“Yes, Kovalev is finished now. Sure, he successfully defended his light-heavyweight title against mandatory-challenger Anthony Yarde at the Traktor Sports Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Saturday, surviving a handful of scares to mow Yarde down in the eleventh. But such details are mostly immaterial because Kovalev—despite being finished for years—was supposed to win.”

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