Canelo Alvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev - 2 November 2019

[rd350lc]

Would Alvarez be likely to come back down to SM? Don’t imagine he would

He is the king of fluctuating in weight - not sure what the motivation is at this point for him

£££££, can only be

[jamesmcdonnell]

I am not hating on the result but 2 out of the 3 judges gave Canelo the opening round - that is so disheartening almost makes me want to not watch his bouts anymore.

Saunders shouldn't bother fighting Canelo there is no chance he would get the nod on the scorecards I am convinced

It's true, Canelo did absolutely zero, I actually scored it 10-10 as I felt kovalev didnt enough more to warrant winning, but no way on gods green earth did Canelo win it.

[samwbr]

I am not hating on the result but 2 out of the 3 judges gave Canelo the opening round - that is so disheartening almost makes me want to not watch his bouts anymore.

Saunders shouldn't bother fighting Canelo there is no chance he would get the nod on the scorecards I am convinced

The judges wouldn't be in the equation if he did.

[Grilling Machine]

Which is the fighter you would like to see Alvarez against?

Next up? Yarde! But Smith at 168 represents a champion in his prime, so beating him's where the most credit lies. I favour Smith, but that's not accounting for scoring.

Kov didn't throw a shot in anger throughout, not even when Canelo landed his penultimate righthand and he just wobbled back to his status quo of trying to control it at range. Even Pricey fired an uppercut last week! Maybe Canelo thought he was playing possum, hence his slight delay in going for the finish?

I found it interesting that Kov had the presence of mind to move his right knee to catch his fall (how fast was the ref?!), but it was clearly a series of 3/4 hard shots that put him down. Golovkin took some clean shots from Canelo, though, so I'm surprised Kov was that ready to go. I bet Yarde's gutted he didn't wait a bit longer now.

[MightyWarrior]

Well one thing we know now is triple G has one hell of a chin, 24 rounds with Canelo and he barely blinked

[leejonesjnr]

Which is the fighter you would like to see Alvarez against?

I found it interesting that Kov had the presence of mind to move his right knee to catch his fall

Nah, no conscious thought went into that, just a reaction

[tiny_acres]

I found it interesting that Kov had the presence of mind to move his right knee to catch his fall

Nah, no conscious thought went into that, just a reaction

I agree just a natural reaction

[Fray Bentos]

Quite simply no case for Alvarez being ahead. None. his output was shocking and struggled closing range. I naturally favour the offensive foghter that takes the centre of the ring and throws the harder leather but Canelo had little success, he was static on his feet, he didn't attempt any kind of peekaboo to get under the jab. Nothing. He obviously felt that stalking Kov and throwing haymaker countershots would eventually wear him out - and it did, and he found the ko shot. So his tactics paid off, but he was well behind (or should've been).

Totally agree!

[CaptainSpacerod]

Yeah Kov was in a bad way and was lucky not to get his jaw broken by that last punch. Shame because in his prime he would have carried his game plan through to the end and got robbed on the scorecards. He was in a no-win situation tonight, hope he's made a packet out of it and calls it a day. Would like to see Canelo fight big bad Bert next

In his prime he wouldn’t have been using those tactics. I imagine he wouldn’t have got the fight at his best.

In Kov’s prime Canelo would’ve either been on his bike from very early on and would’ve been stopped in the middle rounds exhausted and beaten up or had he employed the tactics he used in this fight he’d have been stopped pretty early. But as you say Canelo would have gone nowhere near Krusher in his prime.

[Wee Tommy]

I expected Canelo to stop him but using body shots. He’s watched the Yarde fight, been shocked how welll a very limited Yarde did in rnd 8 and booked the fight off the back of that. Canelo was very measured and did land the best punches in almost every round, just not many of them.

[lefthook82]

Canelo wanted Kovalev before Yarde.

Yarde should have taken that step aside money

[hitman_hatton1]

i had it 5-5 going into 11th rd.

canelo upped it in the 10th and kept it up in the 11th.

didn't think it was a completely out of the blue finish.

he was knocking some of the stuffing out of him beforehand.

