Ward vs Kovalev II should be staged in Moscow...

[b00g13man]

Is there more money staging it in Russia? If not, forget about it.

[Jewish-Reptile]

Ward has an infinite amount of gears, Kovalev has reached his ceiling imo. Ward made adjustments during the fight like all great champions do to do what they have to win. Kovalev could not and ultimately lost, he genuinely ran out of ideas, steam and the will. In short Kovalev folded, mentally he was unprepared and physically he looked fatigued late on, not the sign of great champions.

A rematch would be be a wider margin imo, if Kovalev feels more comfortable changing the officials to some he feels will look on him favourably great hopefully he makes a better fight of it in the second half and does not wilt like he did Saturday night when the fight moved into the mid-latter stages before the championship rounds. It may give him that psychological boost he lacked in the vital rounds he allowed to slip by him.

[BattlingNelson]

Is there more money staging it in Russia? If not, forget about it.

Money wont be the issue. Ward was offered a career purse for giving Kessler a return in Denmark. Ward didnt even say no thanks.

[j0zef]

Contractually rematch can't be in Russia or Cali. If I was a betting man.. I'd guess Roc Nation finds a way around it and stages the fight in Oakland.

[The Big Dunn]

I had Kov winning 114-113 so I get posters are upset about the scores but I don't know what is gained by having the fight in Russia with Russian officials.

Maybe the Russian judges would've given the 10th round to Ward as well. If so, he still wins.

Maybe a Russian referee disqualifies Kov for all the holding he did and we don't get a decision.

[Jc8804]

Take it to msg or atlantic city.

It wasnt a big ppv hit and the undercards as a whole ensured it wont be a ppv next time.

This needs to happen end of march or april

[mick1303]

Take it to msg or atlantic city.

It wasnt a big ppv hit and the undercards as a whole ensured it wont be a ppv next time.

This needs to happen end of march or april

Yes, that I was thinking as well - East Cost. But the referee and the judges shall be international, not American.

[Robbie Barrett]

[NEETzsche]

no, but it's an interesting thought experiment to imagine the reaction if the first fight had taken place one oblast over from chelyabinsk and had all russian officials. i doubt that the people currently pooh-poohing claims of hometown bias would be so dismissive in that case

i reckon somewhere on the east coast would be best for the rematch, with neutral (non-american, non-russian) judges. not sure about the ref. i thought byrd did a fine job

[gmc_rfc_06]

Ward barely leaves Oakland, there's no chance he's fighting outside the US.

Dude managed to avoid any away fights in the Super Six while everyone else had to fight in multiple countries.