kovalev wins easily.

Why is Canelo doing this?

Because Kovalev is shot to bits. He was almost stopped by a basic ***** novice in his last fight. In a fight in which he was superior in every way - he was still almost stopped. If Canelo had him in that position he would have forced the referee to jump in and stop him.

His weakness to the body is something that is glaring. It will be something that Canelo will target mercilessly. Kovalev also has a poor lifestyle and is old now. Father time waits for no one.

Canelo is a big favourite in this fight for me despite the size difference

 

You'd be weak to the body also if you had Andre Ward bombarding your testicles all fight long. Referee Tony Weekes just ignored Kov's complaints & gave Ward carte blanche to do as he wished

 

Your first paragraph is intentionally comical. Since power is subjective and a lot depends on your ability to utilise it.

Kovalev hasn’t passed the eye test since the first Alvarez fight.

You shouldn’t be so close to defeat against a crude slugger with very little boxing skill. Yarde was shockingly inferior in that fight as we expected and a prime Kovalev would have cleaned him out in less than 6 rounds without any scares.

No one knows what will happen in this fight but what we do know is that Kovalev is a long way off being prime. He will struggle against a highly skilled boxer like Canelo. Regardless of holding natural size advantage and having a good jab.

Canelo is clearly extremely confidence that he will win this otherwise he wouldn’t be taking this fight.

 

Canelo should win easily. Canelo is basically a LHW on fight night anyways.

Also part of moving up and why it’s so difficult IMO is due to different levels of the divisions.

For example FW, LW, WW, MW are usually the most stacked. So a LW going to WW is usually very difficult because you’re heading into the most stacked division, thus the keel of opponents is going up as well as weight.

Similar with WW to MW and BW to FW.

Now Kovalev did arguably beat award which means he’s a top level fighter as Ward is possibly/probably better than Canelo p4p. That said, kovalev looks shot and yarde is not a high level guy, doesn’t look it, so if Kova going life and death with him, Canelo will just be 2 levels above that.

Don’t think the weight will be much of an issue. Canelo has good defence and much faster.

 

Kovalev shot to bits? I guess u haven't seen the knee braces that Canelo's been wearing his last 3 fights LOL.... what about all of the knee surgeries he had??... remember his broken hand after liam smith? he's also known to have a bad ankle. How do u know he will hold up against Kovalev? You are acting like Canelo has never been in wars that havent taken tolls on his body. did u miss the GGG fights? he went a hard 12 with Jacobs.

 

Not at this level, way to much money involved for mismatches, Canelo's in with a shout with current Kov or Canelo and team wouldn't take it.

 

I keep thinking there's a reason that Canelo is hugely favoured. He's got youth, skills and speed, the momentum, a great team, he's the moneyman and he's the guy who gets the favoured cards all the time.

Then I think of Kovalev at his finest, and I think of the grit that he showed against Yarde, and the fact that he's really finding an indian summer in his career. I read your posts making his case for him, and the possibility that the rift with Oscar might mean that the brown envelope wasn't slipped this time.

Then I don't know what to think.

Except that this is going to be an awesome fight!

 

Yarde had him in trouble but he schooled for him for the rest of the fight. Yeah, Kova is past prime but none of us would be screaming mismatch if he fought Bivol or Beterbiev next instead of Canelo. We're just being cynical; I was the same when the fight was first announced

 

I don't know which thread it was, but it had a vid of kovs ko's from when he was prime, Cleverley period, when he was hungry, god he was savage, Ward, Canelo wouldn't have touched him with a barge pole, even when he was calling out Stevenson you could see he wasn't the same and that's years ago. Canelo is in with a chance with timing imo

 

Every time Canelo picks a opponent his team have been studying him before and are sure they can beat him, if he wanted to really challenge himself Canelo would of picked an “in prime” opponent, not one that’s past his prime. I hope Kovalev wins but this is the right time to fight Kovalev.

 

Everything Canelo and GBP do is calculated, they must see something they can exploit in Kovalev but more than likely Canelo will be on his bike for 12 rounds winning 3 rounds max and getting a 118-110 UD

 

I think it's basically about:
– Kovalev is past his prime and even when in his prime Sergey always had stamina/weight issues;
– some people think that Kovalev "doesn't like it to the body" (allegedly because of his bad habits outside the ring);
– Kovalev doesn't (can't) fight on the inside and is quite bad and unsure at clinching;
– Canelo is an excellent boxer/fighter with a strong chin, a very good team behind him, the judges willing to give him a victory in a close fight and a favorable referee in the ring.