Kovalev, Ward and jab to the body

[Shpacman]

I think that all talks about this upcoming boat miss one important aspect - Kovalev's jab to the body. It can be easy for Ward to close distance or counter jab to the head, but jab to the body is the whole other story. It's mush more difficult to avoid. Actually it's a perfect instrument to keep the distance. We could see it in the Hopkins fight and today in the rematch with Pascal. So the question is - how will Ward be able to close the distance when Kovalev will use his jab to the body?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Ward is gonna get murdered dude is a bum living off a fluke win to carl froch.

[bojangles1987]

Ward also has an excellent jab to the body.

[daggum]

ward's flying headbutts will neautralize kov's jab to the body and make him hesitate.

[Dip_Slide]

Would be funny if the fight gets stopped due to an accidental headbutt as the two fighters were trying to throw the jab to the body at the same time.

I think Ward is quicker and more crisp with his jab to the body but it's a very good punch for both guys, Ward HAS to make it an ugly inside fight if he wants to win, he can mix up of course and move a bit but for the most part he can't give Kovalev the distance that he needs to land his bombs, the same game plan also applies if he was to fight GGG, get in their chest and make it ugly, wear them down and dominate the last couple of rounds to win the decision, Ward has to come extremely strong to this Kovalev fight.

[Caught Square]

Ward also has an excellent jab to the body.

Exactly, looking at the title I thought this thread would be about who would win the battle of the body jabs.

[M Bison]

Would be funny if the fight gets stopped due to an accidental headbutt as the two fighters were trying to throw the jab to the body at the same time.

I think Ward is quicker and more crisp with his jab to the body but it's a very good punch for both guys, Ward HAS to make it an ugly inside fight if he wants to win, he can mix up of course and move a bit but for the most part he can't give Kovalev the distance that he needs to land his bombs, the same game plan also applies if he was to fight GGG, get in their chest and make it ugly, wear them down and dominate the last couple of rounds to win the decision, Ward has to come extremely strong to this Kovalev fight.

So he needs to engage on illegal clinching/wrestling moves this is the only way a so called P4P 1 fighter can win?
Damnnnn!

[REMOVE SHARK 55]

They've most probably both got the best jab to the body out of the active fighters.

[Lester Tutor]

Ward's jab is superior than to Kovalev.

I see Ward's traditional super speed thrust jab and clinging to Kovalev every 3 rounds. Making Kovalev look inferior. For every time Kova attempts jabs Ward is going to answer in fashion where people forgot how fast the 6footer can be.

[mathed]

Only difference is that Kovalev's jab to the body feels like a straight right from a heavyweight when it lands.