The Nevada State Athletic Commission has appointed the officials for the November 2 Canelo-Kovalev fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The referee will be Russell Mora. Judges are Dave Moretti, Julie Lederman and Don Trella.
Trella and Moretti both worked Canelo-GGG I. Trella had it 114-114 and Moretti had it 115-113 for GGG. Moretti, who has judged most of Canelo’s recent fights, had Canelo winning 115-113 in Canelo-GGG II.
That there should tell you this fight will be fixed as usual!
For sure-just need to buy two of the three judges.
Do they just have Dave Moretti on direct deposit at this point? Why bother even cutting him a check… keep the paper trail to a minimum.
U dont make sense.. moretti had GGG up first fight. How can he be in his pocket. Stupid comment . Now second fight moretti had Canelo up. If you really think that GGG was winning that fight, then u obviously dont know anything about boxing. Now Ledderman on the other hand is fresh to Canelo so we will see..
Really dude?
Arturo, I have to chuckle over your comment. I agree, since Canelo has had a few controversial “gifted” decisions, questionable “inside job” antics of Oscar as a manager, tainted Mexican meat (+PED), etc…..It all makes a fight fan wonder exactly what corruption runs deep in the system. Let’s not forget, Kovalev was cherry-picked by Oscar and suckered in by a large sum of money. Kovalev is dangerous, but he is no spring chicken, has been KO’d, battered, and has some mileage on that body. Even though Hopkins was busted up by Kovalev, that was in past when Kovalev was younger and stronger. By the way, Hopkins, in my opinion, got comical KO of the year when Joe Smith sent him back into outer space when he came into the ring as The Alien. Loved that KO!
Canelo will stop Kovalev in round 8 or 9.
Kovalev, even in shape, does not have the skill set to properly contend with Canelo.
If Canelo stops him in 8 or 9 rounds it will be Ward style, as Mora is a corrupt racist referee who lets his Mexican compatriots punch their opponents in the nuts without even so much as a warning. but you don’t know that because you’re new to boxing and are just a dumbass casual.
Canelo will get smoked, you will see young buck
Russell Mora? Get ready for a Canelo lowblowfest. Remember Mares-Agbeko?
That was 4 years ago !!!! Common pal
Since then Russell Mora is one of the most strict referees in that department
Beating Kovalev does not impress me. Now, if Canelo was brave enough to fight Artur Beterbiev, that is another story.
GGG & Kovalev are washed up.
Canelo vs Beterbiev is the fight we all want to see.
That’s completely a hater comment. You don’t see people yelling at Loma to move up to fight Spence or even Paq-man. When Mikey did the same jump it was courageous. When Canelo does it, it’s cherry picked. If you’ve ever boxed you would know how huge this is.
Nah, Jonathan is right. They know Kovalev is on the way out, they know he’s susceptible to body shots, they know he just fought a month and a half ago and went through a full training camp for a tough fight and they know he had no time to rest and recover before being sent right back into another grueling training camp for another tough fight. It’s a total cherry pick and anyone who can see past the “Canelo Vs Kovalev” names knows it.
But Kov is still the champ and these types of camps, he is used too. Saying what ur saying discredits the whole LHW division. So ur basically saying that beterbiev is the only good LHW. In that case why doesnt Beterbiev move up two weight classes and challenger Wilder or Fury.. see if people say the same thing. I doubt even Beterbiev isnt that brave.
Wrong. They tried to make this fight before he took the last one. Canelo wants to fight now. This is the biggest fight available for options for what he’s trying to accomplish. He’s still LH champ. Saying someone is fighting someone because they think they can beat them is why most fights at this stage get made. Tarver thought he could beat Jones, Paq-Man thought he could beat De la Hoya, Garcia thought he saw something in Spence he could expose.
I think that Loma would beat Spence and Crawford at 147. Speed kills 🙂
Beterbiev kills Canelo. Like, literally would decapitate him in the middle of the ring. You can’t win a gift decision when your head is somewhere in the fourth row.
Why doesnt beterbiev fight wilder.. they can pick his head from the 4th row too. Lmao
Canelo is no LHW people. He is only looking to make history off of the lesser LHW champ. People discredit KOV but when u do, ur basically saying the whole LHW division sucks balls except for beterbiev which apparently has alot of peeps on his badwagon balls. Who cares. Let Canelo fight him. If we wins he wins, if he loses, well he gave it a try. Damn haters these days. Tries the division and right away haters wanna sick him to the pit bulls lmao
Absolutely right Tony.
3 of the worst judges I know of.
Julie Lederman??? WTF Wasn’t she suspended for poor scoring?
Anyone who says Canelo’s fights are fixed are wrong. Its the way he fights that wins him fights. There are 4 categories that Judges are to refer to. Ring Generalship, effective aggression, clean punching and defense. I will agree I felt GGG won the first one. But you can even hear Roy Jones and Kellerman make references to how Canelo was controlling the match pace, and how it was fought in the 2nd. He did that for at least 10/12 of those rounds. That means all he has to do is win any of the other categories in any of those rounds to make it a 50% round. That gave him leverage and a statistical advantage by making that his fight and controlling the ring. Then with punching it comes down to vantage points. So all he has to do is keep the punches close and show good defense at times and he wins half the rounds easy just by statistics and probability. He did the same in Lara fight. My point: Boxing is not just blow for blow.
The four categories are not equal-clean punching has much more weight than any of the others.
Even if a Kovalev’s family member, his manager and GGG were selected as a judges for this fight, haters would find a way to say something asnine about it.
Thats the damn truth bro. These fools cant respect the danger Canelo is putting himself in for this fight. Everyone keeps saying KOV is done and too old. Then why the hell is he still the champ. The rest of the fighters in that division MUST suck if an old guy past his prime is still champ. Well i for one am excited and cant wait to see this fight.
The fix is already in with Golden boy’s bought judges in trella and moretti. Lederman is only in there to add some fake credibility that this is not a fixed fight, but the real final straw to prove that Kovalev has to knock Canelo out is the racist & corrupt Russell Mora. This is the same cholo who let Abner Mares repeatedly and deliberately punch Joseph Agbeko in the nuts in that bantamweight tournament final. This guy is definitely going to be in the corner for the Mexican. This is why Canelo gets so much hate, because there is always and I do mean always controversy in 100% of his fights. I mean, 2 notoriously corrupt judges that gave him the first fight that he clearly lost 8 rounds to 4 along with a known racist corrupt referee. I am no longer considering this a legitimate contest.
Why is Don Trella still employed as a judge after dropping the ball in such a high profile fight such as Golovkin-Alvarez I?
Do NOT be surprised if the Fishnet has found a way to get Canela’s roids,and P.E.Ds approved. The right HELLO does wonders in the pay all world of Delaho/Canela. Do not be surprised if Kovalev has Canela hurt, dazed and confused 🙂 and then gets disqualified by the ref, who is on the payroll. CANELACOTT this WWE fix.