Sergey Kovalev vs. Anthony Yarde - 24 August 2019

[3132DW]

Yarde isn't going to get away with his usual style. This is a seriously dangerous fight where every second is very important. Kovalev can starch him with either hand at any time. He's had things too easy

Ya, it's interesting. Yarde's really had nothing much come back at him. It's possible that he's not the most durable and gets hurt easily. Kov is one of those guys who has hurt and dropped opponents even with jabs.

That’s big question re Yarde ability to take a shot - If Yarde can bang though Kovalev at 36 is also getable - Alvarez showed that - Ward broke him into pieces (albeit World level) - depends how much Kovalev has left.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[NoScoutingReports]

[MightyWarrior]

Tunde’s ego is out if control, I really hope it doesn’t scupper Yarde’s chances here.
Is he really saying they’re not bothering with proper sparring partners for this fight ?
Like him and that other trainer can replicate what he’s going to get in the ring with Kov in Russia ??Crazy

[margaret thatcher]

Tunde moves his arms more during pads than Yarde does

[NoScoutingReports]

Tunde’s ego is out if control

he's a tool!

[skanksta]

Tunde’s ego is out if control, I really hope it doesn’t scupper Yarde’s chances here.
Is he really saying they’re not bothering with proper sparring partners for this fight ?
Like him and that other trainer can replicate what he’s going to get in the ring with Kov in Russia ??Crazy

I’m starting to get excited

I hope we don’t need to worry about Tunde either. I THINk Yarde will be ok - fingers crossed.
Tunde comes across as a bit of a tool, but his boxing brain seems fine. Yarde is happy, winning and practices combos a lot. Nigel Benn liked gentle sparring - for establishing range, rather than examining toughness - and it’s got The Beast to 18-0 in some style.

There may even be something to be said for seeming to take it so lightly. Rather than banging about mentally handling the whole ‘away in Russia’ thing, the camp be like, “Yay we’re going to Russia to KO Kovalev”

What I love about this fight..,
Yarde could be the new Kovalev or the old Cleverly!
He could win spectacularly or get annihilated and neither would be a big surprise.

[rpms]

Like a lot of people I`m in two minds with this.
I kinda like Yarde,seems a nice easy-going lad,but because of that tool Tunde if Yarde were to get hammered I`d be sad for him but happy to see Tunde humbled,although I cant imagine he would show any humility at all.
I`m definitely edging towards Kov being too much for Yarde at this stage,Kov inside 5 for me.

[margaret thatcher]

Honestly Tunde has some of the tooliest padwork I've seen, ridiculous how much he is moving his hands around, sometimes Yarde literally isnt even moving his hands and it's just Tunde smacking his gloves with the mitts. Like he watched the Mayweather pads and then decided he needed to go beyond that

I mean I rate Yarde but surely that type of thing can't get the best out of a fighter?

[samwbr]

Honestly Tunde has some of the tooliest padwork I've seen, ridiculous how much he is moving his hands around, sometimes Yarde literally isnt even moving his hands and it's just Tunde smacking his gloves with the mitts. Like he watched the Mayweather pads and then decided he needed to go beyond that

I mean I rate Yarde but surely that type of thing can't get the best out of a fighter?

Prob just flashy shit for the cameras.

[dr_devious]

Yarde is some athelete and seems ok. I hope he beats Kov but fear he wont. If he doesn't hopefully he doesn't get pasted and can come again.

[polecateddy]

Pele Reid v Julian Francis springs to mind. I think you always have to be quite suspicious of well protected fighters who lack proper amateur grounding. Tony Bellew schooling Danny McIntosh might be something of a template for what’s going to unfold in this fight.

[moogie101]

Genuinely stunned this fight is around the corner as was convinced fwank would find a way to pull him out of such a dangerous fight.

Kovalev might not be who he was anymore but he's still levels above anything yarde has faced so far and think yarde is in for a shock.

[Nightmare Roy]

Still no press conference? Head to head any of that and it’s a week away, I’m not convinced it’s happening

[Nightmare Roy]

Still no press conference? Head to head any of that and it’s a week away, I’m not convinced it’s happening

I think their is a good chance you right!

Both supposed to be getting fortunes but hardly any promotion from what I’ve seen, fishy.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Still no press conference? Head to head any of that and it’s a week away, I’m not convinced it’s happening

Yh. Come to think of it. No pressers at all.

[Manchester Hitman]

What are you mofos talking about..stop scaremongering...the fights on

Both fighters are in Russia, and I just checked Kovalev’s insta- he’s in training and he said the press conference is on Wednesday.

As for the fight, unfortunately for Yarde this is to steep a level to jump too. I see him getting flattened by a big right hand over the top of that shoulder roll defence of his, which is too leaky as even some of the Euro bums have clocked him with rights.

I would love to be wrong though...Lions in the camp.

