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ÁLVAREZ AND KOVALEV FACE TO FACE IN LOS ANGELES

ÁLVAREZ AND KOVALEV FACE TO FACE IN LOS ANGELES

 

 

Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) of Guadalajara, Mexico and Russian warrior Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) organized a press conference recently in Los Angeles, California, to officially announce his 12-round clash. The event will take place on Saturday, November 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live on DAZN.

 

 

CANELO ALVAREZ, WBC middleweight world champion:

“I am very grateful to all the fans as always. I am very motivated, it is an honor for me to share the ring with someone Kovalev, whom I met in 2012. Now we are about to make history. I know it will be the most difficult fight of my professional career. I will do my best in the ring and that day we can shout “Long live Mexico.”

 

 

 

SERGEY KOVALEV

“I am very happy to be here in Los Angeles. Thank God and thanks to Canelo and his team for getting this fight. I think this is a great test for me in my boxing career because he is one of the best fighters at the moment. I am happy and excited. Thanks for the support “.

 

 

 

EDDY REYNOSO, coach of Canelo Alvarez:

“Thanks to Golden Boy and DAZN. It was a very difficult fight to achieve, but the fight is already here. Only the great boxers and those who leave their mark become such fighters. We know Kovalev well and we know the challenge we are facing. He is a great boxer who leaves everything in the ring and in one blow, he could end the fight. And we know it will be a great challenge. We want Saul to be a champion in four weight classes. ”

 

JOSE “CHEPO” REYNOSO, Coach of Canelo Alvarez:

“I’m nostalgic and I can’t help remembering the beginnings of all this. Look back and I see everything: all the victories Saul has given me and my son, and future victories, make me happy. The Reynoso have been with Saul for more than 15 years, since he was a child. We trust that he will get the victory here. ”

 

BUDDY MCGIRT, Sergey Kovalev’s coach:

“Both types are true champions. Cinnamon, I’ve always admired you. Your coaches did a great job with you. I have to admit it. I really take my hat off for having the balls to step forward and live up to the challenge. Sergey, I love you to death, I respect you for accepting the challenge. Honestly, the only losers on November 2 are the people who don’t want the fight or come the fight. ”

 

EGIS KLIMAS, Manager of Sergey Kovalev:

“I don’t think this fight should be announced further. When you hear the names of Canelo Alvarez, Krusher Kovalev, that says everything that will happen on November 2. I don’t need to talk about Sergey: everyone knows who he is in boxing, and regarding Canelo, they know what they mean when they say: great kojones. ”

Cinnamon vs. Kovalev is a 12-round fight in the semi-complete weight division presented by Golden Boy, Main Events and Krusher Promotions. The event will take place on Saturday, November 2 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast live exclusively on DAZN.

 

 

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FURY HOPES TO INSPIRE FELLOW MENTAL HEALTH SUFFERERS

 

Tyson Fury hopes his “iconic comeback” against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder can inspire fellow mental health sufferers.

 

 

Fury regained his title-winning form to become only the second man in 41 fights to take boxing’s biggest puncher the full distance after battling back from a spiral of depression which led him to the brink of suicide.

 

The former three-belt champion, however, was floored in the ninth and almost didn’t hear the final bell at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

 

A savage combination left Fury motionless on the canvas early in the final round but to Wilder’s amazement; the challenger jolted back to life at the count six and on his feet by nine.

 

“I don’t know how he got up,” said Wilder. “I thought I had him out of there; it was a right hand and a left hook and I saw his eyes roll into his head. I thought it was over; God knows how he got up.”

 

Fury not only somehow returned to his feet but also finished the final two minutes of the fight strongly to secure a split decision draw; 115-11 for Wilder, 114-112 for Fury and 113-113.

 

The 30-year-old, who three years ago sensationally ended the 11-year reign of heavyweight legend Wladimir Klitschko, controlled many of the rounds and felt he had done enough to shock the world again.

 

Undefeated Fury, rather than complain about the verdict, instead dedicated his performance to fellow mental health sufferers.

 

“It’s an iconic comeback,” Fury told BT Sport. “Two-and-a-half-year out of the ring, 10 stone ballooned, mental health problems.

“I just showed the world tonight, everyone suffering with mental health that you can comeback and it can be done.

“Everybody out there who has the same problems that I have been suffering with, I did that for you guys.

“You know the truth, everybody knows I won that fight and if I can comeback from where I come from, then you can do it to.

“So get up, get over it and let’s do it. Seek help and let’s do it as a team. I did it for you guys.”

 

A fairytale ending may have eluded “The Gypsy King” this time but a second shot at redemption could still be on the cards.

The winner of America’s first heavyweight pay-per-view clash in over a decade was supposed to face unified champion Anthony Joshua but a rematch might be easier to make and more in demand.

 

 

“I would love for it to be my next fight,” added Wilder.

“Why not? Let’s give the fans what they want to see. It was a great fight and let’s do it again. It doesn’t matter to me where we do it.

 

 

“We’re the two best in the world and we proved it tonight. When you get two warriors you get a real fight. That’s what we proved tonight and I’m ready to do it again.”

 

 

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By Peter Gilbert