Poll - Clear and obvious staged fight and dive.

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by 305th, Nov 2, 2019.



Did Kovalev take a dive?

  1. Yes

    103 vote(s)
    37.7%
  2. No

    170 vote(s)
    62.3%
  1. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    You could say that if it was 10/1 but the poll is showing 50/50. Obviously, there is something to this.
     
  2. Simon Head

    Simon Head Member Full Member

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    Never watched the fight, just followed the thread on here, but after reading this about the KO, I watched the KO on YouTube, and to me it was definitely a legit KO, legs were wobbly before he went down, was taking punishment leading up to the KO. Can not see how people are saying it was a dive.

    Can definitely see how people can say Canelo was on PED’s though.
     
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  3. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    It's not really just the punches. They could set that up, and Kov could drop his guard a little or something. It was everything leading up to it. It was Kovalev not punching Canelo hard which was weirdest of many weird things. You can't just look at those final punches to determine if this was a fixed fight.
     
  4. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I do hope this fight doesn’t take the shine off what was two of the best 50/50 fights of the year?Yes that’s right Beterbiev v Gvozdyk and Taylor v Prograis two genuine mega fights where both fighters had to beat their respective peers and was on an inevitable collision course.
    There was need to speculate with them and as expected the fights spoke for em.
     
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  5. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    So you think everything was completely normal? Nothing seemed out of the ordinary to you? You can't envisage a world where two sterling moral giants like criminal Kovalev and cheater Canelo would defraud everybody for monetary gain?
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  6. Ph33rknot

    Ph33rknot etreuM aL Full Member

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    I don't think kov would let CANelo KO him brutally on purpose no
     
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  7. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Right, but what you are missing is that the punch can be real. The reaction can be real. And it's still a dive. When the time comes for you to go down, you drop your hands and take the punch.
     
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  9. Sadono

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    Obvious dive. Kovalev all of a sudden forgot how to box? Forgot he had a right hand after the third? Canelo gassed in the 8th but Kovalev didn't press his advantage? Kovalev chases down his opponent when he smells blood even to his own detriment - but he lets Canelo off the hook because reasons? This was a clear and obvious work by the brilliant minds at Golden Boy and Kovalev's camp. Canelo doesn't have a legit win at LHW. GTFOH with that garbage "fight".
     
  10. OvidsExile

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    I didn't think he would steal an iPad.
     
  11. TheWorstEver(TWE)

    TheWorstEver(TWE) Active Member Full Member

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    I think for $12mill Kovalev would probably let Canelo have a go on his wife.
     
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  12. expljose

    expljose Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah!?! Yeah?!?!?! I think you do !!! ....sock cucka I'll unleash chips Armey on you pizza gabage
     
  13. NaiKoN

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    These are Kovalevs words after fight.
    Short summary: Not my day, didn’t take much damage, got hit with unnecessary hit, after 7th round was getting exhausted, the offer was very lucrative, couldn’t resist.
    Everything is going to be good, life and family ahead...
     
  14. Geo1122

    Geo1122 Active Member Full Member

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    It’s that first punch that I find questionable, that put him on wobbly legs. I’m not saying it wasn’t legit though, but I was surprised that it hurt him.

    What I will say is the commentary in the UK was embarrassing. They’d have you believe that it was 50/50 up until the KO.
     
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  15. truth_teller

    truth_teller Member banned Full Member

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    In late rounds Canelo was cornered and was tired, then Kovalev backed away for no reason. I thought "WTF???".

    100% dive.
     
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