With this win how do we rate Ward now??

[LaidOut]

He's tied with Kovalev for #2 or #3 overall. I cannot in good conscience rate him above Kov.

[bojangles1987]

He and Kovalev both look better for what happened last night. They were excellent. They might be the 2 best fighters in boxing right now.

[Fr3$h]

I think roman cements his p4p status for now.

Kovalev looked flatter and less active than usual and ward still lost.

[TripleGFightFan]

TBE!!!...TBE!!!...TBE!!!...

[_original_]

I think roman cements his p4p status for now.

Kovalev looked flatter and less active than usual and ward still lost.

Roman almost lost to Cuadras and he's never faced a Ward/Kovalev in his life. Not sure how this manlet is automatically #1 for most people when he's done little to warrant that spot. Both Kov and Ward are above him.

[Fetta]

Both are 2. Still no number 1

[Chuckguy]

#1 p4p. Dude stepped up and delivered

Stepped up how? He was gifted the decision. He clearly lost the fight. It wasn't a a one sided fight but kovo had the KD was landing the harder punches and Ward wasn't doing much. He had about 2-3 solid rounds but that's it

[_original_]

I just can't give Ward the top spot based on a fight I witnessed him lose and get a bogus decision. His stock didn't go up or down but he didn't prove he was the better man between him and Krusher. A rematch to settle this, I sense a Marquez-Pacquiao rivalry coming between these two.

[TheCell8]

He's where he was before the fight... top 5 P4P. Same goes for Kovalev.

No way does he take the no.1 spot after that performance.

[JJRod]

He's one or two, depending on how you saw the fight last night.
I personally think Kovalev won, but I was still impressed with Ward's performance considering he hadn't been in a competitive fight since Dawson.