That looked staged as hell.

[JakeTheBoxer]

Don`t care. Kovalev will be remembered as 175 champ brutally stopped by a middleweight, lol.

[MMA >>> BOXING]

only in boxing people will try to question a legit KO win.
level of intelligence this people have is really concerning.

[Vlad_]

only in boxing people will try to question a legit KO win.
level of intelligence this people have is really concerning.

It’s not about the KO win. It’s about Kovalev fighting like bitch from the opening bell. Perhaps read before posting next time.

[MMA >>> BOXING]

WWE is more legit than this fight... Anyone who think this isn't a fix fight DKSAB..

anyone who thinks this was a fixed fight has a single digit IQ

[MMA >>> BOXING]

It’s not about the KO win. It’s about Kovalev fighting like bitch from the opening bell. Perhaps read before posting next time.

perhaps u should watch the fight again before posting. kov was fighting good pumping the jab keeping nelo outside.

[BaguMka]

perhaps u should watch the fight again before posting. kov was fighting good pumping the jab keeping nelo outside.

Kova wasn't himself he didn't throw hard jabs. Had a feeling he got paid not to knock clenelo out. The fight is very suspect

[JakeTheBoxer]

perhaps u should watch the fight again before posting. kov was fighting good pumping the jab keeping nelo outside.

Totally wrong game plan. I think everybody knows you have to knock Canelo out to get the win, if your name is not Mayweather.

[Articulateboxin]

It’s not about the KO win. It’s about Kovalev fighting like bitch from the opening bell. Perhaps read before posting next time.

If Canelo hadn't landed the way he did, when he did - Kovalev may well go onto win a points decision. It's so easy to make statements with hindsight's perspective. We have no way of knowing Kov's plan didn't provide the highest % win chance.

Canelo hasn't really been wobbled by anybody for years so why load up with punches? Because of a % chance it might work? Well they calculated it had a lesser chance of winning than their own gameplay. That's not to say some of his punches didn't crack, the uppercut he caught Canelo with would have knocked you or I out i'm sure

[MMA >>> BOXING]

Kova wasn't himself he didn't throw hard jabs. Had a feeling he got paid not to knock clenelo out. The fight is very suspect

he was just saving his energy. type of fighter who always gasses towards the end of a fight.

[epyh]

Kovalev sold the KO well. Incredibly well but Canelo did not appear to load up very much. Looked potentially suspect. The right passed through the target and I know for certain I could sell a fake knockout with the same guided motion at the same speed with no real power behind the shot.

It's not like 300+ million dollars is part of this overall equation. It's not like they needed to add some value somehow. Right? That this fight was even happening in the first place was suspect. These two probably spent weeks choreographing this.

I'm ****ing Nostradamus.

"Does anyone seriously think Kovalev is going to try his absolute best to beat Canelo ?

There's a reason he's getting paid 8 figures sums, and there's a reason oddsmakers have Canelo a 3-1 favorite in a weight-class he never fought at, against a dominant champion to boot.

Kovalev will do a Golovkin, box one of his worst match looking nothing like a well schooled champion/world class amateur and forgetting inexplicably to throw his best shots.

It will be Canelo that will look like he was a world class amateur standout instead."

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