Comments Thread For: Kovalev vs. Ward - Scoring Cone Validates Tallies By Judges

[Jsmooth9876]

Wtf is this article... It's pretty well known that boxing judging stinks...just look at the real robbery that happened before the main event that got no coverage because most people thought Kovalev did enough to win.

They need to find a new way of scoring fights or add more judges ringside or something else entirely IDK..

[Weltschmerz]

Considering EVERY SINGLE ARTICLE about Ward rightfully calls him the unified WBA, WBO, and IBF Light Heavyweight champion of the world then...........actually he did win the fight, regardless.

Not rightfully, that's where you're wrong. Nothing is 'right' or 'justified' about his 'victory'.

[SkillspayBills]

no one is ignoring it but the rules do say clean punching and a lot of his body work was landing low or to the back etc..kov was doing clean punching throughout the fight and more of it hence why he won.

The ONLY time you don't hate on a fighter is when they are white and from Eastern Europe. Literally every other post is hate from you.

[SkillspayBills]

Not rightfully, that's where you're wrong. Nothing is 'right' or 'justified' about his 'victory'.

I would agree if he hadn't won 7 rounds. Which he.........ya know.......did. Just because you spew that same bull**** doesn't mean you are right. Ward carrying those three belts is concomitant with the fact that he won the bout. Though I will continue to say it was incredibly close and I am not made at someone saying Kovalev slightly edged it.

[Weltschmerz]

I would agree if he hadn't won 7 rounds. Which he.........ya know.......did. Just because you spew that same bull**** doesn't mean you are right. Ward carrying those three belts is concomitant with the fact that he won the bout. Though I will continue to say it was incredibly close and I am not made at someone saying Kovalev slightly edged it.

No, he didn't win 7 rounds, he was GIVEN 7 rounds. Big difference.

[umop-ap!sdn]

Really good read. I like the 2 round theory. This fight could have been scored for either man. I see it this way: True fight fans who watch fights and scored it technically round by round mostly picked Ward 114 - 113 like all 3 judges did. While casuals who judge a fight based on machismo and whodid more noticeable damage via knockdowns stunnings etc, they scored it for Kovalev. Seeing how there is a good size of public outrage via boxing being a sport with many casuak fans, It's safe to say that Ward won the battle but Kovalev thus far is winning the war. True boxing heads are the more humble type who are happy with the love of the sport alone while casuals feel the need to troll and be heard, their platform being social media so they wage their war of words in hopes to convince as many as they can that their view is indeed the right one.

I myself scored it 114 -113 as well for Ward and was so confident that I had both my hands raised while nodding my head the second I heard the scores. If they scored it wider I would have thought it was goin to Kov but that 114 - 113 is truly the score of this very competetive fight and more credit should be given to the heart and determination to win of Ward.

Great fight and can't wait for the rematch

[Dr.Cool]

Damn, G's little minions have lost their minds! The guy who proved G is scared to death of any world class opponent is now the pound for pound king! Man, just wait til G fights again, he will fight someone who has never been in a fight scheduled for 12 rounds or some guy two divisions lower, and he will win more impressively than Ward could against a top five p4p opponent, one division higher.

G's fans did not even watch the fight, they saw it was a close fight and start throwing anything out hoping something sticks. Hoping that if they say Ward clinched too much or used peds or lost a clearly as Berto did to Floyd, that if they say it loud enough and often enough, that it will become true.

It doesn't. It just proves they can not stand that Ward will fight anyone and beat anyone (anyone below heavyweight anyway).

Did you G fans miss the counter hooks that kept landing on Kov's face? Did you not see the giant bruise covering the entire left side of his body? Did you miss Kov almost falling out of the ring when Ward was over 5 feet away? Did you miss Kov "slipping" and taking 30 seconds to get up? Oh, you actually did miss all of that because anyone who saw the fight knows there was no robbery. No one is saying Kov is the p4p king. If you don't know why that is, then you obviously missed the fight of the year. If Kov is man enough to take another whipping, buy the rematch and you will see why Ward is #1 p4p.

[HarvardBlue]

I thought Ward did enough to eek out a victory but I thought the scores favored Kovalev because of the KD. I wouldn't have been upset if the decision went the other way. The very fact that there are disagreements on this site proves this was not a clear victory for either side. Anyone claiming it was clear is simply showing their bias. As far as the arguement that Ward needed to do more to take the belts from the champion is ignoring the fact that this was Wards fight to lose. Ward is a decorated American fighting in his country against an opponent that is arguably less popular or well liked than himself. I'm sure some people ignored the fact that the cheers in the crowd was mostly for Ward except for after the decision when the Kovalev faithful hung around to boo during the interviews. With that being said this was nothing like Pernell Whitaker earning a draw in pro Mexico San Antonio or somewhat popular Timothy Bradley getting a gift against mega-star champion Pacquiao. The fight could have gone either way and it went Wards' way. Get over it and move on.

[mick1303]

History doesn't like losers so from 10 years from now people will be thinking of this fight as of dominant performance of Ward who schooled "the bum" and it doesn't matter what you or other people think or how close this fight was, the official scorecards is the only thing that matters for history

And American judges have every right to rob Russian fighters and favoring their guy, that's just how this world works. If you know that you're in hostile surroundings, then don't leave it to judges, or that talk about how you were robbed is just an excuse, because you knew where you were going to

Unfortunately for your ilk, this is not 1940s, when if fight wasn't filmed, the only place where it was left - the memories. And memories are fading... This is Internet age and this fight will be forever for everyone to see and score the rounds for themselves. The fact that Ward was pleading to judges to make it "American vs Russian" will also never be forgotten. He's got the victory on his record, but his actions will forever put a stain on his reputation as a fighter. He (and his handlers) had to make it political in order to win, because he could not win on merit. Enjoy your "victory"....

[RespekonMyName]

I thought it was one point fight either way. I assumed the knockdown would be the difference.