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Canelo vs. Kovalev is a 12-round fight for the WBO Light Heavyweight World Title presented by Golden Boy. Plus Main Events and Krusher Promotions. The event is sponsored by Tecate, “THE OFFICIAL BEER OF BOXING,” Hennessy “Never Stop. Never Settle” and Brand-New Grapefruit Crush, Knockout Flavor. The event will take place Saturday, Nov. 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.

So sorry guys.. Not long to go and there hasn't been any discussion on this fight on the B&I section..

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The head says that Canelo will go safety first towards a decision against a much bigger, harder punching Kov.

The heart says that the much bigger, harder punching Kov bounces Canelo round the ring like a basketball a la Cleverly

Be interesting if Alvarez isn't as able to easily hurt Kov as a lot of people assume (at least to the body).

Kovalev is going to chop him down.

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 17:15 Kovalev is going to chop him down.

But he's faded and his body aches?

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 17:16

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 17:15 Kovalev is going to chop him down.

But he's faded and his body aches?

Yeah, think Canelo is in for a shock there.

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 17:27

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 17:16

But he's faded and his body aches?

Yeah, think Canelo is in for a shock there.

Initially i picked Canelo but im slowly coming round to Kovalev having too much for him at 175 if there's no silly weight stips.

Ricky wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 19:20

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 17:27

Yeah, think Canelo is in for a shock there.

Initially i picked Canelo but im slowly coming round to Kovalev having too much for him at 175 if there's no silly weight stips.

Apparently there isn’t. Canelo said he’s looking to weigh the full 175 himself..

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 19:40

Ricky wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 19:20

Initially i picked Canelo but im slowly coming round to Kovalev having too much for him at 175 if there's no silly weight stips.

Apparently there isn’t. Canelo said he’s looking to weigh the full 175 himself..

I could believe that, even back when he faught Trout his ring weight was 172lb despite scaling 154lb. Kov is obviously a much bigger guy with height & reach too.

What's really swinging me though is Golovkins performance last week. Seeing ggg struggle at mw makes me think that maybe Canelos performances vs G weren't as impressive as i thought.

2/3 years ago, i'd have backed Kovalev with no hesitation, but now the timing could be spot on for Canelo.

The light heavyweight debut is a question mark, though he's got way more experience than someone like Yarde who gave Kovalev a real scare in that 8th round.

Such a tough one to call.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑17 Oct 2019, 07:41 2/3 years ago, i'd have backed Kovalev with no hesitation, but now the timing could be spot on for Canelo.

The light heavyweight debut is a question mark, though he's got way more experience than someone like Yarde who gave Kovalev a real scare in that 8th round.

Such a tough one to call.

The question is... who hits harder: Canelo or Yarde?

Possibly Canelo ? Due to better timing.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑17 Oct 2019, 08:00 Possibly Canelo ? Due to better timing.

I cannot fathom a blown up LMW hitting harder than a genuine hard punching LHW. I'd rate Canelo's power 6/10. He puts the B/C class fighters away, but anything above that and his power doesn't show up ala Jacobs, Golovkin, Chavez, Cotto, Trout etc etc.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑17 Oct 2019, 07:41 2/3 years ago, i'd have backed Kovalev with no hesitation, but now the timing could be spot on for Canelo.

The light heavyweight debut is a question mark, though he's got way more experience than someone like Yarde who gave Kovalev a real scare in that 8th round.

Such a tough one to call.

2-3 years ago, Canelo would never have dared..

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑17 Oct 2019, 08:00 Possibly Canelo ? Due to better timing.

Not a chance, he's not even a puncher at MW.

Yarde may have his flaws but he hits like a mule, and he's a big strong lhw.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 19:40

Ricky wrote: ↑16 Oct 2019, 19:20

Initially i picked Canelo but im slowly coming round to Kovalev having too much for him at 175 if there's no silly weight stips.

Apparently there isn’t. Canelo said he’s looking to weigh the full 175 himself..

I wonder how Caneloid will possibly do that...?

Kovalev just seems to run out of steam. He was stopped by Ward (in dubious circumstances granted). He just gets knackered and then becomes vulnerable.

He also needs to stop Alvarez to beat him and I don't see that happening.

What channel on UK TV is showing this? Presumably yet another box office one?

SteveDow wrote: ↑21 Oct 2019, 08:19 What channel on UK TV is showing this? Presumably yet another box office one?

I think it's on BN. Not sure if it's also on BT. I patched BN a while back as there wasn't anything worthwhile being shown. I won't be resubscribing for this although it's a fight that interests me.