Kovalev needs to fix his clinch game

[MDPopescu]

Lol Tunde trying to gas him up at the end, but Yarde is having none of it. "Let me be upset, let me critisize myself, that's how you get better"

Kovalev literally beat some sense into him.

... I think that (as taking into account Yarde's history) Tunde was somehow right... He gambled, but Yarde fell short with 30 seconds to go in the 8th round...

[Mindgames]

Ward said this in an interview or on commentary ?


Can you share a link please ?

It was somewhere on the commentary during the Yarde fight itself. Just said hes a hard puncher but not physically strong.

[Mindgames]

Are you sure it was only then? I could have sworn he touched on it during the actual fight. Maybe it came up more than once.

He definitely said it during the fight too, because i didn't see any of the other stuff but i heard him say that.

[Sweet Scions]

He definitely said it during the fight too, because i didn't see any of the other stuff but i heard him say that.

Yeah, I could swear to that too. Definitely may have come up more than once then.

[SplitSecond]

...Actually I'm going to correct myself; was thinking of the ones in plain view that make him initially double over at approx 1:52, but honestly the final ones also look low to me despite the trickier coverage there.

It doesnt even matter if a few werent low. Lowblows softened up his body, and killed his stamina. The fight was a farce.

[bigtyivier2k2]

What made Kov so good 6 years who aside from age? I cant quite put my finger on what the change has been (I know age is a huge factor) but he still got his power and accurate jabbing so what made him go from the most dangerous killer at 175 to almost getting ko’d vs yarde, ko’d vs alvarez?