[Nightmare Roy]

What are you mofos talking about..stop scaremongering...the fights on

Both fighters are in Russia, and I just checked Kovalev’s insta- he’s in training and he said the press conference is on Wednesday.

As for the fight, unfortunately for Yarde this is to steep a level to jump too. I see him getting flattened by a big right hand over the top of that shoulder roll defence of his, which is too leaky as even some of the Euro bums have clocked him with rights.

I would love to be wrong though...Lions in the camp.

I hope so mate but the lack of promo for such a big fight has been strange hasn’t it?

[Manchester Hitman]

It would be strange for a US/British big fight, but they clearly have a different style in Mother Russia. I think the fight is also in some rural place, so it’s not even as if it’s in Moscow or somewhere big.

Let’s just hope there are no last minute issues, but It’s looks ready to go off ok.

[greg]

..if won't hurt British boxing in general if the Brits start proving their worth elsewhere in Europe, scoring a victory against Kovalev in his backyard will certainly boost Yarde's reputation..

[MightyWarrior]

It would be strange for a US/British big fight, but they clearly have a different style in Mother Russia. I think the fight is also in some rural place, so it’s not even as if it’s in Moscow or somewhere big.

Let’s just hope there are no last minute issues, but It’s looks ready to go off ok.

How do you know Yarde is in Russia already I can’t see any sign of it?

[samwbr]

It would be strange for a US/British big fight, but they clearly have a different style in Mother Russia. I think the fight is also in some rural place, so it’s not even as if it’s in Moscow or somewhere big.

Let’s just hope there are no last minute issues, but It’s looks ready to go off ok.

How do you know Yarde is in Russia already I can’t see any sign of it?

Tundes twitter

[MightyWarrior]

That’s odd I can’t see any mention of them being there on his page ..

Starting to get a bad feeling for Anthony Yarde on this one, Kov just looks too experienced: he’s just done it all, a vicious SOB who will be super relaxed using all his experience and slotting home hard hard punches.

Ok I doubt Andre Ward might not know much about Yarde, but I think his take on the fight could be sound - how you can have a nice shiny record and be knocking people over and have a great mindset, but when you get in with someone like the Russian, it’s a whole new world.

The weigh in and press conferences are going to be interesting for sure, Because I would ideally like to put a bet down on Anthony here, as assume he’s going to be a pretty big outsider...

There’s a lot of questions about this fight - I mean why is someone as cautious as Frank W*rren taking this fight for his young prospect ...a man who is well known for putting huge value on getting home advantage for his fighters.

And why are they paying so much money for this fight in Russia, when no one there will have heard of Anthony Yarde ?

And is Tunde just a bullshitter or is he genuinely deluded ? I mean okay big up your fighter, but comparing him to Sugar Ray Robinson Mike Tyson and Roy Jones ???

This could come down to how good their respective chins are: is Anthony yarde’s sound ? And has Kov’s cracked a bit ?

[Ruthless-RKO]

There’s a lot of questions about this fight - I mean why is someone as cautious as Frank W*rren taking this fight for his young prospect ...a man who is well known for putting huge value on getting home advantage for his fighters.

And why are they paying so much money for this fight in Russia, when no one there will have heard of Anthony Yarde ?

Russians won’t care about Yarde. They’ll buy tickets to see Kovalev.

Also, Frank letting this happen. How much do promoters make of a boxers purse?

[handsofstone]

One of the most intriguing match ups of the year, I rate Yarde a lot, despite the lack of amateur pedigree he's a well schooled boxer, relaxed, patient, good punch variety and he can bang, I think he carries serious power, there's different types of hard punchers, they can be explosive like Tyson or Benn or they can put you to sleep without loading up like Julian Jackson or even Donaire, I'm obviously not making direct comparisons but I think Yarde is in the latter category, the big thing is though he hasn't fought anyone of note let alone knocked them out, Sjekloca and Averlant were alright I suppose but all in all you have to say his match makings been atrocious, he hasn't had that step by step building through domestic to European/fringe World class

I still give Yarde a serious chance here as crazy as it seems, I thought Kovalev was first class in the Alvarez rematch, barely lost a round and showed he's still an elite Light Heavyweight, he has that vulnrabilty though, I know a lot of people were infuriated with the stoppage and low blows in the Ward rematch but truth is Kovalev was fvcked big time and Alvarez showed in the 1st fight even if Kovalev can still outbox guys he is fragile around the whiskers

I think its gonna be interesting to see how Yarde copes with someone in his face jabbing and letting the right hands and left hooks go, Kovalev can still whack a bit and Yarde is leaping up about 5 levels here, still I'm gonna go for Yarde nailing him at some point, might be early or it might be out of nowhere, big ask going to Russia, Yarde's always been confident but he's always had the cards stacked in his favour, I think Kovalev will outbox him before getting hurt and stopped, as I say with Yarde's raw power could be in 1 but likely middle to late rounds, Yarde's a terrific body puncher and Kovalev cant take it downstairs