Was Kovalev winning or was the fight fixed?

[Thuglife Nelo]

So did you have Kovalev winning the fight before the KO or was it a fixed fight? Or both? The fight was fixed AND Kovalev was winning?

Or maybe the agreement was that Canelo allows Kovalev to win on points until the 11th round, and then Kovalev needs to open himself up for Canelo’s power punches? Right?

Why didn’t Gatti, another fighter McGirt trained, threw virtually no power punches at Mayweather either? He just jabbed, jabbed, jabbed and the few times he tried anything else, he got caught. What is it with McGirt fighters and the jab obsession? And McGirt fighters being in on fixed fights?

Jab obsession isn’t exclusive to McGirt. Ask Abel and Rozier why their fighters did the same thing against Canelo.

[Bmore18]

Kovalev was ahead on my cards but the tide had turned. I had him 2 up after 10 but Canelo was charging. I didnt want a draw but Kov certainly didnt look like he had it in him to win either 11 or 12. I have not seen any official cards but i presume Canelo was winning the fight according to those.

I had the same. Official cards were a draw and two cards had Canelo up at the stoppage

[GhostofDempsey]

I had Kovalev winning by a healthy margin until the KO. I knew if he didn’t win by KO he was getting robbed. I don’t believe he took a dive, that was a legit KO.

[QueensburyRules]

i had kovalev winning easily 6-4 or 7-3. i don't believe the ko was fake or rigged. i do believe very strongly that canelo was heavily on steroids. how come canelo has not been able to come close to ko'ing a legitimate middleweight or anyone good, but now all of a sudden can ko a light heavyweight like its nothing?????? steroids.

- -Hammers Kow steroids?

[QueensburyRules]

It is pretty hilarious that even with all the holding back Kovalev did, he was still winning the fight. That's all with the jab, and not jabs to do damage like in his last fight when he literally KO'd a LHW KO-artist with a jab. But really even by refraining from any power punches or combinations, with the soft offense to make Canelo look competitive, it still wasn't competitive untill Canelo signaled the final stage of the fix. Very hard to make it look convincing to intelligent people when you got a naturally much bigger, better fighter pretending to be inferior.

- -U real inferior?

[Jsmooth9876]

How about neither

[ruedboy]

Kovalev had some decent rounds the first half of the fight but Alvarez was pressing him. Kov tired badly after the 5th round and it was obvious Alvarez was winning the 2nd half of the fight.
I have to admit I was surprised by the suddenness of the KO.

[jimisawesome]

Of course Kov was up with mostly 10-8 rounds too. If not for the ref stopping the fight I probably would have even given him a 9-9 round for the 11th he was just that dominating. Somehow this proves ggg is the best.

Am I doing this right?

[DoktorSleepless]

I wasn't impressed by Kovalev's pitty pat punches at all for the first half the fight. There were only two rounds where I thought Kovalev won decisively (I think it was 8 and 9). I had Canelo winning before stoppage. I think my score card was similar to Julie Ledderman's.

[FloydAndCanelo]

i had kovalev winning easily 6-4 or 7-3. i don't believe the ko was fake or rigged. i do believe very strongly that canelo was heavily on steroids. how come canelo has not been able to come close to ko'ing a legitimate middleweight or anyone good, but now all of a sudden can ko a light heavyweight like its nothing?????? steroids.

Keep melting down babyboi