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Andre Ward survived a second-round knockdown and relentless pressure from Kovalev, doing just enough to win by a point on all three ringside scorecards. He remained unbeaten in his last 20 years in the ring, but it wasn’t without some moments of worry.
John David Jackson video interview discussing loss to Andre Ward - Sergey Kovalev kept coming, and Andre Ward never stopped battling. With the crowd roaring in approval, they put on a fight that lived up to its advance billing.
LAS VEGAS – Andre Ward has accomplished plenty during his 12-year professional boxing career. Perhaps nothing makes him more proud than what he did during the second round of his grueling fight Saturday night against Sergey Kovalev. Ward got off the canvas in the second round following the first knockdown he suffered in 11 years, regained his composure and eventually neutralized Kovalev’s vaunted right hand to take control during the second half of an extremely competitive light heavyweight title fight at T-Mobile Arena.
Virgil Hunter, trainer for newly crowned WBA, WBO, IBF light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs), felt Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) was the one who was grabbing and holding the majority of the time on Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Jessie Vargas gives his take on Ward vs. Kovalev outcome. Sergey Kovalev kept coming, and Andre Ward never stopped battling. With the crowd roaring in approval, they put on a fight that lived up to its advance billing.
Former super middleweight king Andre Ward overcame an early knockdown and torrid first half of the fight to capture the unified light heavyweight championship away from Sergey Kovalev by way of unanimous decision in Las Vegas - and claimed away the WBA Super, WBO and IBF championship belts at the T-Mobile Arena in a fight shown live on HBO pay per view.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV - Matchroom Sport's Eddie Hearn is in agreement with the scores of last night's unanimous decision victory by Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) over Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) . He had Ward winning but understood why many people had Kovalev coming out on top.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Longtime boxing analyst Larry Merchant was watching closely from ringside when Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs) won a very close twelve round unanimous decision over Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26KOs) to capture the WBO, IBF, WBA light heavyweight world titles.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Kathy Duva, CEO of Main Events, was very upset with the outcome of Saturday's fight - where her star boxer Sergey Kovalev (30-1-1, 26KOs) lost a twelve round unanimous decision to Andre Ward (31-0, 15KOs).
LAS VEGAS – Andre Ward is pleased with the way referee Robert Byrd officiated his victory over Sergey Kovalev. Kathy Duva? Not so much. Kovalev’s promoter is displeased because Byrd allowed their highly competitive light heavyweight title fight to become unusually physical and rough Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. When they weren’t landing hard jabs and right hands, Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) and Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KOs) spent much of their 36 minutes together clinching, shoving and wrestling one another all over the ring.