Comments Thread For: Ward provides a glimpse, no certainty when it comes to Kovalev

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - When it comes to forecasting fights, I go one of two ways.

Sometimes I'm as sure as sure can be. One guy will win. And my view doesn't change.

Other times, it's just the opposite. Depending on the hour, I can see a different conclusion.
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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - When it comes to forecasting fights, I go one of two ways.

Sometimes I'm as sure as sure can be. One guy will win. And my view doesn't change.

Other times, it's just the opposite. Depending on the hour, I can see a different conclusion.
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Also, Kovalev is really coming into his own..... he was 'The Iceman' in that second Pascal fight..... clinical, precise, and extremely violent, he made it look easy. He looked real comfortable in there.

[Beercules]

That was a good read.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

Ward might die if Hunter doesnt throw in the towel.

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Also, Kovalev is really coming into his own..... he was 'The Iceman' in that second Pascal fight..... clinical, precise, and extremely violent, he made it look easy. He looked real comfortable in there.

Pascal was beat before the first bell , he might have talked the talk but his mind set was he was going to lose bad , Kov intimidates guys .

Ward is entirely different he is a thinker and tactition on Floyds level and wont be intimidated at all by Kov , Andres timing was a off a little bit I dont think he needs much tightening up to be mentally and physically primed for that fight .
He has come off a long lay off and surgery so Im sure he will get better not worse by the time they square off it was a good performance when you weigh everything up .

I think its a great fight and either guy can win it .

[taste]

Pascal was beat before the first bell , he might have talked the talk but his mind set was he was going to lose bad , Kov intimidates guys .

Ward is entirely different he is a thinker and tactition on Floyds level and wont be intimidated at all by Kov , Andres timing was a off a little bit I dont think he needs much tightening up to be mentally and physically primed for that fight .
He has come off a long lay off and surgery so Im sure he will get better not worse by the time they square off it was a good performance when you weigh everything up .

I think its a great fight and either guy can win it .

Thanks for the truth telling. +1

Tough fight to make a pic. I had only seen Barrera online but thought Ward would look good against the guy. The great thing about DVRing it is that you get to look at it over and over.

And although Ward did do many good things in there, he got touched more than I thought he would and it led me to believe Kovo would touch him alot more than Barrera did. His sharpness/skills weren't up to P4P level but they didn't have to be against Barrera. I couldn't find any prospective odds for the fight but Ward wasn't favored to win the super 6 and my guess here is that he wouldn't be favored against Kovalev.

[Bronx2245]

I thought Ward would struggle in this fight, but he made this fight look easy. I think the Kovalev fight is 50/50, but after Saturday, I think Abel knows that GGG would've been embarrassed by Ward @ 168.

[therealpugilist]

That was a good read.

Agreed....sounds like what us fans go through picking fights


Im watching Hopkins vs Killa right now, taking notes

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Fight will come down to the inside game, can Kovalev punish Ward every time he tries to clinch and neutralize him.

[r1onnie2]

Pascal was beat before the first bell , he might have talked the talk but his mind set was he was going to lose bad , Kov intimidates guys .

Ward is entirely different he is a thinker and tactition on Floyds level and wont be intimidated at all by Kov , Andres timing was a off a little bit I dont think he needs much tightening up to be mentally and physically primed for that fight .
He has come off a long lay off and surgery so Im sure he will get better not worse by the time they square off it was a good performance when you weigh everything up .

I think its a great fight and either guy can win it .

I agree it's a 50/50 fight, I am a fan of both Ward and Kovalev. I really don't know why the second Pascal fight took place I had him losing to Gonzalez badly. I believe Ward does need one more fight to tighten things up which I think he deserves. Kovalev has also stated he wants one more fight before facing Ward. So mutually both fighters want and need one more tune-up before they clash and both deserve it.