Tonight was a perfect example of why boxing's popularity has been declining

[Kagami Taiga]

Rewatched the fight, here's my scorecard,

rd1 K 10 W 9
rd2 K 10 W 8
rd3 K 10 W 9
rd4 K 10 W 9
rd5 K 10 W 9
rd6 K 10 W 9
rd7 K 9 W 10
rd8 K 9 W 10
rd9 K 9 W 10
rd10 K 10 W 9
rd11 K 9 W 10
rd12 K 10 W 9

Final score Kovalev 116 Ward 111

Kovalev dominated most of the fight, Ward did quite a bit of running and holding. In no way did Ward take the belts off the champ and in no way did he win on the cards.

Kovalev certainly didn't dominate the fight. You see just as bad as the ones saying Ward win convincingly. At most Kovalev won by 2 rounds.

[muslimer12]

I knew that all Ward had to do was survive the fight and the judges were gonna give it to him. Me and all my friends called it before the scorecards were announced. Kovalev got robbed badly.

Boxing is killing itself, barely any good fights happen and when they do it ends in robbery.

[Sup]

Why are people saying the fight was exciting?

Ward was just hugging and clinching the whole fight. Ugh

[Tony Trick-Pony]

such a predictable response, i can't see anything that i disagree with by the TS, some people think a robbery is OTT. matter of opinion. The disgusting robbery on the undercard is not a matter of opinion however.

If you can't argue the points he made, (which were pretty poignant imo), just post ' you crying doe ' ' u mad u boi lost '

its so pathetic, if you can't argue a point you disagree with coherently then why bother to say anything?

Yes, if you express an opinion, then you are whining. In other words, just shut up! (And we're the whiners, Haha). Everyone knows deep down Kovalev got robbed. They just don't want to admit it.

[The Hammer]

I knew that all Ward had to do was survive the fight and the judges were gonna give it to him. Me and all my friends called it before the scorecards were announced. Kovalev got robbed badly.

Boxing is killing itself, barely any good fights happen and when they do it ends in robbery.

Sad but very true.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

And the NEW....

[Weltschmerz]

Kovalev certainly didn't dominate the fight. You see just as bad as the ones saying Ward win convincingly. At most Kovalev won by 2 rounds.

He did, in the sense that he dictated the pace and demonstrated ring generalship and was the more effectively aggressive fighter. He also landed the cleaner, more telling punches. Ward didn't even throw any combos, he connected here and there and it seemed to sway the crowd wildly when he did and probably affected the judges too. Ward didn't do nearly enough to win, let alone rips them belts off the champ.

Kovalev won, larger or smaller margin, he won.

[Sid-Knee]

A Columbian boxer who grew up in poverty comes to the USA and fights a much bigger privileged American boxer. He gets robbed on the scorecards, even though he deserved to win every round.

An exciting Russian boxer with three world titles fights a privileged American boxer. The Russian like the Columbian grew up in poverty, while the American boxer was the son of a prosperous businessman. The Russian gets paid $2 mil while the boring American who demands all the advantages in every fight receives $5 mil. The American does a lot of clinching and wrestling to survive in the fight. The Russian clearly wins the fight, but is robbed on the scorecards.

Why would anybody buy another PPV after tonight? Oh I know there are a few de****able people who don't mind seeing robberies as long as the African-American boxer is the one gifted the win. I see their predictable posts.

But all DECENT, HONORABLE people want fair officiating in sports, and will lose interest in boxing after they see how corrupt it is.

Yep. How Ward can get away with all that illegal clinching without so much as a single point deduction is beyond me. In fact, he never even got a warning. Sergey did though.

situations like this brings to mind all the Americans who called Wlad Wladimir Clinchko and called him a cheat (which he is) but support that stink-fest last night. Just as long as the American cheats and gets gifts, it's alright.

Absolutely vile.

[Sid-Knee]

Throwing a tantrum when things don't go your way is a perfect example of why American society is declining.

Do you believe his clinching constantly is legal? Even though the rules are quite clearly against it?

Have some decency about you.

[Sid-Knee]

Good post Freedom.

I still want to see the rematch though, because Kovalev can stop Ward and make the decision himself, it was also evident tonight.

WAR KOVALEV.

Kov is not going to be able to get anything going for him to get the KO. All that illegal grappling and clinching sees to that.