So was Canelo vs Kovalev fixed ?

[MulaKO]

people forget kovalev chose to fight yarde before nelo. they even offered yarde step aside money

Yes big money
But Yarde refused it and wanted a crack at the title
Kovi had no choice but to fight Yarde , contract was already signed

[_Rexy_]

Yes big money
But Yarde refused it and wanted a crack at the title
Kovi had no choice but to fight Yarde , contract was already signed

In all honesty, Yarde is an idiot lol. He could have taken the step aside money, watched Canelo vacate and be fighting for the vacant WBO belt.

[Mikeh333]

No way. Kovalev was clearly concussed. It was not fixed.

[MulaKO]

In all honesty, Yarde is an idiot lol. He could have taken the step aside money, watched Canelo vacate and be fighting for the vacant WBO belt.

Yup
Not sure if it was ego or what , but that was another option

[_Rexy_]

Yup
Not sure if it was ego or what , but that was another option

At the time, I thought that he knew how shot Kov was and that it was his best shot at the title, but now I see how messed up his trainer/manager is so...

[MulaKO]

At the time, I thought that he knew how shot Kov was and that it was his best shot at the title, but now I see how messed up his trainer/manager is so...

Lol
Sometimes the easiest route ain’t so easy
Yarde’s trainer is into some holistic bullchit lol
Doesn’t get better than that

[TJ highway]

No way. Kovalev was clearly concussed. It was not fixed.

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A very suspect fight in my opinion because Kovalev who is famous for his power never threw what looked to be a hard fast punch with bad intentions. Kovalev the crusher became Kovalev the tapper. Canelo really did knock him cold with two very hard punches but kovalev never fought like a guy who was trying to win the fight. He must have known he needed a ko to beat Canelo in Vegas yet he never went for a ko. I can't prove Kovalev lost on purpose but it was a strange performance by Kovalev to me.

Yeah I'm torn between being over trained or under trained and being over cautious of counter punches.

It was a very odd fight. And not taking away from Canelo - a very real KO that was brutal, but something wasnt right with Kovalev.

He threw for speed the whole fight and just didnt have the killer instinct...dont think he had the instinct versus Yarde either, but as much as I dislike Andre Ward he was right when he said the "Kovalev that Canelo fought was different than the Kovalev that Ward fought"...that is true.

Take what you will from that...and I DONT think it was staged because it's too hard to stage a fight IMHO. I think dude was legit over trained. Theres a reason guys dont fight BACK TO BACK in their late 30s and Kova always had bad stamina, was chinny, and on the slide anyways.

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No way. Kovalev was clearly concussed. It was not fixed.

The actual KO was VERY REAL. The argument is Kovalev fought NOT TO WIN, but NOBODY debates the actual KO. That looked bad

[pasawayako]

Kov did his best not to win or hurt clenelo but clenelo did his best to ko kov. That's the whole story of the fight.