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

[SteveM]

I understand that. I just question if Kov is the best light heavy anymore as Ruiz was clearly not the best heavy when Jones beat him.

It puts an asterisk next to that achievement.

mods put up a poll - should be more polls anyway. I have the nail or Bivol as best LHW and I'd give Kov a good chance of decisioning Beterbiev who is probably past prime and inactive

[SteveM]

Not many middleweights have moved up and dethroned a light heavyweight champ. Bernard Hopkins comes to mind. There might be one or two others. So a Kovalev vs Canelo fight will be historic if Canelo wins.

history with an asterix as per RJJ vs Ruiz, as per Canelo vs Fielding - hell, why not just go after Pascal, he has a 'belt' now

[richardt]

You just arguing with me to argue now. Of f#cking course if you almost stop a guy you almost won.

No, not correct. "Almost" is subjective and means a fighter is showing nothing. At no point was Kov not defending himself or out on his feet and not firing back. Almost winning would have been Yarde dropping Kov in the last round and Kov rises at the 9 count. Kov was not defenseless at any point. Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Too many idiots are wined, dined, and seduced by unbeaten punchers. Anyone with a lick of sense or having been around the sport for more than a minute would know Yarde's muscles and lack of distance fights and competition would haunt him and it did. Easy money for whoever bet on Kov to win late. A lot of broken hearts bet on Yarde.

[JakeTheBoxer]

I understand that. I just question if Kov is the best light heavy anymore as Ruiz was clearly not the best heavy when Jones beat him.

It puts an asterisk next to that achievement.

He is not the best 175 fighter, for sure. canelo fans ( they are Ward fans as well) are hyping him now because he will likely fight Canelo.

But I think that even that version of Kovalev is too good for Canelo. People say Canelo will go to the body from the first round. I would love to see that, lol.

[Guest]

He is not the best 175 fighter, for sure. canelo fans ( they are Ward fans as well) are hyping him now because he will likely fight Canelo.

But I think that even that version of Kovalev is too good for Canelo. People say Canelo will go to the body from the first round. I would love to see that, lol.

Kovalev only wins money in this fight even if he decapitates Canelo. Canelo has zero to lose no matter what happens. Canelo wins and it could be just because Kov is past prime- which he seems to be, but he gets this historical boost for it.

I just don't like these gimmicky type fights for some bs legacy. Even down to Pac- Margarito and ones like that where there is no intention to defend the belt.

It's not like Canelo would defend that title even if he won.

I just think they are dumb. And I may be a minority in that thinking. So be it.

[Eff Pandas]

"Almost" is subjective

Of course it is. And most people I saw were in agreement Yarde almost won the fight in the 8th round.

Feel free to feel how you feel obviously. Sometimes I agree with the majority like with this & sometimes I don't like you don't now myself.

[Shadoww702]

Damn it! I forgot this was in Russia and thought started in a few hours.

[trueblood]

SURE***. Golden Boy can pick em

Kovelev Lood terrible


He got read old... Yard could have won


If he hit the mans body...

Canello is a great body puncher...

Here to say another belt for Lil Red Red Head.

[richardt]

Of course it is. And most people I saw were in agreement Yarde almost won the fight in the 8th round.

Feel free to feel how you feel obviously. Sometimes I agree with the majority like with this & sometimes I don't like you don't now myself.

It is simple. If a fighters is A) defenseless, B) not fighting back and not throwing punches C) gets dropped and gets up on shaky legs at the count of 9, then he was almost knocked out. Thats my criteria. bottom line, it is like taking candy from a baby when betting on this fight because of the obvious differences. The smart money was on Kov for a late KO which is what happened.

[Noelanthony]

I said that because I’ve read a lot of posts here where people stated Sergio will walk through and hurt and stop Canelo. I don’t think anyone is walking through or hurting or stopping Canelo easily. So the under rated comment wasn’t about the media or boxing experts, or astute boxing fans, it was targeted to fans that think he can easily be hurt by Sergio.

Fair enough