Not a robbery, but definitely some bias there. Pretty unbelievable that the judges gave Ward the 10th rd. More unbelievable that not one gave it to Kovalev in a clear round that proved to be pivotal.
I don't know what people mean when they say "Bad decision but it wasn't a robbery".
If he won and didn't get the win he got robbed... Doesn't really matter if it was 2 points or 20 points.
I have it on par with Pac Bradley 1 IMO
The more years pass the more Ward's reputation will stink if in the end he doesn't give Kovalev a rematch. Ward will be remembered as the son of judges just because of this aftertaste. People don't forget this stuff.
Not a robbery, more of a gift decision. You could have Ward ahead if you give him every benefit of the doubt, but not if all 3 judges give him a must win round he clearly lost.
The undercard fight was already more corrupt, but the bigger the fight, the bigger the controversy. That's how PAC Jmm 3 (closer than Kovalev Ward) got voted Ring fan robbery of the year over Lara vs Pwill, a real robbery.
The only people who got robbed were the Kov fans that counted Ward out in round 2 and ignored everything he did afterwards. They were robbed of the experience of witnessing a tremendous comeback.
Fights this close being called robberies is just funny. Any debatable bout gets half the forum's panties in a twist.
Absurd.
A close fight can't be a robbery.
De La Hoya/Trinidad
Pacquiao/Bradley
Gonzalez/Pascal
THOSE are robberies.
Ward/Kovalev was a fight were Ward won 4 rounds definitively, Kovalev won 4 rounds definitively and 4 rounds were up for grabs, simple as that.
I have 3 levels of when I disagree with a decision
1) A close fight that could have gone any way. In this case, I accept the official decision, because its a reasonable decision, just one I didn't make. For example, I thought Trout edged Canelo, but I accept the official decision.
2) Clear winner: I do not accept the official decision, because I thought it was a clear decision, that the officials got wrong.
and 3) Straight robbery. No need to even discuss.
To me Ward - Kovalev is the second category. Kovalev was IMO the clear winner, and that's how I analyze the result (hence, Kovalev is my p4p #2a, while Ward is 2b).
It wasn't a straight robbery like Pac Bradley. I will listen to arguments that Ward outboxed Kovalev for 7 rounds. I can see how someone might think that, especially if they overlook punches landed in favor of "ring generalship." But I don't accept these arguments. Kovalev won.
No it couldn't of gone either way someone won and someone lost that either way **** is what people say when they don't know how to score.
Yeah, ward won and kovalev lost. It's an argument I won't be getting into because it's been done to death on here. Different people score fights in different ways. Always have and always will.
Not very high at all because it wasn't a robbery. It was a very close fight that could have went either way. It is also a decision that people need to get over.
No it couldn't of gone either way someone won and someone lost that either way **** is what people say when they don't know how to score.