Kovalev: Those of you who put money on me beating Canelo, you're a bunch of ignorants

[Joe Beamish]

Translation: He threw the fight and everyone should've known that was gonna happen.

This.

And I DID know. It was obvious. This was just a money grab.

Which is how boxing works now. Kovalev fully expected to lose. But hey, he got paid real good.

[Thuglife Nelo]

He ain't saying he threw the fight, he's saying he was unable to give his best because he was a long way from being in peak condition. There's a world of difference, although it's still an excuse I guess.

What do you mean he is unable to give his best my nizz. He about to go P4P in the strip club!

WAR KRUSHER!

[ruedboy]

The fight was the quintessential boxing PR hype job.
OF course Kov "had a chance".
In boxing, anything can happen.
But the odds makers and any fan with half a brain knew
the chance of Kovalev winning were slim to none.

[eco1]

This. Throwing fights is an actual federal offense. It’s worse if you admit it. Jubei doing his hero a disservice.

But we all know he didn’t say that. He just said he plans to **** more Russian hoes in the next 40 min on his way to the strip club!

Well , senators in the USA should be a federal offense. Bunch of thieves.

[Beterbiev#1]

"Те, кто верил в мою победу над Канело и ставил на это деньги, вы - профаны в этом виде спорта." © С. Ковалев.

Those who believed in my victory over Canelo and put money on it, you're ar bunch of ignoramuses. - S. Kovalev pic.twitter.com/94AHKnpoYm

— Kai (@kaiberpunk) November 17, 2019

He probably deleted the video from his own account already, I cannot find it anymore. Thoughts?

Extensive translation

Sergey Kovalev says that with all factors and limitations he had it was impossible to win fight against bully like Canelo. He hadn’t good shape and condition to do that

Kovalev says that Canelo team calculated their fight very well

SK had 2 full camps for Yarde, because negotiations interrupted in midway. And after that he hadn’t enough time to recover and had straight 3rd camp to fight Canelo. He wondered how he was able to go 11 rounds

He didn’t turn from this fight, because he was very interested in offer [money]. Kovalev says he fought on back foot well until he was tired. Canelo didn’t land serious shots until final round. Kovalev felt that his gas ended in 7th round and at 11 round he did serious mistake.

He also thought diehard boxing would have been able to see through this and wouldn’t bet on him so isn’t his fault that they lost.

There you have it. Kovalev with only one true loss

- Ward #1 was a robbery
- Ward #2 was because of low blows
- Canelo - Insert excuse. Calculated loss, threw the fight, etc.
- Alvarez is the only true loss

[Ray*]

When some of us said he would get KO’ed, we were ridiculed. The quotes were “He just beat a young hungry lion”.... Even when you explain the age, wars, clause etc They would reply with something so dumb like you are hating on Kovalev. Am glad he shitted on those people.

[Abby26]

Funny when ko victims try to convince the public that the other fighter is not good. lol. Canelo sat dat loser down and made him try to grab the ropes. Kov is the much bigger guy. gtg tired? its cuz he ran all fight against the smaller guy. not age. kov just had back to back kos wins accept yr conquering by the great legend and hero to the masses pound fr pound king and god amongst men Canelo the truth Alvarez!!!!!!

[New England]

he's not wrong. the guy got his brain scrambled by nthony yarde. prime kovlaev goes maybe 2 rounds with yarde. maybe.

he was all done and we knew it. the ward fights were the beginning of the end after years of drinking. then he took a knockout loss to the other alvarez. then he got blasted by the real alvarez.


took the money and ran, is basically what he's saying. canelo woulnd't have fought kovalev in his prime and we all know it.

[Citizen Koba]

What do you mean he is unable to give his best my nizz. He about to go P4P in the strip club!

WAR KRUSHER!

Well I guess he might as well. When's he up in court? He might not have another chance for a while...

[Real King Kong]

Sounds like post loss excuse making...something kovalev is known for. In this case, he’s kind of right tho, and any objective person knew all that going in.