was “will” today. It wasn’t experience. Both fighters were hurt, both fighters were tired, but imo “will” determined the fight. The kid was patient early and found out that he was behind and attacked Kovs weakness-his body. I give major credit to McGirt for not panicking and bringing Kov back. The old Kov would quit. The old Kov throws weak punches in bunches back and folds. The reinvented Kov bounces back. The kid was just taking too many hard jabs. When McGirt said just throw the jab no matter where it lands is when the fight turned. Eventually if you have a good jab as George Foreman always said it can help you in the end. That’s what Roy Jones Jr lacked at LHW-a jab. The kid slipped a lot of jabs and punches early and went on the attack, but the greats can sustain the pressure. Kov is starting to show discipline and a shot glass of greatness. Yarde got tired. Kov pulled a poor mans Ali. The old Kov would jump in with old habits and grab you in head lock. He tried it but the ref did a great job preventing Kov from doing that. So Kov had to go in his bag. Let the kid punch himself out. McGirt told Kov that the kid is done after he survived. Kov caught a second wind and Yarde was so weak that what was beating Yarde all fight ended the fight-a hard jab. Kov saw that the kid was pounding his chests and experienced fighters know the deal with that. Kov wasn’t discouraged and kept going to the body. He gets big time credit for that. Just a great team win for Kov. Yeah the kid was considered inexperienced but he came to fight. If Yarde can bounce back he can be formidable for anyone. He ran out of gas in the end, and that wasn’t by accident. Kov tired him out. Props to Kov. Reminded me a bit of Sanchez/Nelson. I was very impressed with Kov. Kovs will prevailed. Good scrap.
There were tons of differences between the two but I think the biggest was the quality of coaching and experience. Yarde done a lot better than I thought he's a tough kid.
Why do Brits say Yarde is a "kid" at age 28, while the same people say Eubank was "old" at age 29 when he twice lost to Collins? Always an excuse.
Wrong. Kovalev has experience going late rounds and could call upon it when he was gassed as ****. YArde didn't pace himself.
Experience was the difference , Yarde looked very amateurish trying to finish Kovalev when he had him hurt. Other light heavys would have ko'ed him
I only read your first paragraph and decided you are wrong. Will had nothing to do with it, all the will in the world cant lift your arms when the lactate builds up. If you've done any sport to exhaustion you would know that. I'm a keen cyclist and I've had days where I've "hit the wall" all the will in the world cannot overcome physics.
It's a talent thing. Yarde has none. That's all. He is 18-0 because he has been spoonfed, period. This guy is a bum, he has ben stopped by a faded kovalev, he would be stopped by bivol, by beterbiev and by any other decent fighter in the division. Yarde IS DOMESTIC LEVEL, and feeding him with more bums will not change that.
