Why would Kovalev fight Canelo on November 2nd?

[_Rexy_]

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.

And Canelo will never fight the other 3 champs...

[DuckAdonis]

After the kind of fight he had, Kovalev needs some rest

[KTFOKING]

That's 68 days from now.....

Is that not enough time? He didn't suffer any injury that I am aware of and he could rest up for three weeks before getting back in camp. After just fighting, he doesn't need the usual 8 week camp.

[DuckAdonis]

Canelo should have just fought in September and made the Kov fight for December/January

[Mammoth]

Is that not enough time? He didn't suffer any injury that I am aware of and he could rest up for three weeks before getting back in camp. After just fighting, he doesn't need the usual 8 week camp.

I was assuming at this stage they'd like some rest between camps. Especially after a tough fight but if they're good to go, they're good to go....

[QballLobo]

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.

Weak argument. He’s already in shape and just has to maintain his fitness. He doesn’t need to jump into sparring until the second half of camp.

[KTFOKING]

I was assuming at this stage they'd like some rest between camps. Especially after a tough fight but if they're good to go, they're good to go....

I mean that's why he could rest for three weeks. You don't need another 8 week camp when you are fighting that close to your prior fight.

[Southpawology]

Kov has an old war torn body he needs more time to recover and on top of that the yarde fight was no walk in the park.

[Mammoth]

I mean that's why he could rest for three weeks. You don't need another 8 week camp when you are fighting that close to your prior fight.

Sure, I guess. Like I said, if they're good with it then there's no issue.

[KTFOKING]

Sure, I guess. Like I said, if they're good with it then there's no issue.

He fought on the 24th, and let's say he takes off three weeks and returns to camp on September 15, then he would have 7 weeks until his fight against Canelo. Now, you could say they would need to promote it and he would have to start promoting ASAP which could be an issue, but the actual camp time? Think that is enough.