***Canelo - Kovalev for Nov. or Dec. Says Kovalev's manager***

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  1. IsaL

    IsaL VIP Member Full Member

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    GBP and Kovalev's team have reached a deal according to Kovalev's manager. Canelo is just waiting for the results of Kovalev-Yarde to sign the contract.

    Fight will likely take place in Nov. or Dec. of this year.

    This is a fight I want to see.
     
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  2. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    RIP Canelo
     
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  3. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    So, this ginger douche stain started his career at light welter or welter and will soon be fighting at LHW? Thats proof in itself this ******* is juicing his ****ing tits off. Any District Attorney's out there!?!? Hit this clown with a ****ing attempted murder, manslaughter, mayhem, A&B w/ a deadly weapon, friggin something FFS. This is beyond pathetic. I wonder why not Beterbiev, Gvozdyk, or Bivol instead. NVM, forgot Gvoz and AB are fighting next. Still, Bivol.
     
  4. kirk

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    This is just a bizarre matchup to me.

    This gives me the same feeling that Mosley vs Mora and Mikey vs Spence gave me.

    Moreso the Mikey fight. Him and Mikey, two guys looking way above their divisions for fights their likely to lose, in fights that nobody was asking for and dont really make a whole lot of sense. Simply... bad decisions, imo.

    In Mikeys case though, he would have received tons of credit for winning. For Canelo, even though he's undersized here, many have been calling Kova past it to varying degrees for awhile now, and has been stopped twice now. I forsee the credit Canelo gets should he win, to be a mixed bag.

    That being said... while I dont really want this matchup, or get why Canelo seems set on making it, and I personally do think Kova is well past it, depending on how he looks against Yarde, I will still give Canelo a lot of props for making this fight happen. Regardless of Kovas condition (unless he looks completely shot against Yarde) he will still be facing a legitimate puncher in a new weightclass and one with a legitimate size advantage.

    Props from me.

    I just... dont get it.
     
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  5. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    If this happens this is going to be looked at like one of the worst career decisions in boxing.
     
  6. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    I sure hope so.
     
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  7. CST80

    CST80 Liminal Space Autochthon Staff Member

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    This news saddens me, I was really hoping Canelo was going to fight The Nail or Beterbiev.:uptosomething:
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    I'll have to see what Kovalev still has in him before I can have anything more than just "hope" for him. It's good that he's fighting this Yarde fellow...Kov will be under the microscope for sure.
     
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  9. minemax

    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It’s excellent additional motivation for Kovalev (to beat Yarde).
     
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  10. Payback87

    Payback87 Active Member Full Member

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    Catchweight@169 right ? I expect nothing less.
     
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  11. minemax

    minemax Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No. Canelo needs the title. It will be at LHW but with a rehydration clause.
     
  12. Bigdog2002

    Bigdog2002 Active Member Full Member

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    I don’t know what the **** canelo is thinking? Kovalev can have him out if there with one shot!!!

    This is career suicide by canelo. Should have just offered Derevyanchenko an extra million or 2 abs that was a winnable fight to save face!!!

    We are in for a quick K.o
     
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  13. Mordechai

    Mordechai Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Kovalev is soft to the body, past prime and at least one level down from GGG. Canelo has a very good shot to beat him imo by ko with a body punch. Kovalev will have big problems catching canelo (his upper body movement will be hell for kovalev) and he is also way slower than canelo.
    Imo it's a smart move to get a really big fight and take one lhw title
     
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  14. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Canelo likely to make us all look like absolute fools yet again...
     
  15. Bigdog2002

    Bigdog2002 Active Member Full Member

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    I think he is underestimating Kovalev!! That dude is going to possibly soften his chin up ala Fernando Vargas