Why would Kovalev fight Canelo on November 2nd?

[Scopedog]

I'd hope sanity would prevail and they'd fight early December instead, at the earliest. If they actually go ahead with this date it's not really any better than dragging Kovalev down to a catchweight. That was a hard fight he was just in.

[rudy]

Castillo gave us one of the best fights of all time vs Corrales just 63 days after beating Julio Diaz.

did he not lose the fight vs Corrales

[jimisawesome]

Because Canelo makes the rules and Kovalev really has no say and if he wants that retirement paycheque he& his team will agree to whatever date Canelo wants

Obviously picking a date so close is meant to be a bit of a mind f.uck for Kovalev and meant to make Kov uncomfortable and put him at a disadvantage.

Plus there is only around 7 available Saturday’s in Nov/ Dec and DAZn will want a different Pay period for Canelo and AJ , Wilder / Ortiz probably has 1 of those Sat in early Nov and Canelo / DAZn don’t want to go a week or 2 after that fight ,

December locked up with Aj/Ruiz and a week later Fox has a show

Nov 2 might be the only date that makes sense

This right here. There are 9 Saturdays in the two months.

Nov 30th, Dec 21st and Dec 28th are iffy to bad dates due to holidays.

Dec 7th already has AJ/Ruiz but it is also the worst possible Saturday of the year to have a fight in the US. Its the conference championship games that day so you will get next to no free media in the lead up to the fight and no coverage post fight.

That takes us from 9 to 5 and only 1 is in past Nov 23rd. The Dec date or the mid Nov dates very well could be the Ortiz Wilder fight too.

Then throw in T Mobile availability. Dec 14th is already booked with UFC. Nov 9th is booked for the Rodeo finals. The 16th looks to be open. The 2nd is booked with an NHL game. Not sure what venue they are looking to have the fight at.

So really if the fight is going to take place by the end of the year does it really matter all that much 1 or maybe 2 weeks?

[Mammoth]

Spoke to Egis Klimas and Buddy McGirt, they both said that the Nov 2nd turnaround for Sergey Kovalev to face Canelo is not an issue... #boxing

— Steve Kim (@StevESPNKim) August 27, 2019

[BennyBlanco]

Why not December?

Simple explanation.

DAZN has finally figured out that in order to keep people from cycling on and off their DAZN subscription whenever they have a big fight, they need to have meaningful fights every month.

From the standpoint of driving subscriptions, heir May/June schedule - GGG, Canelo and Joshua, all within 5 weeks of each other - was ******. People just dropped off the service after GGG in June, so they learned their lesson.

For September, they don't really have a meaningful fight in terms of driving subscriptions.

For October, they have a so-so fight from the subscription business standpoint: if you know who derevyenchenko is, you're a hardcore boxing fan and are probably already a DAZN subscriber.

For December, they have Ruiz-Joshua 2.

They need something to keep people from dropping DAZN after GGG in October. So they want to force Kovalev to fight in November.

[Divine Hammer]

Spoke to Egis Klimas and Buddy McGirt, they both said that the Nov 2nd turnaround for Sergey Kovalev to face Canelo is not an issue... #boxing

— Steve Kim (@StevESPNKim) August 27, 2019

aka the money is too good to pass up. kovalev going into the fight damaged and bruised. joke fight. and rehydration clause too. they're going to kill kovalev to have their cut of a big payday. shameless. pathetic.

[QballLobo]

If Kov wants the payday he’ll take the date. He’s not the one calling any shots.
Lots of fighters have gone from a fight and stay in training. Ruiz being the most recent example.
He knew when he didn’t want to pay Yarde step aside money to fight in September they were looking for a Nov. date. If he really wants the fight as much as he says he does then he should have been prepared to do what it takes.

[Divine Hammer]

If Kov wants the payday he’ll take the date. He’s not the one calling any shots.
Lots of fighters have gone from a fight and stay in training. Ruiz being the most recent example.
He knew when he didn’t want to pay Yarde step aside money to fight in September they were looking for a Nov. date. If he really wants the fight as much as he says he does then he should have been prepared to do what it takes.

ruiz is still young and in his prime. kovalev is old and past his prime who had a very tough round 8. give me a break. kovalev going into the fight badly prepared so that his handlers all can get a nice big cut of the pie. joke sport. i expected better from buddy mcgirth who had one of his fighters die recently. shameless. spit on them.

[Abby26]

ruiz is still young and in his prime. kovalev is old and past his prime who had a very tough round 8. give me a break. kovalev going into the fight badly prepared so that his handlers all can get a nice big cut of the pie. joke sport. i expected better from buddy mcgirth who had one of his fighters die recently. shameless. spit on them.

Had one bad round? that is yr argument. He cruised thru the rest of the fight easily and ko’d yarde. plus he will b fightg a much smaller man who’s power will most likely not follow him up to light heavyweight. Damn yre a coward. Everything is in kovalev’s favor. Even the bigger triple flop who hits harder wl not fight kovalev. its literally David vs Goliath.

[Divine Hammer]

Had one bad round? that is yr argument. He cruised thru the rest of the fight easily and ko’d yarde. plus he will b fightg a much smaller man who’s power will most likely not follow him up to light heavyweight. Damn yre a coward. Everything is in kovalev’s favor. Even the bigger triple flop who hits harder wl not fight kovalev. its literally David vs Goliath.

at 36 years old and past ur prime u need more time to recover from ur fights. this is simple facts. round 8 was very tough for kovalev ate huge big punches from yarde and was out on his feet. buddy almost stopped the fight. it was bad. this type of punishment maybe for a young fighter they can fight again soon after. but at 36 years old ur body needs time to recover alot. this is just elementary easy common facts that require 0 iq to know.

kovalev is far past his prime, not enough time to recover and rest from his tough fight, fight in pro canelo venue and judges, and will be drained by rehydration clause. i thought kovalev could win but not under these unfair disadvantages anymore.