Yarde Landed More Punches On Kovalev Than Anyone In History

[Superbee]

I think Pascal is waving that flag.

He got hit more, harder... and neverwent down...

[OCPancho]

Disagree with Yarde's shoulder roll defence. The best attack against the shoulder roll is the jab. See DeLa Hoya vs Mayweather in the early going until he abandoned it. Kovalev has one of the best jabs I have ever seen and that's why he was effective against it. Yarde did change it up a bit, but he simply couldn't get past that powerful jab. Most other light heavies would have lots of problems with Yarde

Shoulder roll is pointless if you keep eating one-two's and you couldn't come up with a left hook counter or right lead .
Yarde was better off with a high guard.
His face was mushed.

Yarde is not fast enough with the shoulder roll .

[Mister Wolf]

Alvarez made Kovalev do the Hollywood shuffle on his way to the ground.

[Rockybigblower]

Cong****,are they going to give him a participation medal?

Exactly. The only thing Yarde really had was strength. He landed a good shot... but had none of the skills available to finish the job.

[SN!PER]

Ward doesn't land the most shots, but he lands the right shots.

[RuleOfTheSpear]

These stats about how "oh he landed more than any other opponent" is just a way to make the loser feel good.

[megh50]

Shoulder roll is pointless if you keep eating one-two's and you couldn't come up with a left hook counter or right lead .
Yarde was better off with a high guard.
His face was mushed.

Yarde is not fast enough with the shoulder roll .

It's not a matter of fast enough...just the dynamics. You'll never be able to turn the shoulder fast enough to roll with a good double jab or a strong jab to the top of the head. Even if he used a high guard, Kovalev is that good to still get the jab through. Not even Ward could defend properly against it. Best way to fight Kova is what Yarde did in the 8th round and what Alvarez did in the first fight. Yarde started too late and burnt himself out

[OCPancho]

It's not a matter of fast enough...just the dynamics. You'll never be able to turn the shoulder fast enough to roll with a good double jab or a strong jab to the top of the head. Even if he used a high guard, Kovalev is that good to still get the jab through. Not even Ward could defend properly against it. Best way to fight Kova is what Yarde did in the 8th round and what Alvarez did in the first fight. Yarde started too late and burnt himself out

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Holding your left that low so you can try the shoulder roll got pointless in a hurry . He kept eating rights all night .

[megh50]

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Holding your left that low so you can try the shoulder roll got pointless in a hurry . He kept eating rights all night .

Yes it was too low. He was trying to disguise the left hook...but opened himself up to too many rights