Ward won round 5 barely.
Ward won rounds 7 and 8 barely
Round 9 was a clear swing round
Ward won round 11 which imo was his best rd.
Wards winning rounds were very close rounds.
Kovalev won rounds 1-4 very clearly.
kovalev won round 6 .
Kovalev won round 10 clearly landing clean.
Kovalev won rd 12 .
Add in a dominating knockdown
More power punches landed , the 5 best punches in the fight landed .
Ward being hurt at least 4-5 different times in the fight visibly.
Jabs were almost even in total lands.
Kovalev took care of business.
I agree. I had it closer, but Kovalev was definitely the winner. It's a shame the judges didn't get it right.
Kovalev did not win round 3. Ward won 6 rounds in a row by outworking Kovalev. Everybody watching the fight was still caught up on the knockdown. Not paying attention to the damn fight.
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