i dont know man, but kovalev dude seemed to holding back his punches

[j0zef]

Think you meant to say Kovalev in the bolded. I agree 100 % Canelo is a masterful counter puncher with power ,and was countering the **** out of him .

Righto - thanks for the catch.

Except against Canelo his jab was pathetic from the opening bell, and he was fighting small, crouching himself to be on Canelo’s level, instead of fighting long and keeping Canelo at a distance by hitting him from the top. His jab was lazy from the opening bell. Kovalev came to lose.

I disagree that his jab was pathetic. Some of them were good jabs. Others were feeling out jabs. Most fighters threw both.
And yes, he did fight small, especially in the beginning. I chalked that up to protecting his midsection.

Don't think he came to lose. He boxed well and was ahead on my card. His activity level did drop. In the postfight interview, Kov blamed the short turnaround from Yarde fight, which can be true.. but at the same time, he gassed early in his last 4-5 fights too.

[sicko]

I'm not screaming "Fixed" BUT people proclaiming Kovalev was winning when he was jabbing Gloves. If he was landing all those jabs then Canelo should've had way more Damage to the face. He was mostly jabbing at Gloves!

[True-Boxing-Fan]

and try his hardest to not knocking out the nelo dude, and kovalev seems to have 'he gave me alot of money so ill let him to knock me out' face

If you knew anything about boxing. You’d know the moment Kovalev would have tried to open up and land sometime heavy and big. Canelo would have countered that slow heavy punch with something very nasty and would have highlighted his ass sooner.

Kovalev was super wary of those nasty counters that’s why all he was willing to throw were them jabs followed by a very occasional right.

[tritium_arma]

Don’t think he threw the fight but I don’t think he cared too much. On the copp podcast they said he didnt get paid anything for his first 17 fights so all he could think about was the money.

[Vodkaholic]

The whole fight was definitely odd imo

[SplitSecond]

I'm not screaming "Fixed" BUT people proclaiming Kovalev was winning when he was jabbing Gloves. If he was landing all those jabs then Canelo should've had way more Damage to the face. He was mostly jabbing at Gloves!

I've only seen the fight live but this is what I saw. But this is typical boxing fan schtick, most dont pay attention to what's landing, they score via I guess what Kellerman calls the "story of the fight". And when you're ignoring the punches landing you can basically write your own story.

[PeasantCrusha]

Hey man good to see you back

I am always lurkin brother