Exactly, and this kind of thinking is discrediting Alvarez for the sake of giving more (fake) credit to Ward. This is a very lame tactic to save face. And there's no reason for it, because Ward has a good resume anyway with or without Kovalev. It'd be like me claiming Linares is done if he gets beaten in his next fight against someone he shouldn't on paper. Hey, if he looks worse I'll call it. If not then it is what it is, perhaps he just wasn't that good. Kovalev looked same as the Ward 2 fight, he just faced a very fast guy who could take his shots and got befuddled.
Yeah they’re not stupid. They’ve become skilled rats knowing the most opportune moments to jump off a sinking ship. They still make pathetic excuses like EA being on roids still. These guys are nothing but conspiracy theorists who can never give a fighter their just due.
So one shot from Ward that shook him means his chin is cracked. Man, and I here I thought I've seen fighters get KTFO by legit punchers and their chin is the same after.
Wow. Ellerbe legit thinks that that one shot from Ward completely shattered Kov's chin PERMANENTLY. Can you be any dumber than that? I don't think it's possible.
Not even a KO shot, just one that had him on shaky legs for a bit. It's a complete wonder it wasn't already permanently cracked by Boone way earlier in his career from a punch that put him down.
It depends on the fighter you *******. Some fighters can recover, some can't. Kov wasn't one of them. His heart and chin was taken from him.
What's so funny? You think that the Kovalev who fought Pascal would have been stopped by this Alvarez?
I'm in awe of your massive stupidity. I've never seen a fighter's chin get cracked permanently by such a punch from a non-puncher. I mean, like in the history of boxing.
It was literally the perfect punch. When have you seen Kovalev hurt that badly? You can bring up the Boone fight which I doubt you watched but that was a decade ago. He proved to have a sturdy chin. He took big shots against Pascal and shook them off. Ward literally landed the perfect shot and cracked that chin wide open! It's not a coincidence that Kovalev is getting shaken up by a non-puncher after being chin checked by Ward. Kovalev clearly was not the same fighter after. If he didn't crack his chin he took his soul and made him quit.