Comments Thread For: Kovalev's Coach: Ward Was Dominated, Won 4 Rounds at Best

[SchoolTheseCats]

4 rounds is generous but yeah Ward was exposed, embarrassed, outpunched, outboxed, outlanded, out-Oaklanded.

Yea krusher dominated the fight throwing 137 more punches to land just 10 more with a whooping 27% connect rate........

[ronbo]

Ward was brave, but Kovalev won

I felt robbed too. I watched the fight closely and objectively gave Kovalev the fight 8 to 4. When you pay to watch a fight like this you expect more... this was a good fight, but the wrong man's hand was raised... This my last ppv buy. I really hate Hunter and Ward's arrogance after this gift decision...

[Deletrious]

If you were allowed to call a round a tie like the old days, it would have been something like 4 rounds kov plus knockout, 2 ward, 6 tied. You have to basically give Ward every close round to justify Ward winning.

[Lou Cipher]

throwing 137 more punches landed 10 more

Threw more, landed more. Great point. You may not be as ****** as you act on here.

[Deletrious]

Yea krusher dominated the fight throwing 137 more punches to land just 10 more with a whooping 27% connect rate........

What's your point? Kov landed 10 more punches than Ward and landed more power punches.

[-Kev-]

First watch I had it a draw. Second watch: 1-2 Kovalev won clearly, 3rd round Ward started doing better but still looked shook and I thought he lost that but it was close. 4-5 was when Ward settled in and those 2 rounds helped his momentum. After 8 rounds I had it 4-4 with Kovalev up because of the kd. I gave 9th-12th to Ward but they were close, if you gave some of them to Kovalev I wouldn't say you're wrong, but you can't tell me i'm wrong either

7-5 Ward + 1kd = 114-113 Ward

[jwalkr]

Look at the scorecards. Look at rounds 7-12. Now look at Burt Clements card. Guess he thought 115-112 would be a little too obvious.

[peakbay]

watch their exchange after round 1, jdj was giving instructions then kovalev motioned him to shut up with his right glove and pointed to the russian guy behind the ropes as if to say "shh..let him talk"..and jdj just said ok and tapped him on the knee completely embarrassed..it was sad

Or he was asking for a drink

[ultravividscene]

I gave 9th-12th to Ward but they were close.

Except for round 10. That was the round where Wards best move was an attempted bolo for which he received a stiff jab knocking him back across the ring. No judge scored that round for Kovalev, where he clearly outlands and bosses Ward yet they score every close round to Ward where one punch (in either guys favour oddly enough) was the only difference between the two.

I'm not sour, but it is suspect

[A.K]

every boxing expert agrees kova won, this fight is in the same ranks as pea vs chavez and pacquaio bradley 1.