"Virgil said, 'Keep him mad!'"

[IronDanHamza]

That goes both ways...

How does it?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

How does it?

Very simple. Many say it wasn't close. You say it was. it doesn't matter how many times you repeat it. It doesn't make it so. Most people saw it differently. Doug Fischer had it 117-110, Kovalev. I had it 115-112 Kovalev myself. Some had it for Ward, close and some wide for Ward. Every one has a difference of opinion and that won't change no matter how many times you or anyone else says it was close. It was for you. It wasn't for everybody. It's boxing. There's no solid criteria for judging a fight really. Everyone gives a different answer on that. You can argue punch count but even that gets sketchy as punches can be hard to count even when watching it over and over. To make the claim that it was close no matter who says it wasn't is fine, but a lot of people aren't going to agree with that, no matter how many times you say it.

[IronDanHamza]

Very simple. Many say it wasn't close. You say it was. it doesn't matter how many times you repeat it. It doesn't make it so. Most people saw it differently. Doug Fischer had it 117-110, Kovalev. I had it 115-112 Kovalev myself. Some had it for Ward, close and some wide for Ward. Every one has a difference of opinion and that won't change no matter how many times you or anyone else says it was close. It was for you. It wasn't for everybody. It's boxing. There's no solid criteria for judging a fight really. Everyone gives a different answer on that. You can argue punch count but even that gets sketchy as punches can be hard to count even when watching it over and over. To make the claim that it was close no matter who says it wasn't is fine, but a lot of people aren't going to agree with that, no matter how many times you say it.

Not really because a large % of the cards were very close.

Only a very seldom few were wide like a Fishers and even still you can score the fight wide for Kovlaev it still doesn't change the fact that most of the rounds were close and it was an either way fight.

[Jc8804]

Sun glasses at night ???

[Bravado]

He spoke about politics in the end of the fight, which made me laugh because essentially, all he really did was allow a guy who he knew has a propensity to fight physical or dirty if he has to, get in the fight and fight more comfortably as the pace slowed down enough for him to get back into it. It didn't make sense that SK was trying to outbox a man known to be as cagey and tough as the old, washed up version of the other guy he couldn't finish. Maybe he genuinely felt that Ward and Bernard were one in the same in that aspect but even then, it made no sense to not try and push the pace again. To me? He knew it wasn't gonna be an easy fight and he let Ward get back into it because of a wrong gameplan. How do you not put away one of the best boxers in the sport if you were capable of doing it? Why would you try and risk it? What sense did it make to have the ability to KO or at least KD someone if you don't put it to its best use??