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US fighters of there generation! Hopkins & Ward. Floyd being the other but he's genetically flawed with dwarf genes so that would be a mismatch obviously. Dropped, bust up & out pointed Bhop & Ward. Brothers be needing corruption to stop the oncoming freight train of Kovalev! He was using Wards head for target practice. He looked even uglier, like a mouldy tomato after 12! Only in Vegas.. Thought Ward was this un-hittable slick G?
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While I thought Kov won the (Ward) fight 114-113, I don't know that he outboxed him. It was a good, tough close fight. I can see how ou could have either guy winning. -
It's simple, Kovalev won more rounds hence he out-boxed him. In fact he had his way with him at times..Originally posted by The Big Dunn View PostComment
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If anything the Ward fight showed that Hopkins would probably beat Kovalev in his prime. He is a much better outside fighter than Ward and his inside game and chin is just as good.Last edited by fighter1234; 11-21-2016, 10:15 AM.Comment
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I had it 6-6 with Kov winning because of the KD. He also had to hold Ward because Ward was working to get inside where he clearly had an advanatge over Kov.Originally posted by 1g5a22 View Post
You calling it corruption discounts the fact that Kov had a very strong start but appeared to tire the last half of the fight. I recall even Roy mentioning how he was so tired he could no longer cut off the ring as he had done earlier in the fight.
I did think Kov boxed effectively early on and showed a higher level of skill than most thought he had.Comment
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Some think Ward and Hopkins have similar styles but I think Kovalev-Ward would always be a tougher fight for SK because Ward's footwork is quicker than Hopkins, he gets in and out of his preferred distance more easily. Bad style for B Hop, and he'd be a MW in his prime. MW vs LHW with brains/skill/power. No chance for B Hop. B hops best shot would be Prime MW B Hop vs Teenager Kovalev.Originally posted by fighter1234 View PostComment
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Agree. And if anything I thought that Ward ultimately outboxed him. The most dramatic moments of the fight belonged to Kovalev -- namely the jab that jolted and shook Ward in the first, and then the KD -- but outside of that I thought Ward for the most part outboxed him the rest of the way. Not by a big margin, but enough for it to be visible.Originally posted by The Big Dunn View Post
I know people aren't too fond of punch stats, but if the punch stats were anywhere accurate, Kovalev landed just 10 more shots than Ward -- and it took him an additional 130 some attempts to do it. Ward was more effective and efficient than Kovalev was over the duration of the fight, and landed nearly the same amount of shots.
I thought in the second half of the fight especially that Ward had a close but clear advantage in the clean, effective shots landed category.Comment
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fight was a robbery, do you think this kind of result is healthy on boxing!? ask yourselfComment
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To be fair though Duva should know that putting a Russian against Americas big star in Vegas won't go well. It should have been neutral territory & non Vegas judging. Vegas judges all live in Vegas! The odds capital of the world! Naive managment.. So in that respect its a bit on Duva & Sergeys team but you can't really prepare for bad officiating i suppose! There should be some over seeing body to hold it to account though.Comment
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Kovalev stock grew for me
Lost a narrow fight by ONE round to Andre Ward, a master boxer in his prime
Kov wins the rematch. The mistakes he madr are fixable. There is nothinbg else Ward can do but hope for a replay of the later rounds that assumes Kovalev cant adjust.Comment
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