mayweather loss

[Eff Pandas]

Too many idiots are wined, dine, and seduced by unbeaten punchers.

I mean do you reallllllly think thats all this was. The guy was a 2-1 dog & almost won the fight & had his opponents trainer bringing up stopping the fight.

I think most people have a more positive opinion after this L by Yarde then had in his previous dozen & change W's.

I think you are overall right, but I don't believe today is a great example of that. Yarde will be back. He's gonna be a top ten guy for a nice period of his career & maybe title holder one day.

[MulaKO]

I watched it on ESPN Plus. Timothy Bradley and Andre Ward kept saying that Yarde’s corner should tell him to invest more to the body early on and from the 1st round on. And then when he started to do it, they kept saying, he needs to keep going downstairs more because it’s effecting Sergio. I don’t understand where’s Yarde’s corner was in the first 4 rounds. Yarde was head hunting and kept throwing the check left hook. Not sure what their strategy was going in.

Exactly my point
And also , I find that Kovi’s chin is done
After he takes two three power shots he’s good to go
His legs give out and he’s fughin done

[MulaKO]

I mean do you reallllllly think thats all this was. The guy was a 2-1 dog & almost won the fight & had his opponents trainer bringing up stopping the fight.

I think most people have a more positive opinion after this L by Yarde then had in his previous dozen & change W's.

I think you are overall right, but I don't believe today is a great example of that. Yarde will be back. He's gonna be a top ten guy for a nice period of his career & maybe title holder one day.

Well said Eff
Today is the wrong example for his point although he is not wrong

[BigStomps]

I can’t see it going any other way
Canelo smells blood a mile away
They will **** away the body for the first three rounds with the occasional head shot
From then on he’ll mix it up and Kovi will be doing the funky chicken dance
Canelo learnt more than just boxing from his Mayweather loss

Kovalev does have the reach and power to keep Canelo at bay so I don't think it'll be as easy as you make it seem to be...
But I really hope your right on your prediction.

[_Rexy_]

I watched it on ESPN Plus. Timothy Bradley and Andre Ward kept saying that Yarde’s corner should tell him to invest more to the body early on and from the 1st round on. And then when he started to do it, they kept saying, he needs to keep going downstairs more because it’s effecting Sergio. I don’t understand where’s Yarde’s corner was in the first 4 rounds. Yarde was head hunting and kept throwing the check left hook. Not sure what their strategy was going in.

Their strategy was that they thought Yarde’s power was enough because he could KO club fighters.

[richardt]

I mean do you reallllllly think thats all this was. The guy was a 2-1 dog & almost won the fight & had his opponents trainer bringing up stopping the fight.

I think most people have a more positive opinion after this L by Yarde then had in his previous dozen & change W's.

I think you are overall right, but I don't believe today is a great example of that. Yarde will be back. He's gonna be a top ten guy for a nice period of his career & maybe title holder one day.

Common boxing sense. Unbeaten punchers who fought crap and didn't have any serious threats along the way, no stamina building. Yarde is finished. His bubble has been burst and he has no stamina like most muscle bound fighters. His next big fight he gets smashed again. This is boxing, not weight lifting and Yarde was too much of a mental midget to realize this, and not sparring. It doesnt get dumber than that.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

I mean do you reallllllly think thats all this was. The guy was a 2-1 dog & almost won the fight & had his opponents trainer bringing up stopping the fight.

I think most people have a more positive opinion after this L by Yarde then had in his previous dozen & change W's.

I think you are overall right, but I don't believe today is a great example of that. Yarde will be back. He's gonna be a top ten guy for a nice period of his career & maybe title holder one day.

The only problem I can see is that trust may have broken down between Yarde and Tunde now. Definitely, Yarde has the raw talent

[MulaKO]

Kovalev does have the reach and power to keep Canelo at bay so I don't think it'll be as easy as you make it seem to be...
But I really hope your right on your prediction.

Canelo will bully Kovi in the ring
And he’ll have to get that W early or that’s where I believe Kovi’s reach and power will come into play
Canelo having that stamina issue in the middle rounds and all
I just believe that father fughin time has caught up with Kovi
Someone ( Canelo ) with the right game plan , which is simple really , Yarde could of perfected it in sparring but oh yeah he don’t spar , go to the body early and the kill after , it’ll show all over Kovi’s face hence smelling blood

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

Common boxing sense. Unbeaten punchers who fought crap and didn't have any serious threats along the way, no stamina building. Yarde is finished. His bubble has been burst and he has no stamina like most muscle bound fighters. His next big fight he gets smashed again. This is boxing, not weight lifting and Yarde was too much of a mental midget to realize this, and not sparring. It doesnt get dumber than that.

Yeah I wonder where Yarde will go from here. If he takes another good fight, but gets beaten again, that could be very demoralising