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Kovalev: Those of you who put money on me beating Canelo, you're a bunch of ignorants
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Originally posted by _Maxi View PostHe's not saying he didn't know... he's saying that he signed the fight for the money.
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostDidnt he almost win the fight. I mean if it woulda went the distance it was close & we were getting close to the finish line.
So that being the case this sounds like some weird bad loser sh^t to me or excuse making & anger about losing.
Kov is an odd dude & a bad loser for such a high level cat whos had a HOF caliber career.
He was having himself a really nice career, even though he was lax about training (his own fault). Then comes the Ward fight, where he does extremely well then Fs up by humoring Ward and fighting inside. As a result, he gets robbed on the cards. Dude is annoyed, thinks he's better than Ward and wants to prove it. Ward plays with his head by not agreeing to the rematch, Kovalev gives up his half of the money (which was ****** AF).
Then Ward's camp plays all those games with his head - with that James Prince (or whatever) threatening his family, causing a rift between Kov and his coach. Kov comes into the rematch completely unprepared and gasses in the 3rd round. He gets hit in the nuts throughout the fight, Ward gets warned twice, then the ref changes his tune and calls the shots legal. Fight gets stopped on lowblows. Kov goes off the deep end.. comes back, boxes OK, then gets caught by Alvarez who he underestimates and KOd. Here, he pretty much knows his career is done. Comes back.. outboxes Alvarez, takes a tuneup, gets screwed around by Yarde when he goes through 2 camps.. then gets an offer from Canelo to cash out.
I do not think Canelo fight was fixed in any shape or form. But I do think that Kovalev is 100% right in his assessment. They gave him no time to recuperate after Yarde. (they = not blaming Canelo, but both him and DAZN) I don't think he planned on getting KOd, but I do believe him when he says he expected to lose with all the odds stacked against him. Canelo is VERY difficult to beat in Vegas. Those scorecards at the time of the stoppage were pretty bad. Kovalev didn't even seem surprised about the loss. He just kinda shrugged it off and said "good for him he won".
In short, I think his bad habits, experiences with Ward, then shocking loss to Storm have put him into severe depression in regards to boxing. If the fight against Canelo wasn't a complete cash out, I'd be shocked if we ever saw him fight on world stage again unless there's significant money involved. My guess is he takes 1 easy fight (outside top20) and retires on a "high note".
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Originally posted by megh50 View PostExcuses excuses. Kov signed for this fight while he was preparing for Yarde, so he knew what he was up against in terms of time to prepare. He also has a very experienced coach who could have walked him through it if he was predisposed to listen. Ruiz took his fight against Joshua on short notice as well, coming off of another fight, and smoked him.Last edited by minemax; 11-18-2019, 01:28 AM.
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Originally posted by MulaKO View PostI can’t believe this guy still has fans after making statements like this
Just a pos of a man
Deserves everything that has and will happen to him
How can you fughin be a fan of this waste of skin
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Originally posted by Vlad_ View PostDid you actually watch and understand the video, or are you talking crap after just reading the title?
The groundwork was laid out even before the fughin Yarde fight , so for him coming out like that is just fughin ludicrous
He knew all this chit before he signed the contract
Might as well just come out and say this was a money grab and that’s it
Instead he gave false hopes to his fans only to come out after and excuses excuses
So , now do you still believe your conspiracy thoughts
The guy is fughin done but as long as he can fool fans like yourself ( worse of all then comes out and states it ) and take you for another spin , oh well
This like a thief who robs the bank , then needs to come out to the media and explain how he did it
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Originally posted by MulaKO View PostI know your a huge fan of his but that is how I feel
The groundwork was laid out even before the fughin Yarde fight , so for him coming out like that is just fughin ludicrous
He knew all this chit before he signed the contract
Might as well just come out and say this was a money grab and that’s it
Instead he gave false hopes to his fans only to come out after and excuses excuses
So , now do you still believe your conspiracy thoughts
The guy is fughin done but as long as he can fool fans like yourself ( worse of all then comes out and states it ) and take you for another spin , oh well
This like a thief who robs the bank , then needs to come out to the media and explain how he did it
And yes, he spit on all his fans by doing what he did. Prior to the fight he was saying how he is in shape, ready to defend HIS division, and now he says how he was completely drained barely able to make weight, without any rest, and in zero condition to fight on a championship level.
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Sadly he threw this fight, he wasn't even punching with power he just kept touch jabbing and then the ko he pretended to get put to sleep kovalev is a great actor. Hope golden boy paid him well, i think he got ten million
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