Comments Thread For: Kovalev: I Didn't Expect Easy Fight, I'm Surprised I Stopped Yarde

[Bro. Steve]

Nobody in the sport can beat Canelo on a decision. Kovalev must knock him out. GGG hit Canelo good several times and couldn’t do it. Some guys are just really hard to knock out. But if Kovalev is forced to let the judges decide the fight, well, there’s very little doubt which way it’ll go.

[Shadoww702]

... People usually forget that it was Canelo who wanted Kovalev... not the other way around...

Same with Mikey. I don’t get it when there is GREAT fights at their current weight classes.

[Vlad_]

He was knocked out by a jab, how is his chin great? He did show a ton of heart though. I'd be surprised if he doesn't become a champ within 5 years. He should also consider switching trainers or start doing sparring. Tunde's no sparring policy is bizzare and unprecedented in the sport. If only the result proved that there might be something to it.

The jab that knocked Yarde out was not what knocked Yarde out. Yarde just had ZERO energy left at that point. He had already fell down by himself prior to the knockout.

[JuniorTorres720]

I was pleased with Kovalev's performance. Once again he demonstrated that he's not a prime Kovalev anymore, but his experience still allows him to compete at a world class level. He's a seasoned vet and it shows. He's not wild. He throws every punch with the intent to connect and cause harm. He's not a prime Kovalev, but this Kovalev can still compete. He's not shot. He can still give a good fight but if he's going to face Canelo it has to be at the full 175 pound limit with no rehydration clause.

[Mindgames]

LMAO at all the usual hurt gggroupies screaming in rage how angry they are Canelos STILL improving atg resume makes them while their favorite hypejob is cherrypicking infinitely weaker opponents & continuing the trend of accumulating vacant belts vs C levels.

Canelos already a future ATG & gstring diva bo**** "legacy" becomes more irrelevant with every scalp added to nelos mantle from the most prestigious fighters all around his weight class,but anyone from 154-175 wouldn't last 7 w ggg doe,if he fought em doe,which would be a waste of time anyway doe, because ATGGG doe

So far all Canelo has done is fight an aging champion, an ex victim of an aging champion, a domestic level guy who won a vacant title, and is now targeting another aging faded champion, and there's sure to be some weight draining thrown in for good measure. With all these young lions around at both hes weights, Charlo, Saunders, Andrade and Smith, plus all the young lions hes got to pick from at 175, he targets the guy whos the weakest and oldest. Golovkin fought hes young challenge, Canelo, whens Alvarez gonna fight hes young challengers?

[alexjust]

The jab that knocked Yarde out was not what knocked Yarde out. Yarde just had ZERO energy left at that point. He had already fell down by himself prior to the knockout.

Its a common excuse for boxers - oh, he was doing great, but just got tired as if this is something outside of boxer's control just happened - like gloves fell off or he slipped on a wet mat and broke a leg. Boxing is not a sprint-like sport, its a marathon, in marathon it doesn't matter how well you run the first 2 miles, you've got another 24 to cover and if you can't - it doesn't matter how good you are in a sprint, you just not ready. And that was very evident on Saturday. Your skills are useless if you can't apply them consistently for 36 minutes, that's where the primary challenge in this sport lies. Fighting like Mohammed Ali for 3 minutes out of 36 does not make you Mohammed Ali

[Vlad_]

Its a common excuse for boxers - oh, he was doing great, but just got tired as if this is something outside of boxer's control just happened - like gloves fell off or he slipped on a wet mat and broke a leg. Boxing is not a sprint-like sport, its a marathon, in marathon it doesn't matter how well you run the first 2 miles, you've got another 24 to cover and if you can't - it doesn't matter how good you are in a sprint, you just not ready. And that was very evident on Saturday. Your skills are useless if you can't apply them consistently for 36 minutes, that's where the primary challenge in this sport lies. Fighting like Mohammed Ali for 3 minutes out of 36 does not make you Mohammed Ali

Now you're just moving the goalposts. The initial argument was about Yarde's chin, not his endurance/stamina. You just wrote a paragraph about something entirely different.

[alexjust]

Now you're just moving the goalposts. The initial argument was about Yarde's chin, not his endurance/stamina. You just wrote a paragraph about something entirely different.

Oh, the infamous "writing about something different" police...I always thought I navigated the internet too carefully to come across your menacing breath.

P.S. Didn't you start talking about him being tired as a reason for being KO'd? Jeesus, man, even Wilder's right hand will turn into a kitten's paw if he is tired enough. What is your point?

[MDPopescu]

... People usually forget that it was Canelo who wanted Kovalev... not the other way around...

Same with Mikey. I don’t get it when there is GREAT fights at their current weight classes.

... Canelo vs Kovalev would rather be more of an "exhibition fight" -- with Kovalev getting the big "Canelo money", losing a chess-like match, and then riding into the sunset...

[PunchyPotorff]

Sergay Kovalev's performance was appalling, simply awful. A bum like Anthony Yarde should never go past five rounds with any top five Light-heavyweight.
Hang them up Sergay, its over for you.

It's Sergey... as in the first word of the first sentence of this article.

As for his performance... how many fighters get caught like he did from a strong LHW, then next round turn things completely around to stop their opponent 2 rounds later? Very few. Almost always after a dicey round like that, it's the beginning of the end... if not THE end that round. He did great vs a strong challenger. Not a bad performance at all.