Yarde had a game plan to catch him late on when he was tired but...

[Century Tuna]

But Kovalev weathered the storm. Had that been in the UK or us it could well have been stopped in the 8th as Kovalev was taking a beating. But the ref was right to let in go on. Yardes problem was he had no plan b and once he'd gassed he had no second wind where as Kovalev even at his ripe old age had powers of recovery and was able to come again.

[MDPopescu]

But Kovalev weathered the storm. Had that been in the UK or us it could well have been stopped in the 8th as Kovalev was taking a beating. But the ref was right to let in go on. Yardes problem was he had no plan b and once he'd gassed he had no second wind where as Kovalev even at his ripe old age had powers of recovery and was able to come again.

... I guess that Yarde's game plan was somehow right in "theory"... He waited until the old Kova got tired and he went "all in" in the 7th and the 8th... the problem was that Yarde fell short of about 30 seconds and got exhausted...

[Jim Tom]

But Kovalev weathered the storm. Had that been in the UK or us it could well have been stopped in the 8th as Kovalev was taking a beating. But the ref was right to let in go on. Yardes problem was he had no plan b and once he'd gassed he had no second wind where as Kovalev even at his ripe old age had powers of recovery and was able to come again.

With a jab he could have done it. You can’t just have a game plan of trying to catch someone as they come in. Boxing is fought behind a good jab because the jab is a range finder, offensive weapon and softens your opponent. Yarde was all marked up and worn out because he kept eating that jab. Also not sparring was the most ****** thing Yarde ever did. Had he been sparring he would have known his strategy was ****** and adjusted accordingly. Sparring exposes your limitations and exposes your fitness levels. What a waste of talent, I hope he gets a real trainer not that clown he walks around with.

[DaNeutral.]

How the hell did Yardes team not know about Yardes own stamina levels. Yarde himself is oblivious he has no experience, hes not been really pushed hard and hasnt had to go long hard rounds, he felt like a king and expected the Kovalev fight to feel and pan out like the rest. The truth is he hasnt got a clue, but surely his team should.

Hes not done the rounds in the fights, or in sparring apparently which i find hard to believe, hes not been pushed hard or pushed back, hes not felt those energy sapping nerves of a big important fight against a formidable opponent.

It was too big of a leap and Yardes version of that style of fighting had serious defensive issues that you should of dealt with and refined in his rise through the the quality of opposition aswell as finding out your stamina isnt quite what it was when you were schooling and knocking out bums. You cant take big inexperienced jumps like that and get away with it unless there is something special about you and Yarde is a good fighter but not good enough to just jump up in class and take down somebody like Kovalev. The mans still green as hell.

[juggernaut666]

You don't plan anything late when you never been past 7 rounds so that was pretty dumb if true.Yardes problem was round experience and you only get them by being in them .Yarde would win the rematch if he jumps on him early , Kovalev would not be able to keep Yarde off him and he's lucky they went with a dumb game p!an.

[mjbjst]

Yarde punched himself out all and was ko that's all. His game plan was sh-t his trainer is sh-t and the training methods he has his fighter on are bogus

[DuckAdonis]

Bunch of BS,

I watched it again and at no point would it have warranted a stoppage. Everyone is exaggerating. The 10th round was way more of a one sided beating. Yarde only put it on Kov in the last minute of the 8th round. 10th round was way more one-sided

[DuckAdonis]

You don't plan anything late when you never been past 7 rounds so that was pretty dumb if true.Yardes problem was round experience and you only get them by being in them .Yarde would win the rematch if he jumps on him early , Kovalev would not be able to keep Yarde off him and he's lucky they went with a dumb game p!an.

Dumbest thing I ever heard. If Yarde jumped on him early before Kov gassed he would have gotten badly KOd. Kov was setting him up with shots and he would have walked right into them. If Yarde hires you as a trainer his career won't go long. Kov is the better boxer and very powerful, especially early on. Jump on him and you end up on the canvas

[juggernaut666]

Dumbest thing I ever heard. If Yarde jumped on him early before Kov gassed he would have gotten badly KOd. Kov was setting him up with shots and he would have walked right into them. If Yarde hires you as a trainer his career won't go long. Kov is the better boxer and very powerful, especially early on. Jump on him and you end up on the canvas

If you go at Kovalev early you don't let him set up and get comfortable you then can pace mid rounds and then go again hard late,One doesn't just unload everything in uncharted territory that's actually the dumbest thing to do at a stage in the fight you've never been to....you have zero knowledge about it and never fought before ,STFU. lol

[BodiesInFlight]

He was waiting for Kovalev to gas but got gassed himself by round 5.

I think Tunde assumed he had a better gas tank.

If only there was a way to test that in some kind of practice in training.