The judges knew who they wanted to win.

[The Comic DON]

And it wasn't Kovalev.

Sorry Kova fans but it's obvious the judges knew who they wanted to win and scored accordingly. They had Kovalev up 5 points after the 6th round and knew one more Kovalev round meant Ward lost. So what did they do?

They decided not to give Kovalev any more rounds rather it is a close round (Round 12) or a round Kovalev clearly won (Round 10).

And you shouldn't expect anything different in the rematch which probably won't feature a knockdown since Ward will be more conscious early on and still bank rounds for simply surviving.

[The Tribe]

man sit down with all these comspiracy theories kid, class was in session for that kid.

[deathofaclown]

Indeed. Not giving Kovalev round 10 speaks volumes to me.

[The Comic DON]

Indeed. Not giving Kovalev round 10 speaks volumes to me.

It wouldn't be that big of a deal if two of the judges didn't have Kovalev so far ahead after 6 but they did. But for them not to give Kovalev the 10th shows a clear bias.

These judges looked down at their scorecards after round 6 and didn't like what they saw. Then made up their mind that Kovalev wasn't getting another single round that night.

[KLockard23]

I seriously doubt they screwed Kovalev over intentionally. In all honesty, if they were gonna favor someone deliberately, it would have BEEN Sergei because he's the more exciting and marketable fighter and there's more money in him than Ward from a promoter's POV.

[Dean_Razorback]

would have ward won last night if he was, let's say, cuban?

[Real King Kong]

man sit down with all these comspiracy theories kid, class was in session for that kid.

Class was in session? Getting your face busted up and knocked down and scraping by with a 1 point decision that most thought should have gone the other way is a schooling?

[danceswithfire]

we , the americans, got it way easier than anybody else that's for sure

[Luilun]

we , the americans, got it way easier than anybody else that's for sure

Only if your Black they are the ones who get all the gift decisions

[War Dinamita]

Class was in session? Getting your face busted up and knocked down and scraping by with a 1 point decision that most thought should have gone the other way is a schooling?

When you clearly outboxed someone after the 5th round and he has no answer for your adjustments, that's call taking him to school. Ward made him look tired, frustrated, and was hitting him clean with shots.