Comments Thread For: Ward: We Got Grimy, We Got Dirty, Slowly Took Kovalev's Heart

[SkillspayBills]

SOG! Rematch is going to be headed and the rhetoric even more pointed. These guys do not like one another.

[Diegosome1]

Kovalev is gonna demolish this dude next fight. Ward looked better late but you can't keep that up in multiple fights. He's gonna wear down.

[slindee3]

His living in his own fantasy right now. I guess the backlash from the media and the fans was pressuring him and pretends that he dominated to have a sanctuary from it.

I didn't hear Ward say he dominated. He said he took his heart which means to me that he didn't fight the same in the second half of the fight as he did in the first half. People wanted Kovalev to win so badly they're acting as if this was a lopsided victory for Kovalev and he got robbed. This was a close fight that could have gone either way. It just so happened that the judges scored it for Ward.

[Mr. Objectivity]

Ward is downplaying Kovalev. hes definitely aware he got a gift decision.

[millcitymauler]

For the last couple of years I have really tried to give AW the benefit of the doubt because he can flat out fight - and last weekend he proved he is a straight up beast - reminds me of how Floyd reacts to getting hurt, albeit, it took Ward a little bit longer to right the ship than Mayweather always does.However, he needs to stop with this post-fight bravado. Especially when its not true!
He never Kovalev's heart, nor did he ever weaken his resolve.

He took Kovalev's legs by ****ing to that body...best sustained, and effective body punching I've seen in years.

I accept the decision - it was a close fight, even though I was pulling for Kovalev... Ward has a lot to think about with this re-match, and he'd better come down to reality because alot of Krusher's problems were in the gameplan (not preparing adequately for Ward's inside style). I'm betting that isn't the case (at least not as to the extent it was in the first fight) next time around.

[kingstip9]

So when is Boone going to uploaded that first fight of him vs Kovalev?

Ps I think Kovalev takes the rematch with ward, so let him carry on with the dramatics. Let's see the rematch

[PR ESQ.]

Valid points on lack of activity...only reason fight was close. a few bouts then rematch and beat that arse definitively 2nd time around to quell all the controversy...

[PR ESQ.]

For the last couple of years I have really tried to give AW the benefit of the doubt because he can flat out fight - and last weekend he proved he is a straight up beast - reminds me of how Floyd reacts to getting hurt, albeit, it took Ward a little bit longer to right the ship than Mayweather always does.However, he needs to stop with this post-fight bravado. Especially when its not true!
He never Kovalev's heart, nor did he ever weaken his resolve.

He took Kovalev's legs by ****ing to that body...best sustained, and effective body punching I've seen in years.

I accept the decision - it was a close fight, even though I was pulling for Kovalev... Ward has a lot to think about with this re-match, and he'd better come down to reality because alot of Krusher's problems were in the gameplan (not preparing adequately for Ward's inside style). I'm betting that isn't the case (at least not as to the extent it was in the first fight) next time around.

Disagree. Adjustments by SOG will be more fined tuned and effective 2nd time around. Besides can Sergei really do anything differently? I doubt it. Predict easy work next time around...

[boxingitis]

Good thing about boxing, fans know who won, not the judges. For example the pacman vs bradley fight. It was a close fight that needs a rematch. Good things it was a decent fight, not snoozer.

[stuff jones]

Stop talking ward. You barely won and most people thought you lost.