
Kovalev's Coach: Ward Was Dominated, Won 4 Rounds at Best
Veteran trainer John David Jackson is completely speechless at how his fighter, Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs), was the loser in last Saturday's fight with Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs).
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Veteran trainer John David Jackson is completely speechless at how his fighter, Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs), was the loser in last Saturday's fight with Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs).

Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward became a two-division champion when he scored a comeback unanimous decision victory over Russia’s Sergey Kovalev to claim the defending champion’s unified light heavyweight title.

A few months ago, newly crowned WBO,WBA, IBF light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) discussed the possibility of moving up to the heavyweight division for a fight of some importance.

Virgil Hunter, the head trainer for WBO, WBA, IBF light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs), feels confident that his fighter would have been able to stop Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) - if last Saturday's fight would played out on the inside.

Sometimes a fight can be closely contested, closely decided, and still be decidedly wrong. That’s what happened on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Light heavyweight titlist Sergey Kovalev dominated most of the first half of the fight. Former super middleweight champion Andre Ward made a heck of a comeback in the second half. He rebounded from what looked like a one-sided beating to compete on even terms down the stretch.

While many in the United States saw a robbery last Saturday night, there seems to be a lot of experts in the UK who disagree. Promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport and Sky Sports' Adam Smith had Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) winning a twelve round decision over Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs).

According to WBO, WBA, IBF light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs), a big factor in last Saturday's victory over Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) was the ability to stay mentally strong throughout the entire fight.

by David P. Greisman - The fight is over. The fighting is not. Nothing written in this column will change your conclusion, even if the fight itself was inconclusive. It was a fight that was so, so close. And yet those fighting over it are so, so far apart. There are actually three sides of this debate. There are those who had...

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Newly crowned WBO, IBF, WBA light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) does not believe Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) was the biggest challenge of his career after going twelve rounds with the feared puncher.

LAS VEGAS – Andre Ward talked Saturday night as if he isn’t contractually obligated to fight Sergey Kovalev again. His handlers preferred to discuss Ward’s win, not a rematch, in the aftermath of the most significant victory of Ward’s career. Kathy Duva, Kovalev’s promoter, made it perfectly clear, though, that Kovalev will exercise his contractual right to an immediate rematch, assuming Kovalev’s sore right hand doesn’t require surgery or a long layoff to rest it.