For those who said he'd headbutt and clinch Did Ward earn your respect

[therealpugilist]

Ward did not fight the perfect fight, but he showed the heart of a champion, adjusted, and eked out the close win. Without the kd, he would have clearly won by 2-3 rounds. Kovalev couldnt get out of 2nd gear and was worked over past round 5

ward ran through the fire and met the big bad krusher....no hugging, no head butts, he bit down and worked inside and stayed with the game plan

imo a rematch will be a clearly win for ward considering he is a tactical master.

Did he earn any of you guys respect

[Dean_Razorback]

when did he adjust? he did the exact same thing all night long. why does he need our respect anyways?

[baya]

man, that shit was impressive on saturday night. paulie described it best in his interview.

[Weltschmerz]

No, he didn't, he looked average.

[therealpugilist]

when did he adjust? he did the exact same thing all night long. why does he need our respect anyways?

leading up to the fight all you heard was...he gona run doe....head butt doe...clinch doe

he boxing the man and moved counter clockwise, away from the right hand....kovalev initiated many of the clinches, especially early on, grabbingg around the neck and shoulders

is it too hard to give the man credit

he fought nothing like you guys were whining about

was there even one head butt?

the ref was hardly involved and let them fight it out

if he did the same thing all night he wouldnt have been able to comeback from a rough start...its called making adjustments

did you even watch the fight?

[therealpugilist]

No, he didn't, he looked average.

how did kovalev look IYO...he had no second gear?

[Lords]

Ward also was getting put into headlocks all night.

[therealpugilist]

Ward also was getting put into headlocks all night.

I guess that was there plan to nullify the inside work

by mid rounds, he found his range and adjusted...those body shots round 6 on, did the krusher in, he had no 3rd, 4th gear,

[Dean_Razorback]

leading up to the fight all you heard was...he gona run doe....head butt doe...clinch doe

he boxing the man and moved counter clockwise, away from the right hand....kovalev initiated many of the clinches, especially early on, grabbingg around the neck and shoulders

is it too hard to give the man credit

he fought nothing like you guys were whining about

was there even one head butt?

the ref was hardly involved and let them fight it out

if he did the same thing all night he wouldnt have been able to comeback from a rough start...its called making adjustments

did you even watch the fight?

well, to me he didn't come back because i saw kovalev winning comfortably. i've posted my card in larry's thread, i had it 115-112 for sergey. it doesn't matter because he (kovalev) lost. but he (ward) did the exact same thing all night long, kovalev did abandom the cutting of the ring and started to follow him instead in the second half but no way ward won 7 rounds, especially how the judges had it with kovalev winning just one round after the first four, so 1 out of 8, that didn't happen. ward was most of the time backing down, jabbing, wrestling trying to work kovalev's body and fighting with one hand, the left. and why do you need us to respect the guy? seriously.

[therealpugilist]

No, he didn't, he looked average.

you do realize Kov was doing most of the clinching, head locks and tying up....right