[Terminator666]

beterbiev is 34- So I gues Alverez will fight him anytime he looks past it

[TheGman]

Teddy Atlas described the situation really well in an interview a while back. The promoter (or members of his company) often wine and dine the officials and representatives of the governing bodies the night before. He described other practices that go on, in what was a really frank interview. If I find it, I'll post it.

Teddy Alas and Paulie Malignaggi are my two favourite people in boxing,they say it how it is without the fear of upsetting anyone

[Matt W]

Everything about Canelo leaves a bad taste for me.

As for Saturday, those punch stats are a joke, Alvarez barely threw anything. What we had was a light heavy that was once a destroyer never even putting a dent in a light-middle, whose game plan seemed to be to land a KO shot late on, without having worn his opponent down in the preceding rounds. The light middle that couldn't take out Matthew Hatton. Yes, I know that was years ago, people grow and improve etc etc but come on, it's bullsh!t. Canelo is the biggest cheat in boxing and he has people falling over themselves to help him. Great shots to take Kovalev out, but how quick was the referee to wave it off? It's not like Kovalev was on his back and the ref didn't even look in his eyes to assess him. Kovalev was done but I don't see how the referee knew that at the stage he waved it off.

Bo11ocks.

[MightyWarrior]

No it was certainly a legit non suspicious stoppage, he was gone before that almighty right-hand landed and the way he flopped with his head lolling down was enough for the ref to know it was good night, even without seeing the eyes.

Canelo’s game plan was to take his head off right from the off, they knew the Kov chin was cracked, he was narrowly missing early with the few punches he did throw.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Full fight

[Controversial]

but how quick was the referee to wave it off? It's not like Kovalev was on his back and the ref didn't even look in his eyes to assess him. Kovalev was done but I don't see how the referee knew that at the stage he waved it off.

It was a legit stoppage imo, I'm no Canelo fan but I don't think there was anything suspicious about that stoppage.

[Ruthless-RKO]

but how quick was the referee to wave it off? It's not like Kovalev was on his back and the ref didn't even look in his eyes to assess him. Kovalev was done but I don't see how the referee knew that at the stage he waved it off.

It was a legit stoppage imo, I'm no Canelo fan but I don't think there was anything suspicious about that stoppage.

Legit stoppage. Did it even look like Kov was gonna get up.

[leejonesjnr]

but how quick was the referee to wave it off? It's not like Kovalev was on his back and the ref didn't even look in his eyes to assess him. Kovalev was done but I don't see how the referee knew that at the stage he waved it off.

Bo11ocks.

Ridiculous statement

[ShadrachSimmo]

It was a legit stoppage imo, I'm no Canelo fan but I don't think there was anything suspicious about that stoppage.

Legit stoppage. Did it even look like Kov was gonna get up.

He Legs were gone. The middle rope probably stopped him falling out the ring. Fck all wrong with that stoppage.

[Stuarty]

Can't believe some folk are questioning the stoppage! I'm not Canelos biggest fan but there was nothing wrong with that stoppage at all. Kov was out of it and spent.

[bigjack]

Can't believe some folk are questioning the stoppage! I'm not Canelos biggest fan but there was nothing wrong with that stoppage at all. Kov was out of it and spent.

Me neither,he was still unsure where he was minutes later.

[TheGman]

Can't believe some folk are questioning the stoppage! I'm not Canelos biggest fan but there was nothing wrong with that stoppage at all. Kov was out of it and spent.

My problem with the fight was kov was constantly behind the jab not throwing many power punches,just throwing weak arse jabs then he gets hit with a left hook which was partially blocked and he ends up with legs like a baby giraffe? Kov threw the fight then picked up his brown envelope off golden boy,to me he should be ashamed of himself and should be looked into. Boxing is corrupt as fck, whenever canelo is fightin its a plain as the nose on your face. Kov has gone down in me estimation after this fight similar to rocky fielding.

[TheGman]

Legit stoppage. Did it even look like Kov was gonna get up.

He Legs were gone. The middle rope probably stopped him falling out the ring. Fck all wrong with that stoppage.

He threw the fight imo,the kov that fought cleverly is just a distant memory now this kov is a fraud and a sell out. If i was Mathew Hatton id be walking around Manchester as if i was king kong after canelo "K.Oed" Kov.