Would there be a backlash if kovalev won the decision?

[Redd Foxx]

I could have seen a narrow Kovalev win, and wouldn't have fussed. But, I scored it in complete fairness, and came up with the same score as the judges and many others. I feel good about the decision because it was a smart one.

I've disagreed with several decisions this year, but didn't make a big deal of it unless it was egregious, like the Hooker fight.

[deanrw]

I had it 6-6 in rounds, with Kov with the knockdown edge.

Personally I am somewhat disappointed with the fight itself. I thought both guys looked sloppy and vulnerable. Maybe they both overtrained?

[Madison Boxing]

there ar posters here saying that the "biased" commentary on HBO affected people's perception, maybe but i didn't see it on HBO and i had it similar to lederman 8-4 (or 7-5) for kovalev plus a KD, a clear victory, and the tv down here had it 114-113 for kovalev (way closer than what i saw)

sky were bizzarely bias towards ward throughout the fight, because they had decided in there heads before the fight that he was going to win and very easily (check out the sky predictions). Even with them calling shots that didnt land from ward, and repeatedly ignoring good shots from kovalev, i still had kovalev 3 points up and the people watching it with me had kovalev winning too.

[Madison Boxing]

I could have seen a narrow Kovalev win, and wouldn't have fussed. But, I scored it in complete fairness, and came up with the same score as the judges and many others. I feel good about the decision because it was a smart one.

I've disagreed with several decisions this year, but didn't make a big deal of it unless it was egregious, like the Hooker fight.

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[R_Walken]

Close fight could have gone either way

Ward deserved the decision though he basically won every round in the last 7 rounds, Kov started like a buzz saw but take away the first 2 rounds and he really only won a couple rounds because he didn't do enough to win most rounds

[Luilun]

Why is it on close fights the decision always goes to the black fighter After watching on Youtube in my opinion Ward lost