11/2 DAZN Presents: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Sergey 'Krusher' Kovalev

[The axe murderer]

nikkas really out here talking bout Kovalev took a dive.. this deep hatred yall for for Canelo is gonna give yall cancer

Man's just great and he has clearly grown

 

[Mortal1]

Looked it up after seeing your post... I thought Broner and Gervonta were hella close.

 

[Rain]

Damn

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Stephen Espinoza stays catching bodies on twitter

 

[DaDoc04]

AB

 

[The axe murderer]

It's crazy that canelo's whole gameplan was to walk kovalev down and break him down with power shots. He didn't even bother to move much. He came right at him and blocked most of kovalev's punches with a shell defense. Just kept going to kovalev's body until his reflexes started to slow down. Then he came upstairs to finish him off. shyt was masterful. What really impressed me was how canelo completely controlled the ring. He dictated the whole pace of the fight and always looked confident that he was gonna catch up to kovalev eventually.

The way canelo is constantly improving his game is great to see. I think he worked on the shell defense because of his stamina problems. The only times opponents can land clean shots on him are when he gases. His feet and head movement slow down and he starts getting clipped. But with the shell defense he doesn't necessarily have to waste as much energy. And as we seen tonight, his endurance looked great the whole fight. Which never happens. The shell defense also puts him in a better position to counter, as opposed to relying entirely on upper body movement. Some of his counter jabs out of the shell defense were beautiful. Really looked like he been studying the god winky Wright. Held kov to 15% landed and hit him with almost 50% of his power shots. This is why canelo is so tough to beat. He just keeps adding new tools to his arsenal. Canelo with a great shell defense is a scary sight. Wanna see him go back to 160 and take all the belts now. Leave 175 for the big guys. I think he potentially beat all of them, but it ain't worth the risk. Stick with 160 and 168 for now.

He didn't leave much opening for kov and mcgirt advised kov not to open up too much or he'd get body shots. It was working tbh. He couldn't throw that right hand casually because nelo could counter. I really underestimated his power at this weight.

 

[Splash]

Man, dudes getting killed left and right in this sport and brehs talking about taking a dive by having your jaw jettisoned to the upper room? Is this what it’s come to?

First, Kovalev was already exhausted. When you’re fatigued that exponentially increases your ability to be hurt. We just saw Yarde knocked out with a fukking jab just because he was tired as shyt.

Second, Kovalev was already hurt. The right hand hurt him first. The left caught him up top of the head, and the rest is history.

Third, boxing discussions online are terrible. There’s legit not one decent place to have a boxing discussion online. Boxing is such an individual sport that people latch onto this or that guy, and then don’t like this or that guy for whatever reason (typically the reason is related to their favorite in someway). Instead of just ignoring the dude they don’t like — they try to poison the waters but act like they’re being objective. Mofos posting with a clear ass agenda and doing it under the guise of being “objective.”

 

[aceboon]

Mannix reportedly lying about that situation

 

[reservoirdogs]

Stephen Espinoza is one of the most bitter accounts on the whole boxing twitter




Haymon taking things to FOX made him even bitter

 

[patscorpio]

Stephen Espinoza is one of the most bitter accounts on the whole boxing twitter




Haymon taking things to FOX made him even bitter

espinoza has a true love/hate relationship with pbc/.haymon

 

[R=G]

Uh oh

 

[reservoirdogs]

I'm thoroughly entertained

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I'm a huge Crawford fan and think he has the most impressive skills I've seen in years. With that being said, I don't think you can condemn Canelo for "cherrypicking" then turn around and say Crawford is #1 p4p when he hasn't fought any of the top 5 or 6 fighters in his own division, the one that's probably the deepest in the sport. Don't get me wrong, I know it's politics thing more than any of these guys being afraid to face each other, but the fact still remains Crawfords level of competition has been weak. If you wanna crown Crawford because the skills are so evident I understand that. But I don't think it's fair to slight Canelo and crown Crawford because of cherrypicking when Canelo has the much more impressive resume.

And I just wanna say I think the "ducking" word in boxing is far too overused. Often it's thrown out cause a fan wants to push an agenda about a fighter they don't like or to prop a fighter they a fan of up. nikkas who are real fans acting like they don't know how the politics work with these sheisty ass promoters and throw that shyt around like it's facts. I honestly don't think there are too many fighters that are scared or that hesitant to face each other, but promoters definitely are worried about tarnishing their cash cows or having beef with other other promoters. Those bytch ass nikkas are the ones that stay fukking up the sport. (that part wasn't directed at you @Thatrogueassdiaz , just made me start thinking about it lol)

This is true about ducking, but there have been some clear cut ducks over the years. Thurman ducking Spence is a clear fukking duck if I've ever seen one, almost to the point of embarassment. Im not willing to say Canelo 100% ducked GGG but I'm sure he was okay with Oscar waiting for GGG to decline in other to mitigate the risk (still lost both fights anyway)

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Hey....I will say this is the first time in a very long time that there has been a sizable consensus that felt that a fighter took a dive. Usually people tentatively speculate about the minute possibility of there being a dive. Doesn't seem like that's the feeling here. Seems like a lot of people are adamant about a dive.

 

[reservoirdogs]

Uh oh

them conteo mfers

Imagine hating on someone so bad that you try to argue THAT was a fake