Implications of Canelo beating Kovalev

It would be a good win, but in reality the Kovalev who fought Ward the first time would be a totally different fight probably. Canelo now sees the body aspect and that will be his plan.

 

Let’s clear one thing up.

Canelo DOES not hold a world title at 168.

 

This must be eating Ward up, he smugly smirked how he beat Kova & how Kova had never had a proper payday & was robbed etc ...who's laughing now ....

 

acie2g,

I like that you're a passionate fan, and I'm really enjoying the debate.

Most of the above has been covered in my previous post.

Why should GG have dropped to 154 when he was hoping to unify at MW? He'd have been criticised for it, and I don't think Lara would have fought him anyway.

Again, I don't know why you believe that Cotto would have fought him at a C-W. It's nonsense. And if MW was too big for Cotto, he should have stayed away from the division. If you're willing to fight for a belt and then celebrate winning it, you should be obligated to defend it. What Cotto saw was a winnable fight against an injured Martinez, and then a fight against a JMW in Canelo.

What on earth makes you think that GG could have taken Khan's slot to get the Canelo fight 18 months earlier? It's silly to think that. Again, directly after the Khan fight, Oscar told the media that they'd try and make the GG fight. Yet the next thing we knew, he'd signed to fight Liam Smith. So you're kidding yourself. Oscar delayed that fight as long as he possibly could in order to give Canelo the best chance of beating him.

Regarding Ward, again, GG thought that he was lined up to unify against the winner of Canelo-Cotto, early in 2016. So why would he have moved up at that point? It made no sense at the time. And Ward had only fought twice in 2 years and doubted whether or not he could comfortably make SMW again.

GG has already beaten Jacobs, Fielding was an easy title grab, and lots of people have wanted GG to fight Sergy for a while.

It's okay saying if GG fought Andrade etc, but is that fight even available?

Canelo has said he doesn't want to fight GG again. And he doesn't have to does he? Because Oscar has other options for him.

 

I've covered the above points in 2 posts now.

No, I don't think that GG is a fearsome monster. I actually think that's he's overrated by many. But it's as clear as day that the fighters you have mentioned wouldn't fight him.

 

Armstrong never defended his Featherweight title. he went from Featherweight to Welterweight then back down to lightweight in about 4 months. He made 19 defences in 24 months of his Welterweight belt tho.

But no, it wouldn't be more impressive as the distance between Featherweight and Welterweight is further than the distance between Middleweight and Light heavyweight. Also Armstrong was the undisputed champion, Canelo and Kovalev aren't and the belt he won at super middleweight really isn't even a world title anymore

 

Considering the weight jump it will be a very good win but the facts are Kovalev is 37 next time & was recently on the verge of his THIRD KO loss (but hung tough to his credit..) against a greenhorn.. He himself said he would have retired had he lost to Yarde.. that's not a mindset of a fighter who's got the 'eye of the tiger' is it.. he's cashing out here.. plain as day.. is he shot? No. Faded? Clearly.. in terms of athleticism & punch resistance.. spin it anyway u want folks but this is not the Kovalev of the Pascal, Cleverly & Bhop fights.. that guy would have took Canelo apart.. There's a reason he chose Kovalev rather than a Bivol, Andrade, Smith or Beterbiev.. Ageing, war torn lion name recognition! Looks good on paper but look a little deeper.. I suspect Kovalev is about to become ripe for the picking .. Sort of like Sergio Martinez was in his mid 30s.. the slip is evident if you're honest with yourself.. heavier on his feet & the snap has gone from his punches..

 

Already covered, but it’s a decent scalp if Canelo legitimately beats Kov. Serge has looked very bad at times in recent fights including his last one against an unskilled opponent. He’s not the same guy who beat Ward in that first fight (technically beat him to any unbiased viewer who knows anything about boxing).

If Kov comes into the fight in great shape and looks sharp, and gets legitimately beat by Cinnamom, you have to give the smaller man props. If it’s another “controversial” win on the scorecards, I have to rate it for what it is, another black eye for the sport. Won’t me the first or the last. Similar to the first GGG fight. Canelo lost that fight handily and it ended in a tie. Lastly, if Canelo finishes the fight in his feet, I suspect he gets his hand raised weather he deserves it or not.

 

I’ve just seen the clip of canelo stood next to Kovalev and Kovalev looks massive!!!

I’m putting my money on krusher even if he doesn’t like body shots and is getting on

 

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Been saying the same thing. Kovalev Is finished and has been since Ward beat him in the second fight. Canelo is going to the body and getting the TKO stoppage somewhere between 8-10 rounds.