Comments Thread For: Ward: What Will Kovalev Do When Being the Krusher Doesn't Work?

[mathed]

Wow, Killa Kov is already inside Ward's head and has Ward completely and arrogantly dismissing his boxing skills. It's gonna get rough watching Ward try to cling on for dear life after getting "krushed" with a brutal bodyshot. By the time he realizes he messed up, it'll be too late.

[mathed]

What Ward did at 175 so far? He beat two washed-up super middleweights in Smith and Brand... and Barrera (an inexperienced guy who never fought a 12 rounder up to that point).

You can't sway people who are stuck in stone. Just let them find out when the time comes.

[SugarRaRobinson]

Wow, Killa Kov is already inside Ward's head and has Ward completely and arrogantly dismissing his boxing skills. It's gonna get rough watching Ward try to cling on for dear life after getting "krushed" with a brutal bodyshot. By the time he realizes he messed up, it'll be too late.

Wake up mathed, your sleep talkin again.

[MDPopescu]

You can't sway people who are stuck in stone. Just let them find out when the time comes.

I only hope he shows up eventually and doesn't sink the fight (as B-Hop did vs Dawson)

[uniquehump]

Kovalev really dosent really fight like you would think a "krusher" would fight. He comes out looking to land his jab and looking to maintain a certain distance. He actually has a pretty effective jab to the body. He doesn't really load up what is punches or go in there swinging wildly so I really don't understand this rhetorical question by Ward

That may be true, now that I think about it since you pointed that out. He's just really heavy handed. I believe he knock down Hopkins, maybe in the 1st round with a jab. Even if Hopkins wasn't hurt, still, just think of the power it takes to knock down a 175 pound man with a jab. I like Ward and hope he's able to figure it out, but like he said, Kov is one of those fighters who doesn't have a padded record. Aside from Superman, he's fought them all.

[NachoMan]

Translation: Please, please, please box me.

Ward wants a boxing match, he wants Kovalev to overthink this. Kovalev is a good boxer, but Andre's the more natural boxer, so his best bet is to have a nice chess match.

[LA_2_Vegas]

He wasn't very Krusher like in his last fight, or even in the B-hop fight until very late...the thing that he does regardless is give the appearance of keeping a very active pace. I think his athleticism is underrated and it is what drives this arrtibute of looking like the more dynamic guy no matter who he is fighting. When he is not landing his shots, he stays pretty disciplined for a power puncher. He doesn't get anxious and he isn't chasing or looking for one big shot.

He always appears lively, always bouncing around, stepping in/ out..

Ward, outside of the times when he went southpaw against Brand, has looked quite static of late. He's much more flatfooted. I don't know if that is a conscience effort to be more fan friendly..and not fall in and make his fights ugly... or if he's paying for lost time in his career but that's what I've seen so far. The southpaw thing was encouraging though, especially for this fight. Anyway, both guys have a lot ot fall back on... so assuming Kovalev will collapse if he isn't Krushing isn't something I'd hope for. There are fighters like that, I don't think Sergei is one of them.

there is evidence for Kovalev having to fight "outside" of himself and still win

[peplz]

I think the USA already proved itself as a great country, so I don't see why Americans criticize other Americans for not rooting for boxers in some nationalistic way. I already know the USA rules.

In this particular case, Kovalev has a cool personality, kind of crazy, and he clearly sees boxing as a combat sport, not just a point-accumulating thing like Ward does. I like his style better, so I root for him. Ward is a hectoring, lecturing annoying type, so I don't root for him.

Sergey Kovalev is a verbally abusive potty mouthed trash talker who can barely speak English = Cool personality
Andre Ward is a polite, respectful, religious guy that is intelligent and very well spoken = hectoring, lecturing and annoying

^^^ This kind of thinking explains perfectly why Donald Trump is a heartbeat away from being America's next president. Idiocracy coming to a society near you...

[DominiBox]

We have seen this before, fighters get frustrated when they are used to bashing others then start becoming punch bags themselves. They claim they have been head butted even though replays do not show such. If Ward decides to fight inside then Kovalev won't see the 10th round. People understimate Ward's brute strength, he ties you up and beats you up, you spend the fight getting tired trying to untangle yourself, he pushes you and you are off balance and tired. What's the way out? Claim you have been head butted and cant see. We have been here before, same old **** different diapers.

I think you're really understimating Kovalev's boxing skills. He knows how to keep his opponents in distance.

More than his power, I believe his jab will be the key. If he uses his jab constantly and efficiently, Ward will find himself in a long night.

[Froch_uppercut]

Ward will take Kovalev's best weapons then drag him to the deep end like a crocodile. This is not a competitive fight, Ward will make it look easy. I see Ward-Kessler 2 here and the fight might not go the distance.

Sounds good now - but Ward is getting battered from start to finish, easy night's work for Kovalev.

If ever there was a hyped fighter, it's this Oakland bum slayer - and now he is getting found out.

No brainer, easy money Kov.