Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev: Andre Ward Will Be A Big Test For Me

[Lou Cipher]

164 doe!!!!!

but hell fight everyone else at 168 what a coward.

Anyone else as guys who will come in the ring below 200 as opposed to Andre "Cow" Ward. coWard doesnt want a piece of The African Assassin

[Real Talk85]

Kovalev pulled a ***** move re matching Pascal and avoiding his mandatory. That guy can **** and he can box and they ducked him in hopes Ward beats him. If he fights Ward he won't have to worry about his size and power unlike if he fought his mandatory, I hope Ward pulls out or loses so Kovalev has to fight this guy.

[hugh grant]

Ward is a spoiler and he will make kovalev look bad. He will try pick pocket kovalev

[just the facts]

He talked crap on GGG then ducked him.

While you're certainly entitled to your opinion. you're not entitled to your own facts. The roadblock to the ggg/Ward fight is ggg not Ward.

[kafkod]

Ward is too seasoned, well schooled and too good to get dominated by anybody. Having said that I favor Kovalev because of the huge difference in power. Skill for skill they are about even but kovalev's punches are 100x harder. Ward's better defensively but for him to win he will need to throw a lot of punches and make kovalev respect him. This however will put ward in a disadvantage, he will have to fight kovalev off him and that's a battle he cant win given their respective punching powers.

The difference in power would be critical. Ward hit Paul Smith with everything and never came close to buckling him. Smith wouldn't have gone one round with Kovalev standing there to be hit like that.

If this fight happens, Ward could make it competitive for a while, but he wouldn't be able to hurt Kovalev. And, sooner or later, Kovalev would hurt Ward, and hurt him bad.

[kafkod]

While you're certainly entitled to your opinion. you're not entitled to your own facts. The roadblock to the ggg/Ward fight is ggg not Ward.

2 whole weight divisions, one man entering the ring 10/15lbs heavier than the other, is the roadblock to GGG/Ward.

[NaijaD]

The difference in power would be critical. Ward hit Paul Smith with everything and never came close to buckling him. Smith wouldn't have gone one round with Kovalev standing there to be hit like that.

If this fight happens, Ward could make it competitive for a while, but he wouldn't be able to hurt Kovalev. And, sooner or later, Kovalev would hurt Ward, and hurt him bad.

Smiths face told a slightly different story and by the end of the fight he was hurt and backing away which caused his corner to throw in the towel.

I agree the power difference is critical but I don't believe Ward won't be able to hurt Kovalev, He was able to hurt Froch and Kessler with shots they didn't see coming, if he can pull that off against Kovalev then I believe he will get enough respect out of Kovalev to stop him rushing in (something he doesn't really do anyway). He doesn't have to really hurt him, just keep him honest the same way Floyd used to do to his opponents.

Other misconceptions that haven't yet been proven, We don't know the extent of Wards durability, the mark against him of being dropped by Boone goes for Kovalev too. We don't know how physically strong Kovalev actually is.... punching hard does not equal having a lot physical strength, I would expect a true boxing fan to know this. I read a lot of people saying Kovalev will be too strong for Ward to work the clinch but as far as I know he hasn't been in any infighting situations where this has been displayed.

All in all, it's just a fascinating matchup that I can't wait for, I'm hoping Ward looks imperious against Barrera so the hype doesn't stall.

[kafkod]

ward is gonna UD kovalov...........the forum is gonna go apes.

Ward is gonna duck Kovalev ..... this forum is gonna go crazy with people talking about Golovkin ducking Ward.

[kafkod]

Smiths face told a slightly different story and by the end of the fight he was hurt and backing away which caused his corner to throw in the towel.

I agree the power difference is critical but I don't believe Ward won't be able to hurt Kovalev, He was able to hurt Froch and Kessler with shots they didn't see coming, if he can pull that off against Kovalev then I believe he will get enough respect out of Kovalev to stop him rushing in (something he doesn't really do anyway). He doesn't have to really hurt him, just keep him honest the same way Floyd used to do to his opponents.

Other misconceptions that haven't yet been proven, We don't know the extent of Wards durability, the mark against him of being dropped by Boone goes for Kovalev too. We don't know how physically strong Kovalev actually is.... punching hard does not equal having a lot physical strength, I would expect a true boxing fan to know this. I read a lot of people saying Kovalev will be too strong for Ward to work the clinch but as far as I know he hasn't been in any infighting situations where this has been displayed.

All in all, it's just a fascinating matchup that I can't wait for, I'm hoping Ward looks imperious against Barrera so the hype doesn't stall.

If you can hit somebody at will for 9 rounds, you will cause facial damage.

Seriously, if I could tee off and hit Paul Smith in the face as many times as Ward did, I would damage his face too!

[imperial1]

Ward is gonna duck Kovalev ..... this forum is gonna go crazy with people talking about Golovkin ducking Ward.

He's fighting Kovalev mando he won't be ducking Ward like GGG ducked him