It isn’t easy jumping up two weight classes in boxing.
They have weight classes for a reason, but during my research on the boxers that have done it over the years, the one thing I have learned is that the successful ones normally are fighting very limited fighters or fighters at the end of their careers.
When fighters have jumped weights to fight someone in their PRIME, they normally get hurt.
Think of the damage Canelo himself did to Amir Khan who was trying to jump up two weights. While Khan boxed well for a while, this eventually happened.
You have to be very strategic when you are jumping weight classes. When Manny Pacquiao fought Oscar De La Hoya, he was in his prime and De La Hoya had nothing left. When Roy Jones Jr fought John Ruiz, Roy knew his skills were so superior he could outbox him.
Even someone like Adrien Broner jumped up two weight classes to fight Paulie Maliggnaggi he barely won, but it was because he was matched against a feather fisted opponent at the end of his career.
Canelo who is in his prime is banking that he can beat a Kovalev who isn’t in his prime. The question begs how faded is Kovalev?
If he isn’t totally washed, he will cause Canelo all type problems, but if he is, it might be easy work for Canelo.
What do you think?
Did Canelo catch Kovalev at the right time or has he bit off more than he can chew?
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