"Adjustments" gets keep being thrown around with no further explanation.

[Thraxox]

One of the adjustments Ward made was when he got countered with that right hand in the second round, he began to move counter clock wise in order to avoid it. He never got hurt by it again.

Secondly, in the later rounds, Ward started targeting Kovalev's body which probably helped fatigue and slowed him down by taking a lot of snap off his punches.

Thirdly, Ward took away the double left jab which hurt him in the very first round. After round one, Sergey was unable to land that punch ever again. He was reduced to landing single punches at a time from the point on.

Those are just a few adjustments he made in the fight. However, I'm sure there are plenty others but I will allow for some of the other posters to list them if they so choose.

"Ward took away the double left jab." Ah what? Ward got clipped from time and time again the moment he opens up with the jab. The only thing Ward Adjusted to was the clockwise rotation which did little to avoid Sergey's right hand, and composes his balance, and being more cautious to not getting clipped.

Kovalev never did land the double jab, he faints with the double jab and lands a hard left and right which he keeps on landing on Ward.

And also Ward's body work is not an adjustment. And Kovalev countered that by leaning on ward when Ward tries to get in.

[bojangles1987]

Kovalev fading definitely had as much to do with Ward's late comeback as any adjustments he made. He did figure out Kovalev's attack a little better. He put in a huge focus on body work since he had so much trouble finding Kovalev up top. He also found the timing on his left hand later in the fight. It was enough of an adjustment to become competitive and make his late run.

He never actually figured Kovalev out, though.

[Thraxox]

Kovalev fading definitely had as much to do with Ward's late comeback as any adjustments he made. He did figure out Kovalev's attack a little better. He put in a huge focus on body work since he had so much trouble finding Kovalev up top. He also found the timing on his left hand later in the fight. It was enough of an adjustment to become competitive and make his late run.

He never actually figured Kovalev out, though.

Body Work is not an adjustment, it is a fighters instinct when an opponent opens up. Ward neve adjusted to the jab of kovalev, he was a victim from the start till then on and the only problem was was Kovalev did not used it so much in the mid rounds.

[-PBP-]

Kovalev fading definitely had as much to do with Ward's late comeback as any adjustments he made. He did figure out Kovalev's attack a little better. He put in a huge focus on body work since he had so much trouble finding Kovalev up top. He also found the timing on his left hand later in the fight. It was enough of an adjustment to become competitive and make his late run.

He never actually figured Kovalev out, though.

Agreed. This isn't a nuts and bolts kind of fight. It just comes down to one fighter having more energy in the later rounds.

[DreamerUSA]

he found a way to avoid the head locks and leaning on his neck by kovalev...found the space to get body shots in

once he got dropped, he moved counter clockwise to nullify the straight right and slip kov's jab and counter with his own

also, he nullified the headlocks by not moving in straight lines, and started moving laterally.

if you dont know what you're watching, you wont recognize the adjustments

instead of fighting him mid and long range, he started pushing kov back and forcing him to work when he usually catches a breath...he imposed his will

The highlighted part to me was what turned the fight around. Ward is a wizard at creating just that little bit of space to get off his body shots and they are meaningful and crisp shots not just for show. He really wore Kovalev down towards the end and imo if this had been a 15 round fight, Ward may of stopped him. Tbh I really did'nt think Ward had the strength to turn the fight around on the inside in the 2nd half of the fight, but he proved me wrong there.

[bojangles1987]

Body Work is not an adjustment, it is a fighters instinct when an opponent opens up. Ward neve adjusted to the jab of kovalev, he was a victim from the start till then on and the only problem was was Kovalev did not used it so much in the mid rounds.

It is absolutely an adjustment to focus more on attacking the body if you can't find your opponent's head. That's what Ward did. Since he couldn't win the exchanges of jabs or find a winning attack up top, he focused more on the body.

[Thraxox]

It is absolutely an adjustment to focus more on attacking the body if you can't find your opponent's head. That's what Ward did. Since he couldn't win the exchanges of jabs or find a winning attack up top, he focused more on the body.

It's not really an BIG adjustment, it is obvious what Ward has to do in order to do some damage, and he did it where everybody expected him to do. Adjustment is what Pacquiao did to Cotto, when Cotto was avoiding the Straight left hand from Pacquiao, Pacquiao suddenly changes gear and was using the right faint to catch cotto with a left upper cut, that is what you call an adjustment.

Ward digging to the body after realizing he can't out box or out jab him isn't a pound for pound number 1 adjustment.

[bojangles1987]

It's not really an BIG adjustment, it is obvious what Ward has to do in order to do some damage, and he did it where everybody expected him to do. Adjustment is what Pacquiao did to Cotto, when Cotto was avoiding the Straight left hand from Pacquiao, Pacquiao suddenly changes gear and was using the right faint to catch cotto with a left upper cut, that is what you call an adjustment.

Ward digging to the body after realizing he can't out box or out jab him isn't a pound for pound number 1 adjustment.

Well if you're expecting someone to list some huge, obvious adjustment Ward made to win the fight, that's not going to happen. Like I said in my original post, Ward made a few minor adjustments that, along with Kovalev losing steam, were enough to climb out of an early hole.

[therealpugilist]

One of the adjustments Ward made was when he got countered with that right hand in the second round, he began to move counter clock wise in order to avoid it. He never got hurt by it again.

Secondly, in the later rounds, Ward started targeting Kovalev's body which probably helped fatigue and slowed him down by taking a lot of snap off his punches.

Thirdly, Ward took away the double left jab which hurt him in the very first round. After round one, Sergey was unable to land that punch ever again. He was reduced to landing single punches at a time from the point on.

Those are just a few adjustments he made in the fight. However, I'm sure there are plenty others but I will allow for some of the other posters to list them if they so choose.

Thank you....soneone else who used there eyes and not their heart

[therealpugilist]

The highlighted part to me was what turned the fight around. Ward is a wizard at creating just that little bit of space to get off his body shots and they are meaningful and crisp shots not just for show. He really wore Kovalev down towards the end and imo if this had been a 15 round fight, Ward may of stopped him. Tbh I really did'nt think Ward had the strength to turn the fight around on the inside in the 2nd half of the fight, but he proved me wrong there.

Yet you have idiots claiming finding the proper distance to get your shots In when you couldn't before was not an adjust ment


These dudes don't know much about boxing