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

[LittleMacAttack]

Great win for Ward. Kovalev just a one dimensional imbecile.

So a terrible win for Ward then? He barely out pointed a one dimensional imbecile.

[HI-TECH Boxing]

Ward needed to win 8 rounds to win the fight. There is no way he won 8 rounds or even 7.
He didn't do enough to beat the Champion. Even the punch stats favor Kovalev. The pro-Ward crowd was silent for most of the fight. I mean....

#Anti-Ward
#Don'tsupportanythingAndreWard
#Don'tletWardgetanyofyourmoney
#Don'tmakeWardanyricher
#Don'tbuytherematch

[DoktorSleepless]

Once again, a fight is not scored on punches thrown, it's scored on punches landed... compubox doesn't lie, it's a computer, not hbo bias commentatrs. Ward edged 7 rounds, cleaner punching, nuff said

Compubox isn't a computer. Is just people pressing a button whenever they think they saw a land punch.

[JaguaresMx]

just like he faked an injury and avoided this fight tonight right?? yeah ward will find a way to avoid a rematch.. ward has kovalev completely figured out, he took away his right hand and boxed his eyebrows off.. in a rematch kovalev will drown in more blood. . trust me the guy who should be scared of a rematch is kovalev.. when cerebral boxers have you figured out, its best to stay away

i hope you're right. Ward pretty much left boxing and a semblance of a competitive career. We all know he is a perfectionist who needs it all planed to work out. It took him a long long long time to take this fight.

I have no confidence we get a rematch soon. It's not my fault, it's his. He made it like this.

[ippo]

It was a close fight..... Ward lost most of the being.. Kov lost the end... 7/5 is fair not a robbery.....

Side note both guys had fans of all races( though Ward does have a large following of East Asian fans)... while there maybe some who support based on race , it was pretty split inside.


Also.. there was a guy shouting prayers for Ward... did they capture that on TV...

Ward won 7 round yeah right.

[firstborn]

Fight should have been draw. The rematch will be interesting.....

[vwelsh]

This is a very good discussion. I'm very surprised that so many people thought Sergy dominated the fight. I though the score card was spot on. Not wards greatest performance. They are both champions as ward has yet to be beat and dominated his previous weight class. If mayweather fought tomorrow he would still be champ. Belts don't matter. We fans know who the champ is. If the KGB would have won I could totally see that. But I think the outcome was just. I thought ward started picking him apart and at times even walked Sergy down which really surprised me. I was one that thought the KGB would walk right thru him after round 2. Sorry for all the typos.

[aboutfkntime]

Ward's ring IQ is on par with Floyd Mayweather's but he is nowhere near as gifted athletically as Floyd is. Andre was in the way of Kovalevs right hand way too often where Floyd wouldn't have been because he stays on his toes constantly. In order for Ward to have won this fight clearly he would have had to use the same gameplan Floyd used for the Canelo fight but Ward doesn't have the footspeed or timing to pull that off.

well said !

the thing is, Ward was a little underdone for that fight..... he really needed 1-2 fights against more suitable opposition under his belt before Kovalev..... especially following inactivity and a move to 175

I don't think he had a lot of options

Ward will be MUCH better in his next fight, he needed those those tough rounds..... it will not get any easier for Kovalev in the rematch that's for sure, he can expect to face a much sharper Ward who has already had a real good look at him

[Shadoww702]

Great technical fight, with superb use of feints and traps from both sides. Ward won the last 6 rounds on my card.. so scored it 115 - 112 to Ward.

Adjusted superbly, confidence rose, speed was showing up in the latter rounds due to kov slowing down and body shots, elite mentality to hold on and find a way after the knockdown in round 2. ..

Kov started very well, however what cost him this fight is lack of pressure, did not adjust and his ring cutting ability was awful. Needs tips on GGG on how to walk down a fighter, was really disappointed on that.
Hopefully he changes his mind when he watches the fight back.

Don't see how people are calling this a robbery, ward won, Perez was robbed ******ly.
No need for a rematch, Ward v Stevenson next to unify the division, if he wins that, best super middle of all time without a question

Good analysis. I thought that Perez robbery was the WORST ive seen in awhile.

[Sledgeweather17]

Too CLOSE to scream Robbery for me but again I thought Champ knockdown should've allowed him to keep his belts with at 114-114 on all cards. But look NOTHING BUT RESPECT to BOTH FIGHTERS I came in with respect for both for just dong this fight I leave even bigger fans of both but A LOT of love for Kovalev who is a DREAM Combination of Skills and Power that man is the TRUTH both of them are. Kind of a Leonard vs Hearns scenario here, these two shall meet again for sure and with Roc Nation the Lead Promotion I think the rematch is going to be EVEN BIGGER!

Thank BOTH for a Great Fight that lived up to the HYPE! THANK YOU! Boxing so needed that!

I had Kovalev win rounds 1, 2, 4, and 7, I had Ward win 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Now round 3 I could see going to Kovalev but I thought he lost that round.

People are crying robbery because of how much Kovalev dominated the first 2- rounds and round 4, neglecting to consider that fights are scored round by round.

Ward took many of those rounds with a stiff jab to the head and the body, and some left hooks that stunned Kovalev, some of those stiff jabs to the head staggered him too.

There was also some great body work from Ward and making Kovalev miss by inches. I think the fact that Kovalev lost 4 rounds or five rounds in a row from round 8-12 also messed up his chances.

He fought like one of these boxing fans, getting high on his early success and forgetting that a fight is fought over twelve, individually scored rounds.

A rematch is certainly in order though. It will be better I think. Ward will definitely not start as slow as he did today and Kovalev will not fade like he did either. The rematch will be better but probably less definitive because I think it will be tight again.