Andre Ward vs Kovalev set for November 19

[big_james10]

Ward by schooling

Ward is too slick, you can't beat slick unless you are more slick

Kovalev is a stiff eurobum, ward will dance circles round him, teach him a boxing lesson and stop him late

I agree. This fight will be Garcia/Matthysse all over again. No one on this message board will admit that they picked Matthysse to KO Garcia, just as they won't admit that they predicted Ward's doom after he beats Kovalev.

[big_james10]

I just don't get how people think Ward is all that at this point. I'll put it like this: If Andre Ward, after not having a meaningful fight in nearly 3.5 years against washed-up Dawson, and 7 months before that, winning the Super 6 (in 2011!) AND recently took off for 1 year & 7 months AND having shoulder surgery-If he can come back after all that & only face 2-3 bums and then beat Sergey Kovalev....Well then he is truly one bad motherfucker.

Ward is all that because he beat all the best boxers at 168 when they were in their prime and then KO'd an undefeated Dawson in his prime. With the exception of Mayweather, no current or recent fighter has fought all the best guys in and around his weight division and won.

It doesn't matter how long it has been since he fought. Until someone beats him, Ward is still THE MAN!

[Pain~Lucy]

I think a fair question to ask is how is kkkov going to respond once ward starts clinching? Hopkins didn't clinch at all. But Ward is an intelligent boxer that will not hesitate to clinch. How is kkov going to react? ?

ask yourself why

[mathed]

I think a fair question to ask is how is kkkov going to respond once ward starts clinching? Hopkins didn't clinch at all. But Ward is an intelligent boxer that will not hesitate to clinch. How is kkov going to react? ?

I think Kovalev will react violently. He might let Ward get away with it once or twice but as soon as Ward tries to puch him in the clinch, Kovalev is going to toss him across the ring. I can see him complaining to the ref a few times and then body slamming Ward to prove a point.

This won't be like other Ward or Mayweather fights where the ref ignores every single illegal act. Kovalev will make it so out of control that the ref will be forced to reprimand Ward just for the sake of avoiding a DQ.

[Sun_Tzu]

Ward wins a few early rounds then Kovalev's pressure starts to pay dividends. Kovalev takes the decision 7-5/8-4. As I sit here I dont see a stoppage but it is certainly possible. I think Ward, like Hopkins is more than good enough to extend the fight 12 rounds. I may change my mind completely about the outcome after I see Ward fight Barrera.

[M Bison]

Planning fights ahead like an amateur I wonder If he will get injured or If Barrera rains on his pathetic parade.

[Wolfie*]

Ward by schooling

Ward is too slick, you can't beat slick unless you are more slick

Kovalev is a stiff eurobum, ward will dance circles round him, teach him a boxing lesson and stop him late

Your inner blackness won't allow you to pick against Ward.

[M Bison]

I think Kovalev will react violently. He might let Ward get away with it once or twice but as soon as Ward tries to puch him in the clinch, Kovalev is going to toss him across the ring. I can see him complaining to the ref a few times and then body slamming Ward to prove a point.

This won't be like other Ward or Mayweather fights where the ref ignores every single illegal act. Kovalev will make it so out of control that the ref will be forced to reprimand Ward just for the sake of avoiding a DQ.

Agreed, I'm hoping Ward doesn't get away with doing his best impersonation of Wladimir Klitschko but he tends to always do that when he has a big fight he did it to Froch he did it to Kessler and he certainly will try to do it against Kovalev.
Hopefully, Kovalev promoters get a good referee and a fair venue If this one is to happen I still have my doubts.

[Combat Talk Radio]

The Kovalev-Ward bout, of course, hinges on both fighters not losing by that point. Ward (29-0-1, 26 KO) is coming off of a dominant defense of his WBA, IBF, and WBO light heavyweight titles on January 30, demolishing Jean Pascal in a rematch in Montreal. Ward (28-0, 15 KO) is set to make his full 175-pound move on March 26, when he faces Cuba's Sullivan Barrera in Oakland.

WHAT!!??!?! ANDRE WARD FOUGHT JEAN PASCAL AND I MISSED IT!!?!??


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[M Bison]

Your inner blackness won't allow you to pick against Ward.

Nah that's just blatant trolling the guy is probably white.