Comments Thread For: Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward: Pure Offense vs. Pure Defense

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In the sport of boxing, it is not uncommon to see a clash between two diametrically polar styles. It is rare but not that uncommon for two of the best top 10 pound-for-pound fighters to meet in the ring for a super fight. But to have these two factors converge together is a once-in-a-blue-moon occurrence.
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[youbeight]

cant wait for tonight

[Redd Foxx]

Great article, I've been running similar fights through my mind, speculating, anticipating. Glad we're only a few hours away as I don't know how much longer I could wait....

[churchmouse]

In other words, Lim is saying that Ward hits on the break.

[rongizzle]

Terrible article....probably written by someone who has never boxed before. What you have in most of these scenarios are sluggers versus pure boxers. Pure boxers are disciplined to hit and not get hit. KO artists look for one shot. Sergey Kovalev is a pure boxer. He just has great punching power. Mayweather was a helluva offensive fighter with brittle hands. Andre Ward is a boxer puncher who dishes out accumulated damage instead of one punch KO power. Like most boxers with an olympic pedigree. Black American boxers are constantly labeled "defensive" or "slick" or "afraid" when in actuality they are just skilled. KO artists usually get exposed by skills. NOT by other KO artists. May weather had 5 knockdowns in the Corrales fight. That didn't come from defense.

[bronx7]

Terrible article is right. Title says one thing article says another then he uses fights that weren't pure offense vs pure defense. Corrales was a boxer puncher, Hopkins was 50 please. Whitaker had pop was no Camacho total nonsense

[rongizzle]

Yeah man...these people don't know very much about the sport. They just repeat what they hear on HBO. LOL

[bronx7]

Kovalev as proved in Hopkins fight is not a wild brawler only controls distance uses jab. Ward bust guys up hurts them in clinches is tougher than guy thinks just no one punch ko power horrible article

[SteveM]

So... Ward is the most effectively annoying mother-in-law. Kovalev is Russian military machine. This writer needs to go back to journalism 101 - avoid staid cliches and use analogies that fit the subject to some degree.

[bronx7]

Didn't mean Kovalev only jabs and controls distance and has IQ meant he Does that too besides lands bombs he is not one denentional puncher