WBA middleweight and super middleweight world champion and WBC franchise champion Canelo Alvarez (51-1-2, 34 KOs) opens fight week as a -400 favorite to defeat WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Kovalev backers can get +300. The bout can be seen on DAZN.
Fight fans are invited to attend the “grand arrivals” of Canelo and Krusher on Tuesday at the MGM Grand’s main lobby. Kovalev arrives at 12:15 p.m. and Canelo pulls in at 12:45 p.m.
Undercard fighters will arrive earlier.
11:30 a.m. -Seniesa Estrada & Marlen Esparza
11:45 a.m.- Blair Cobbs & Carlos Ortiz
12:00 p.m.- Ryan Garcia & Romero Duno
Wow! I like those odds all day. If it weren’t illegal I’d throw down at least a 20$. Kovalev could easily take the first 4 rounds just by sticking that hammer jab.
Yea me too. Cld be a nice payday. .. i like Canelo but Kov cld actually KO Canelo. We all know Canelo will go to the body, if Kov can time him, it leaves the head wide open. Young or old, power is power and he hits waaaay harder than GGG. Hes jus a big dude. Dont get ne wrong, im a huge Canelo fan, BUT i see KOV dropping Canelo and maybe even KO’in him badly. Its a majir power difference
Truth. Fact.
Agree with some of what you’re saying but almost everyone who has trained with GGG and Kovalev and spoken about it says GGG hits significantly harder
Me too.
This will probably end the same as Pacman vs Cotto with Canelo being Pacman.
4:1? That’s it?
I’d say it’s more like 1000000000:1, Oscar guarantees it.
Canelo’s corner will bring the local police into the ring by round seven to have KOvelev arrested for assault and battery.
After the fight everyone is going to say: Kovalev is old, why did he not use his jab, etc. And the reason will unfortunately be because Kovalev fights like an old fighter now, and he no longer uses his jab like he used to. But maybe, just maybe Kovalev has that one more fight in him, let’s see.
I hope he got one left in the tank !! But Canelo is such a good fighter, he’s faster, goes easil to the body (probably one of the best body puncher in today’s boxing), has decent power and a granit chin.. I completly understans why the odds are 4:1 but Kovalev has with him the puncher’s chance !
I think i’m going to buy into that Regis….
I expected about as much for a fixed fight. Glad Sergey is getting paid but he is showing up just for that. He is too chummy with Canelo and there seems to be a script that he is following. Even Andre Ward was suspicious about this, and I am no fan of Ward.
No surprise here Chris, you’re no fan of any boxer that isn’t white.
You apologize to Chris this instant or you and me will be in the undercards. Even though i’m an older gentleman, my left will put you in the hospital and i’m afraid of the right one myself…
Here goes Croswell with his infamous “Left” again lmao. Ohhhnooo, not the LEFT.. haha
its ma leff hook to watch out for.
Id like to see Kovalev smack Canelo’s head out into the third row seats.
Well if he doesn’t and Canelo survives all 12 rounds, he wins a decision. The judges already have him up 8 rounds.
If Canelos eyeball was hanging out, if he has his head split open, and if his tongue was lying in a pool of blood. All he must do is go the 12 rounds and the decision is his. Better yet I’m not sure if Kov k.o’s Canelo, they will not disqualify him. 🙂 Looks like the fishnet is weaving his Spiderman web, and the public is buying this? Canelocott this travesty. To pay even a dollar makes this event seem real. The fishnet is the phoniest promoter the game has seen.
Hopefully Kov will have a successful training camp and be 100% on fight night so that the fight will be 100% fair.. I know Canelo should be 100% healthy and ready because he’s younger but I’m just looking forward to a great and exciting fight.. the fact that Kov is pass his prime I think makes this a little bit more even. But don’t sleep on Kovalev.. he’s one of those fighters who can turn it up when you think they’re down and out. I like his focus when he is.
I hope Kovalev got one left in the tank !! But Canelo is such a good fighter, he’s faster, goes easil to the body (probably one of the best body puncher in today’s boxing), has decent power and a granit chin.. I completly understand why the odds are 4:1 but Kovalev has with him the puncher’s chance !
Every day is less worthy to make a boxing comment in these boards. I am a boxing fan, and my comments or opinions are from the pure standpoint of the nature of this sport, not based in hate or racism, because boxing is one of the hardest professions chosen to make a way of living and I feel the obligation to respect the ones involved. Why to hate or discriminate a person that with his sacrifice and effort is just trying to entertaining me?
Why to hate a person that doesn’t know me and never did anything wrong to me or any of my loved ones?
A combination of hate and discrimination is one of the most deplorable ways to conduct ourselves in our society, and is even worse when we make this public in a social media.
I love ya’ Mike…But that doesn’t mean that I want to date you…
Lmao. Nice one Croswell!!
Kovalev will win this fight easily behind that long jab. Now whether he gets screwed on the scorecards is another matter!
Good point…
If canelo can get the nod on Kovalev.. He should go for the prime fighter… BETERBIEV! OTHERWISE.. HES A CONDITIONAL CHERRY PICKER.. LIKE WE DIDNT ALREADY KNOW THAT.
IMO CANELO AND HIS TEAM HAS ROBBED MORE FIGHTERS THAN BONNIE AND CLYDE HAVE KNOCKED OFF BANKS! LARA, GOLOVKIN 2 TIMES AND IM SURPRISED THEY DIDNT FIND A WAY TO ROB MAYWEATHER!
Mayweather could afford to pay more than Oscar to get the guaranteed decision.