Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Gets Off The Floor, Decisions Sergey Kovalev

[stuff jones]

He faded horribly in the latter rounds....it appears he's not built for a twelve round fight. It wasn't Ward that slowed him down after the fifth, it appeared it was his own conditioning.....every fighter from this point forward will try to drag him into the deep waters of the latter rounds and hopes that he will fade like he did to night. Seems like that is being exposed to me.

You mean like vs Hopkins or Chilemba?

Ok.

[1hourRun]

That Krusha powa tho!!!!

[aboutfkntime]

Robbery

[Bjl12]

I also said ward won 6 at most, which means he didnt win. Guess Kov doesn't get the Danny Garcia treatment and the titles dont go to the champ in a close fight(even though some saw a clear Kov win and not a close fight).

Yeah I respect that. I mean I thought it was close and have said I was okay with a 114-113 either way, but I personally thought Ward deserved it with the great comeback. Reminded me a lot of JMM/Pac 1 actually

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Honestly if the roles reversed, Ward fans the judges/crowd would have called it a dominant, once in a generation 120-108 assault on Kovalev.

The problem is that we all have these narratives that shape how we judge fights. Ward just needs to do a few things and Kovalev must KO to win.

Yeah, I see what you're saying. We all have a little bit of biased in us. Whether we like to admit it or not.
And you're right, that's if I understood you correctly, there was already a mindset set coming into this fight. If the fight goes to the distance then surely it has to be for Ward. There is no way Kovalev can win a decision he can only win via KO/TKO.

I honestly wouldn't have any problem admitting if I thought Ward won. I've never had a problem if I feel like a fighter I like lost a fight or didn't have his best performance.
Ward is one of the fighters that gets a lot of credit for not doing much at times. It's really freaking annoying.
I just don't see how Ward won 7 or 8 rounds. He won 5 or 6 at most which would give Kovalev the win and I'm not the only one; I'm in the majority when it comes to do this.
I just can't see Kovalev winning a rematch. Ward will adapt better. Like I said the first fight would have been Kovalev's best shot at winning. And imo he pulled it off, but didn't get what he deserved.

[SkillspayBills]

I'm so proud of SOG. Showed the true mettle of a champion by coming back from that KD.

[hitking]

Watching the fight over again now is pointless as you will be looking to reasons to give it to Ward, which effectively means you are doing it in a bias way.

Kovalev was the defending champ as well, so none of the commentators bothered mentioning that the challenger has to go and get it from the Champ.

Kovalev should NOT rematch Ward, zero point, he beat him fair and square and even dropped him. Any rematch would mean he would have to KO Ward and or really batter him because Ward has the full public mindset on his side now.

Dropping a guy doesn't guarantee a win. Technically, you can beat a guu within an inch of his life in 5 rounds, barely lose 7rds, and lose the fight. I don't think it was a terrible decision. But, I think the judges certainly got caught up in Ward rallying and turning the tide in the fight. When you see a guy stunned, and nearly dropped by a jab in the first. Then dropped in the second. Him coming back winning rounds has to generate some emotion. Kovalev set the bar pretty high for himself in the first two rounds and never came close to duplicating that kinda success again. So its natural to feel Ward was getting done what he wanted moreso than Kovalev. Because if Sergey was getting done what he wanted, the fight doesn't make it outta the 4th round. Not saying its right. But that was a pretty even fight after the second, with Ward actually doing the bettwr work. Was it 7-3 type better work? Not IMO. But all the rounds were close, and Ward appears to have impressed the judges more than Sergey.

[Metho_4u]

Up there with the biggest title robbery this year. I'm actually sick now about to vomit.

Please NO rematch!

****** azz

[GoldenboySaul7]

Stop the BS, Triple G reminds me of a school who picks on the weak or smaller kids. (Ward would knock him out)

[Furn]

well in defence of the judges, it wasn't the worst decision of the night.