Was Kovalev "given" the title to make amends for past mistreatment?

By giving Sergey an opponent he could demolish in short order was the organization saying "sorry for our past misdeeds,this one's on the house?".

 

Shabranskyy didn’t stand a chance against sober Kovalev. He obviously was cherry-picked as an easy opponent. He hadn't done anything to be given a chance to fight for the title.

So, yes, definitely.

 

noone is givena title for losing twice.

 

He didn't lose once let alone twice.

 

Exactly! Boxing has the most delusional fans ever. It's the only sport where a guy can be called a champ by his fans after collapsing in the ring like an old guy having a heat stroke from a body shot.
That same delusion happened when Marquez cleaned Pacquiao's clock after 3 close fights. People say JMM owes him another fight and made excuses.
MMA fans maybe far more bias but they are not delusional.

 

Ward beat him twice , deal with it

 

why would a title mean anything? the ward fights were the 2 biggest fights of his career and he got screwed twice. Now his image is hurt and he will never be able to make as much money with those losses.

 

LOL

 

Ward being gifted a dubious decision in their first fight and ball busting his way to victory while the referee and commentators pretended to be sightless in their second fight is hardly anything to be proud of.

 

Kovalev is a mental midget and Ward exposed it. You guys are still painting Kov as this victim when he was even shook in Wards presence everytime they were face to face.

 

I don't know. Broner was given a lot of titles.

 

Ward has halitosis?

 

Nah he was giving a title because ward retired

Bivol & beterbiev beat far shiitier opponents to get wards leftover now meaningless belts

 

um yeh he did bro.

I think Kovalev is the bees knees but I am never unrealistic. I feel he shaded a win via aggression in the first fight, mind you, thuogh a draw was not unfair.

 

ha Broner is a joke.