In the build up to the Kovalev-Yarde fight the consensus was that Yarde had faced absolutely no one of note and so we couldn't really gauge or tell anything about how talented he was. He had looked good knocking out a bunch of unknown guys, some of whom looked like they were middleweights and super middleweights. He ended up getting knocked out by a jab, albeit due to punishment and exhaustion and was written off as being another glass-jawed british bum.
Now fast forward to the Canelo-Kovalev fight and suddenly I'm reading that Yarde was an absolute beast of a puncher and there's no way Canelo could have legitimately KO'd Kovalev if Yarde didn't which indicates that the fight was "fixed".
Yarde was an unknown quantity and watching the fight against Kovalev, I thought to myself that if Yarde was really a tremendous puncher, he would have stopped Kovalev when he hurt him. Ward who is regarded as feather fisted had Kovalev just as badly hurt.... Alvarez another supposed non-puncher knocked him out also. Basically what I'm saying is that Kovalev is not exactly known for being durable so why is it so far fetched that Canelo could KO him especially when you consider him damaged goods at the age of 36 going on 37.
Now fast forward to the Canelo-Kovalev fight and suddenly I'm reading that Yarde was an absolute beast of a puncher and there's no way Canelo could have legitimately KO'd Kovalev if Yarde didn't which indicates that the fight was "fixed".
Yarde was an unknown quantity and watching the fight against Kovalev, I thought to myself that if Yarde was really a tremendous puncher, he would have stopped Kovalev when he hurt him. Ward who is regarded as feather fisted had Kovalev just as badly hurt.... Alvarez another supposed non-puncher knocked him out also. Basically what I'm saying is that Kovalev is not exactly known for being durable so why is it so far fetched that Canelo could KO him especially when you consider him damaged goods at the age of 36 going on 37.
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