Comments Thread For: Virgil Hunter: We Landed Cleaner, Sergey Kovalev Was Not Effective

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ANDRE WARD is the new light heavyweight champion of the world after his unanimous points decision win over Sergey Kovalev in Las Vegas. The Oakland-born fighter recovered from a second-round flooring to come out on top 114-113 in a fight that went the full 12-round distance.
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[Dean_Razorback]

kovalev scored a KD, rocked him several times and landed more overall but he wasn't effective and ward actually landed the cleaner shots.....

[ultravividscene]

I guess if you call throwing less, landing less, moving backwards, being knocked down and being on the receiving end of the harder, more impressive shots effective then yes i have to agree Virgil

[MrClutch85]

Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman was **** riding Kovalev all night.HBO wanted him to win.Kovalev you being Russian had nothing to with you losing

[sammybee]

Ward indeed landed the cleaner shots....It was a close fight which could go either way but Ward had the edge. Kovalev will lose the rematch if he comes into the fight to box Ward.In a game,always play to your strength.So he should have risked a little & gone for knock out. There was no way Kova could beat Ward via decision.

[hitking]

I guess if you call throwing less, landing less, moving backwards, being knocked down and being on the receiving end of the harder, more impressive shots effective then yes i have to agree Virgil

They were actually pretty close in connects. And if you take away the 2nd round, Ward outlanded Kovalev. Just because Kovalev punches harder doesn't mean Ward's shot don't count. You're also totally disregarding Ward's body work. It was coincidence that Kovalev slowed down in the second half of the fight.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

No!

Just say it was a close fight that the judges saw in our favor. No need to lie to yourself or the public.

[Gonzalez_Boxing]

They were actually pretty close in connects. And if you take away the 2nd round, Ward outlanded Kovalev. Just because Kovalev punches harder doesn't mean Ward's shot don't count. You're also totally disregarding Ward's body work. It was coincidence that Kovalev slowed down in the second half of the fight.

And if my aunt had two balls and a **** she'd be my uncle.

Correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't Kovalev outwork and outland Ward in the second half as well. Didn't realize you scored a fight by the pace they are set at. Guess you learn something new everyday.

[deathofaclown]

Totally ineffective.

[ultravividscene]

They were actually pretty close in connects. And if you take away the 2nd round, Ward outlanded Kovalev. Just because Kovalev punches harder doesn't mean Ward's shot don't count. You're also totally disregarding Ward's body work. It was coincidence that Kovalev slowed down in the second half of the fight.

I agree to a point. The point being that all the close rounds were given to Ward. The 10th was clearly Kovalevs and he outlanded Ward by a distance, bossing the round yet no one scored it for him. All the other rounds Ward was judged to have won there was maybe one punch difference either way, therefore close, and all could have gone either way if not shared.

Rewatch the 10th...