More fair round by round coverage by USA today (Kovalev-Ward)

[Jsmooth9876]

If the 3 judges give Kovalev the 10th, he wins the fight. That's how close it was. It was a great fight and crying about the scores doesn't change anything. It wasn't a robbery at all. Should definitely be an immediate rematch though

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Scorecard average from 302 fans



Round 3 was a very close round with people split on who won.

Where was this poll taken? American fans?

[Robbie Barrett]

Where was this poll taken? American fans?

No its an app that anyone can download

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fightscore.boxing.android&hl=en_GB

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Fair to you is only the cards which favor the guy you wanted to win

[DoktorSleepless]

I also think many people gave Ward the third round because he "didn't look as bad than in the previous two" but still I feel he lost that round, though it was close.

These were the only notable punches in Round 3. I like Ward's head snapping punch quality more than Kovalev's in this round. If you think Kovalev won it, I'm fine with that. But to claim people gave this Round to Ward out of pity is ridiculous.

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And all it takes is to give Kovalev round 3 which most people think he won and even giving round 12 to Ward it's still a victory for Kovalev.

Absolutely nobody is denying that Kovalev could have won. Everyone who though Ward won also acknowledges Kovalev could have won. This biggest problem in this debacle is people claiming it was impossible for Ward to have won. And if you think USA Today's scorcard is fair, you should also be able to acknowledge that Ward could have fairly won without it being a robbery.

[NYC8224]

Anybody that gave Kovalev round 10 is an idiot

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Only in BScene do they call a 114-113 fight and where both sides are split as to who won a robbery.

Have scientists come out with a cure for butthurt yet? It's 2016. They should have one by now. God knows these Kovalev bandwagoners (cause we all know they're not even real fans) need it big time.

[_Maxi]

Fair to you is only the cards which favor the guy you wanted to win

Yet 73% of the boxing analysts had Kovalev winning on their scorecards.

[Doctor_Tenma]

These were the only notable punches in Round 3. I like Ward's head snapping punch quality more than Kovalev's in this round. If you think Kovalev won it, I'm fine with that. But to claim people gave this Round to Ward out of pity is ridiculous.

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Absolutely nobody is denying that Kovalev could have won. Everyone who though Ward won also acknowledges Kovalev could have won. This biggest problem in this debacle is people claiming it was impossible for Ward to have won. And if you think USA Today's scorcard is fair, you should also be able to acknowledge that Ward could have fairly won without it being a robbery.

I like how people didn't struggle to see that Herrera's jab was more head snapping than some of Garcia's power punches but can't see it as that being the case in some of these rounds. Like rounds 3 and 10 in particular, I gave 10 to Kovalev before someone bitches.

[Robbie Barrett]

Yet 73% of the boxing analysts had Kovalev winning on their scorecards.

No, 73% on a list that left out many that had Ward winning.