How the international boxing medias scored Kovalev-Ward

[Jc8804]

You gave ward the 6th of all rounds? Of course you can give him rounds before then. 3 and 5 were his. Nobody gave him the 6th

Ward didnt win the third.

He was down 5-1 with a knovkfown on top of that.
Kovalev clearly won the 10th .

the 9th,11th were swing rounds. kovalev landed more damage , kovalev matched wards jabs. Kovalev got no credit for short rt hands to wards ear or head poopping rt uppercuts.

The 12th was kovalev

[BrometheusBob.]

Where is Michael Rosenthal's (The Ring) 114-113 Ward? How about Lyle Fitzsimmons' (BoxingScene) 114-113 Ward?

Anyway, clearly this shows no comparison can be made with Pac-Bradley 1. Even after removing all Filipino scorecards, 97% of the media scorecards were for Pacquiao. AND the majority of those scorecards were by very wide margins (almost all 4 points or more).
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Ma..._(1st_meeting)

In the case of Ward-Kovalev however, almost 90% of the scorecards are decided by fewer than 4 pts. And many more scorecards for Ward than Bradley.

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Saw an interview on Utube, Malignaggi and Macklin along with Adam Smith interviewing Ward straight after the fight. I genuinely thought we were about to witness a ****in gang**** right there - they fawned all over him. Macklin quote: "Yes Andre, I actually gave you rounds 3, 4, 5 and 6..." Seriously, that's what he said. If he gave him those, then he would clearly have given him the last 6 also. Best case scenario for KK on his score card would be 117-110. What a ****in embarrassment. He should have had his SKY contract ripped up right there in front of the camera. That's it, I'm programming the mute button to kick in for all SKY boxing broadcasts from now on.

[daggum]

Saw an interview on Utube, Malignaggi and Macklin along with Adam Smith interviewing Ward straight after the fight. I genuinely thought we were about to witness a ****in gang**** right there - they fawned all over him. Macklin quote: "Yes Andre, I actually gave you rounds 3, 4, 5 and 6..." Seriously, that's what he said. If he gave him those, then he would clearly have given him the last 6 also. Best case scenario for KK on his score card would be 117-110. What a ****in embarrassment. He should have had his SKY contract ripped up right there in front of the camera. That's it, I'm programming the mute button to kick in for all SKY boxing broadcasts from now on.

i actually gave ward round 1 and 2 was only 10-9 since ward dominated the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds. yeah ok he got caught with the only flush punch kovalev landed in the entire fight but so what. some people focus on clean punches too much and not enough on ring wardsmanship.

[jmrf4435]

Paul smith is a ****ing clown

This was a robbery you sgtupid ****kcks

[Eff Pandas]

I love seeing the over usage of the word clearly after fights like this. Its hilarious few seem to understand or agree wtf clearly means.

That said let me join the party. CLEARRRRRRLLLLLY it was a close f#cking fight. Of the 60 scorecards listed, 29, nearly half of them, have the fight decided by 2 points or less.

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i actually gave ward round 1 and 2 was only 10-9 since ward dominated the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds. yeah ok he got caught with the only flush punch kovalev landed in the entire fight but so what. some people focus on clean punches too much and not enough on ring wardsmanship.

You've got a fair point there. That's why I scored the 2nd round 10-10. Anyone can knock someone down if you catch them flush but it's a lot harder to get up and see out a round after going down. So I scored -1 for Ward getting bowled over but I scored him +2 for getting up and seeing out the round.