To all those who were criticizing Ward, does he now have your respect?

[gauze]

he didnt do anything to sway my opinion against him being a dirty fighter. i felt that a lot of the clinching and wrestling was because ward does indeed dart in with his head.

however, he did some nice work on the body and he had some interesting body shots from irregular positions. i always appreciate good body punching. i aint gonna root for ward anytime soon though.

[Reloaded]

Ward was given the benefit of the doubt in all cases.just look at the official judges score cards.

In close rounds would you rather Kov given the benefit of the doubt , and what if the judges scored 3 body shots you didnt even see let alone acknowledge , then where is the benefit of doubt .

Like I said its hard for most fans to not favor aggression over defence , points are also scored for making that aggression miss for counting it etc , what Im saying is there is finer points to scoring that come into it , it was a close fight it could have gone either way .

[Earl-Hickey]

He went through hell and back in that fight, never looked for a away out, not 1 headbutt or elbow..He adjusted and found a way to battle his way to the end.. He didnt run and the clinches were BY BOTH FIGHTERS!!! Both showed why they are 2 of the very best in boxing

I respect wards ability always have although I don't like the usual dirty stuff that he DOES do because I just think it's unnecessary.

I don't respect what's been coming out of his mouth postfight though, he lost the fight and got a gift.

Be respectful and just say it was a close fight and I'll do a rematch and leave it at that

[Thraxox]

I respect wards ability always have although I don't like the usual dirty stuff that he DOES do because I just think it's unnecessary.

I don't respect what's been coming out of his mouth postfight though, he lost the fight and got a gift.

Be respectful and just say it was a close fight and I'll do a rematch and leave it at that

Dude I thought yo wa gonna support da slick broda against the stiff euro bum?

[firstborn]

I respect wards ability always have although I don't like the usual dirty stuff that he DOES do because I just think it's unnecessary.

I don't respect what's been coming out of his mouth postfight though, he lost the fight and got a gift.

Be respectful and just say it was a close fight and I'll do a rematch and leave it at that

Ward already said that, now it's on to selling the rematch.

BTW, it's strange to see you calling out someone for being disrespectful when you pretend to be some silly ass, stereotypical and offensive character most of the time......

[bojangles1987]

How can you not respect Ward after this? Let alone the fact that so many refused to believe he would fight Kovalev at all. He not only did so, he made a big comeback after a terrible start.

[RuslanChagaev]

Not only Ward! I respect both of them. Excellent fight, excellent atmosphere...

[Weltschmerz]

He went through hell and back in that fight, never looked for a away out, not 1 headbutt or elbow..He adjusted and found a way to battle his way to the end.. He didnt run and the clinches were BY BOTH FIGHTERS!!! Both showed why they are 2 of the very best in boxing

Didn't run? Fuck right off. And Ward initiated nearly all clinches. His typical reaction to Kovalev getting close was to bow his head down and charge forward.

[The Big Dunn]

How can you not respect Ward. A year ago, he was supposedly afraid to fight KOv. During the fight he forced Kov to hold/clinch him because he was trying to get inside to fight Kov in a way no other opponent has.

Come on fellas. Ward's performance would be applauded if the judges gave Kov the fight. I had Kov winning. Even if you disagree with the judges scores you should be able to give Ward the credit he earned for the way he performed. Kov does as well.

[Dean_Razorback]

why does ward need our respect? he doesn't give two fucks about our respect why all of the sudden everyone want us to respect him?