What an amazing fight

I really dislike Ward.... And I had it..... 114-113 for Ward. That just means you're favour. People who say that Kovalev won are respectless to the sport.

I really dislike Ward.... And I had it..... 114-113 for Ward.

think people were so desperate for it to be seen as 'a night where boxing delivers' that they were going to say its great whatever. it was enjoyable for me to watch of course, cause i was so hyped and i know both guys well. if people are going to be objective about it and if you didnt know who the fighters were, it objectively was a pretty uneventful fight. most the casuals over here said it was boring so i think people are kidding themselves when they say it was a 'great fight' It was more one for the purists and fanatics rather than the casual boxing fan. It was intriguing throughout just not terribly exciting. Genuinely great fights have to be more exciting than this one. Galindez-Kates, Saad Muhammad-Lopez, Adamek-Briggs are examples of properly great light-heavyweight fights.

I think people are mad about the result because they're so tired of seeing the "white hopes" or "nonblack hopes" get destroyed by black fighters... Lewis defeated Vitali, SRL defeated Duran, Mayweather defeated Pacquiao, Crawford defeated Postol, now Ward defeated Kovalev and I can't even begin to imagine their reactions if Walters beats Lomachenko and Jacobs beats Golovkin, lol. Leonard lost the first fight...Manny is not white nor is Duran....Ward's father was a white Irish man. Walters isn't african and Jacobs was KO'd by Pirog. Kill yourself you racist fool.

I'm not sure any fight can be considered great if one man lands 126 punches and the other 116. I enjoyed it but there were some messy dull rounds and not enough sustained action.

I agreed with everything said in this thread, need more posters like yall guys I'm glad that some boxing fans still got some sense left.

I agreed with everything said in this thread, need more posters like yall guys

Good post! That's the way I see it, I don't think it was a robbery since the fight was too close. Can't wait for the rematch. I think people are mad about the result because they're so tired of seeing the "white hopes" or "nonblack hopes" get destroyed by black fighters... Lewis defeated Vitali, SRL defeated Duran, Mayweather defeated Pacquiao, Crawford defeated Postol, now Ward defeated Kovalev and I can't even begin to imagine their reactions if Walters beats Lomachenko and Jacobs beats Golovkin, lol.

Great fight. Two elite fighters for me boxing at their best. You can have an opinion on the scoring but to call it a robbery is actually a bit disrespectful. It is not like we are spoiled with good fights either. 2016 has been a horrific year of inactivity and mismatched fights. In my head until yesterday I was going to remember Gary Russell Jr vs Patrick Hyland as the gold standard to remind me of what a terrible year of fights there have been. With any named fighter moving hell and high water to arrange a fight with their window cleaner. Thank God for these two. We just need to clamour for the rematch and as a result hope both guys are soundly remunerated for it and actually risking a defeat. But the way boxing goes that is not a guarentee. Great post and I agree. Among all the dirt, we get this diamond of a fight and people just refuse to appreciate it because they don't like Ward...

Good post! That's the way I see it, I don't think it was a robbery since the fight was too close. Can't wait for the rematch.

The only unfortunate part was that somebody had to lose

Those saying "you can't call a 114-113 a robbery" are wrong though. Just because it's scored close doesn't mean you can use the close scorecards to justify a wrong decision. The wrong person won, and that's how it is. agreed, i hate that ****ty argument seems like only americans and matthew macklin are happy with those scorecards

Nice write up Most fans are salty as fxck today In the rematch kov will gas quicker trying to ko ward This was kov's fight to lose Thanks. I think that people who complain about the score in this fight are hurting the sport without being aware of it. Ward did great and he deserves respect here. It was a close fight and the scores were fair and due to some subjective rounds, I wouldn't whine about a draw.

I didn't think it was an amazing fight in terms of action in general, but it was very good and intriguing and of course had the knockdown. Obviously it was very high quality at times though. I thought Ward showed great determination and spirit to make it competitive after the first 2 rounds but there's no way i can give him enough rounds to win and overcome a knockdown. Wrong decision but it was a pretty good fight. Agree. I thought it was going to be a stinker, but it turned out to be a good fight, far from amazing though.

I didn't think it was an amazing fight in terms of action in general, but it was very good and intriguing and of course had the knockdown. Obviously it was very high quality at times though. I thought Ward showed great determination and spirit to make it competitive after the first 2 rounds but there's no way i can give him enough rounds to win and overcome a knockdown. Wrong decision but it was a pretty good fight. Those saying "you can't call a 114-113 a robbery" are wrong though. Just because it's scored close doesn't mean you can use the close scorecards to justify a wrong decision. The wrong person won, and that's how it is. I'm a neutral but that's how i see it.

Great fight. Two elite fighters for me boxing at their best. You can have an opinion on the scoring but to call it a robbery is actually a bit disrespectful. It is not like we are spoiled with good fights either. 2016 has been a horrific year of inactivity and mismatched fights. In my head until yesterday I was going to remember Gary Russell Jr vs Patrick Hyland as the gold standard to remind me of what a terrible year of fights there have been. With any named fighter moving hell and high water to arrange a fight with their window cleaner. Thank God for these two. We just need to clamour for the rematch and as a result hope both guys are soundly remunerated for it and actually risking a defeat. But the way boxing goes that is not a guarentee.

It was a great fight. Two great fighters that gave their very best. It's a damn shame someone has to lose a fight like that, but such is the way of sports. Yeah. I felt that Ward won, but again, it's kinda subjective. I wouldn't have minded a draw. Both were winners just for giving us this awesome fight.

Kovalev had a great start and I actually thought that he would destroy Ward after the knockdown. Instead, Ward proved to have the heart of a warrior and he came back, managing to win the vast majority of the rounds, IMO. I thought the 114-113 scores were fair, though, as a lot of rounds were subjective. Ward is clearly a bit past his prime after his long break from boxing, but he won the fight, fair and square. Kovalev simply couldn't catch him properly in the latter half of the fight, with Ward constantly evading his attacks, peppering him with body shots and roughing him up on the inside. It was a great and close fight. I was not exactly a Kovalev fan before, but I am now. Congratulations to Ward, who now is the rightful P4P #1, and I'm sure that we all look forward to the rematch. IMO, the rematch is even more exciting than this. Has Ward figured out Kovalev to such a degree that the rematch will just be a replay of the latter half of the first fight? Or have Kovalev discovered some weaknesses in his punching arsenal that made him unable to finish Ward when he had the chance? MANY things could go differently in the rematch and I can imagine anything from an early Kovalev KO victory to a complete shutout performance by Ward. Again, great fighters, great fight. This was just what boxing needed :boxing: Nice write up Most fans are salty as fxck today In the rematch kov will gas quicker trying to ko ward This was kov's fight to lose

It was a great fight. Two great fighters that gave their very best. It's a damn shame someone has to lose a fight like that, but such is the way of sports.