By Dan Ambrose: Sergey Kovalev has revealed what many fans suspected about his recent loss to Saul Canelo Alvarez by saying that he had no chance of winning because had little chance to recover from his previous title defense against Anthony Yarde. Canelo (53-1-2, 36 KOs) stopped Kovalev in the 11th round to take his WBO 175-lb title from him on the 2nd of November in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kovalev looked weak against Canelo
A lot of boxing fans openly wondered after the fight why Kovalev looked so weak, and his punches with almost nothing on them. Some people have even said the Canelo vs. Kovalev fight looked like it was STAGED. They noticed how
Kovalev wasn’t throwing his punches with power, and they thought it was odd that he would do that. Even Kovalev’s normally powerful jab looked weak, and the strangest part. Kovalev arguably possesses the best jab in the light heavyweight division.
Kovalev took Canelo fight for financial reasons
Former WBO light heavyweight champion Kovalev (34-4-1 29 KOs) says he took the fight
