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Forget all the trolling and OTT reactions between fans etc.
Imagine waking up after that performance and no longer being champ. Not that it was a flawless performance but who else has made Andre look like that? That is about as good as any opponent can ever look good against Ward.
Now, Andre himself did magnificent to adjust after those first two shocking rounds. World-class adjustment and grit in a fight he was out-gunned in, and that he couldn't fully dominate boxing-wise (for the first time in his career).
I loved the fight, both guys get all my love and respect.
And whilst the rounds were close, it's hard to think that Andre sweeped the last 6 rounds on all judges card bar one (which gave Kov the 12th - though by that time, that same judge had Andre winning the fight anyway). Every close round went to Andre, which is a little fishy, you must admit.
Hopefully Kov at least gets the respect of all the boxing fans and fighters who thought he was clearly going to get out-boxed. I'm going to be honest - I think last night we saw the best fighter in the game in Kovalev. Dude is a straight up brilliant fighter. Ward too. **** man, everyone is ****ting on Ward, without giving much credit to the fact that he hung in there and shifted the momentum against a guy he was out-gunned against. All this will be lost in the endless debates and arguments.
Imagine waking up after that performance and no longer being champ. Not that it was a flawless performance but who else has made Andre look like that? That is about as good as any opponent can ever look good against Ward.
Now, Andre himself did magnificent to adjust after those first two shocking rounds. World-class adjustment and grit in a fight he was out-gunned in, and that he couldn't fully dominate boxing-wise (for the first time in his career).
I loved the fight, both guys get all my love and respect.
And whilst the rounds were close, it's hard to think that Andre sweeped the last 6 rounds on all judges card bar one (which gave Kov the 12th - though by that time, that same judge had Andre winning the fight anyway). Every close round went to Andre, which is a little fishy, you must admit.
Hopefully Kov at least gets the respect of all the boxing fans and fighters who thought he was clearly going to get out-boxed. I'm going to be honest - I think last night we saw the best fighter in the game in Kovalev. Dude is a straight up brilliant fighter. Ward too. **** man, everyone is ****ting on Ward, without giving much credit to the fact that he hung in there and shifted the momentum against a guy he was out-gunned against. All this will be lost in the endless debates and arguments.
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