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

[Digital Mouth]

Larry Merchant "It was a classic hometown decision, Kovalev won the fight!"

Nailed It

[stefjonno1]

I scored it same as judges, very close fight, could have went either way. Ward showed great heart to comeback like that. The body shot's we're draining Kovalev.

[SadFaceHappy]

Great fight, bad decision.
Yes it was close, but no way Ward won 7 rounds. Maybe he won 6 - that's a decision victory for Kovalev bc the knockdown.
The biggest problem is that as soon as they announced unanimous 114-113 scores, I turned to my friend and said "they're going to give it to Ward." The preceding fight my friend thought no way would Perez lose. I told him "Lots of room to play with the numbers. They don't like to let prospects take Ls." Sure enough, they announced a draw. The predictability of corrupt scorecards is a problem.
Kovalev showed a lot. Though it took him a few rounds, in the 10th he totally neutralized Ward's grapple-hook to the body move that had swung the fight rds 5-9, bringing the fight back to Kovalev's control. Being the most generous to Ward possible - Kovalev won 3/4 first rds and 3/4 final rds. If you give Ward every other round, it's a 1 point decision to Kovalev.

[aboutfkntime]

these guys are funny.if kova knocked ward out they would of called the fight a draw.

[aboutfkntime]

Larry Merchant "It was a classic hometown decision, Kovalev won the fight!"

Nailed It

[tony123]

Time fo yo b*tch ass to pack yo **** and head to cage fighting ; this is not the sport for you - you cant comprehend the science...yeah go watch some cavemen hammer fist and foot-stomp.

Agree 100, some called boxing fans and trashing the sport?? Wtf

[!! Shawn]

Such ******ity. When did having more power mean you automatically win the fight? This is not arm wrestling!

Its not the amateurs.

If you both trade jabs, and one guys legs buckle while the other guys head snaps back, the exchange goes to the guy who didn't get his legs buckled.

In my opinion, in order to win a round in which you were hurt, you have to dominate the round.

There were several close rounds where ward got hurt, and it cost him the round even if he was winning it by a close margin before he was hurt.

There is no way around it.

Ward was hurt atleast 4 times during the fight, and whats worrying is the most of them were from jabs.

Im a Ward fan, I thought Ward would most likely win.

I don't think he won this fight. It was close. I want to see a rematch.

[fightfanjoe]

In all honesty there's no real loser in this fight. Andre showed heart and the ability to adjust in the face of adversity. Where Kovalev showed he's not just a one dimensional face first brawler. Close fights happen in boxing. That's what rematches are for. The fight not only warrants a rematch because of how close the fight was, but also how entertaining it was as well. Heck, we might even be looking at a trilogy.

Well said.

[IronDanHamza]

I thought it was a close fight but Kovalev did enough to win. Not a robbery but definitely wasn't a clear win for Ward.

Of course it wasn't a clear win for Ward and thankfully the scorecards reflected that.

It was an either way fight.

[b00g13man]

Another moron. 7-5 is 115-113. -1 pt. for the KD is 114-113 Ward.

I'm seeing a lot of people in here who can't do simple math. Cries about Ward needing 8 rounds to arrive at the those scorecards. Maybe that's the reason there are many "robbery" cries.

Then you clearly have no clue what the term robbery means. The fact that you say Ward could have got a draw proves that.

Jesus Christ people, if you can comprehend a draw or the other guy winning then it's not a robbery.

A robbery is blatant where EVERYONE is an agreement the guy who lost should have won. A robbery won't have tons of people scoring it one way, tons of people scoring it the other and tons of people scoring it even. Roy Jones at the Olympics - robbery. Pac vs Bradley I - robbery. Now, you can say the decision wasn't great, you can disagree with it, that doesn't make it a robbery. Too many people on here throw around the robbery term every single time a decision goes the way they didn't have it. That's called an opinion.

Excellent post. Some people need to watch a different sport.