Andre Ward vs Kovalev set for November 19

[BKM-]

Is this really confirmed everywhere? I don't want to get too exited prematurely.

[MisterPullman]

Kovalev brutalizes Ward

[kafkod]

Don't just answer the question. Vote or die

I didn't vote because "Ward won't fight Kovalev" is not one of the options.

[kafkod]

-Depending on how the Barrera fight goes, Ward likely fights as the co-feature on Cotto's return date at Barclays Center in June.

-K2 won't put Kovalev in the ring with Fonfara, for the simple fact that "The Polish Prince" actually has the tools to beat Kovalev (good pop, won't crumble to Kovalev's power, busy fighter, significantly longer than Kovalev, fights long, etc); expect a guy like Domenic Boesil (no real punch, settles possible WBO mandatory, brings some German TV money with him, barely rated in the top 30 at 175)

Kovalev isn't with K2.

You do understand that Kovalev and Golovkin are 2 different people, yeah?

[about.thousands]

Good fight but I am not sure it will sell as a ppv, both guys are relatively unknown. GGG's first ppv bombed and he was more popular than both of these guys.

This is the only PPV worthy fight I've seen scheduled this year. They aren't known but I'll buy it.

[about.thousands]

Kovalev isn't with K2.

You do understand that Kovalev and Golovkin are 2 different people, yeah?

Yea, Main Events has shown they'll put Kovalev in the ring with anybody (except that purse bid situation but that was Main Events politics). They actually have faith in their fighter.

[Rip Chudd]

I voted "we all win" because we do as fans of the sport. I do however lean towards Ward winning this fight

[BrometheusBob.]

They have a date?

Source?

[aldo5408]

They have a date?

Source?

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[Scipio2009]

June? I doubt that early. Ward is not suppose to fight anyone else other than Kovalev after June but since he got injured in November last year, I'm pretty there is a stipulation in the contract that allows him to fight after June.

-The reports on everything is that Andre Ward is planning for a second fight before facing Kovalev.

-HBO, there actions with Ward being what they are (protesting Ward's opponent slate in a manner that they haven't done with any other fighter, trying to have a fight that Ward didn't even get a check for count against his deal, etc), I doubt that HBO has any extra Ward dates laying around.

-Miguel Cotto, RocNation's only other marketable fighter at this point, has his own HBO date penciled in for June.

-Cotto's card gives RocNation the chance to showcase Andre Ward in NYC.

-The timing of things(based on what's been penciled in), allows for Ward(a guy who's likely not coming down a massive amount of weight to get to 175) to put in a 10-week camp for a June fight, followed by a 10 to 12-week camp for Kovalev[mixed in with some vacation time too]

Injuries/rough fights are always a possibility but, even with that risk, Ward's camp seem to have things all lined up as an extended Kovalev camp anyway (Barrera in March and Shabranskyy in June would do well the prepare for a straight punching, big, kinda slow LHW, a la Kovalev).

Lastly, the Ward injury is being overstated a touch, imo; Ward had a balky knee, chose the overly cautious route(deciding to not fight with a knee that was 80%), and had the knee situation cleared out with a couple weeks of rest.