Comments Thread For: Kovalev: If Ward Retires - Everyone Will Realize He is a Coward!

[zzat]

I had Kovalev winning by a point but damn, he sounds like some of these NSB posters here.

[US Dirk Killer]

Wow, just honor the rematch clause. Then again, Ward and honoring contracts hardly go hand in hand

[Bronx2245]

Was Kovalev a coward when Main Events backed out of the Stevenson fight? I guess that was just business?

[Boxing Logic]

No matter what you think of the fight, there's no denying what Kovalev said. Ward thought he'd lost. So did his trainer. Before the 10th round, Virgil tells Ward in his corner that they need to win every remaining round. After the 10th round, Virgil tells Ward in a conciliatory tone, "We can't worry about what's come before. We need to put our faith in God now and start exchanging with this guy, start swinging." In other words, he thought Ward needed a knockout.

Then before round 12 even, Virgil told Ward, "I'm not afraid to say that Kovalev needs to stop you to win. I'm not afraid to say that. Go get it Andre. Don't go home without it. Put your faith in God. Let those hands fly." He was telling Ward to start swinging for the knockout because he thought they were too far behind

Meanwhile in Kovalev's corner, JDJ was telling Kovalev to "be careful." Kovalev's corner clearly thought they were too far ahead on points to be caught. Ward's corner clearly felt they were too far behind, and could only win by knockout. Just go watch the HBO replay you can hear the corners all fight. You'll hear Ward's trainer thought Ward lost, and so did Ward. From Virgil's own words.

[zzat]

No matter what you think of the fight, there's no denying what Kovalev said. Ward thought he'd lost. So did his trainer. Before the 10th round, Virgil tells Ward in his corner that they need to win every remaining round. After the 10th round, Virgil tells Ward in a conciliatory tone, "We can't worry about what's come before. We need to put our faith in God now and start exchanging with this guy, start swinging." In other words, he thought Ward needed a knockout.

Then before round 12 even, Virgil told Ward, "I'm not afraid to say that Kovalev needs to stop you to win. I'm not afraid to say that. Go get it Andre. Don't go home without it. Put your faith in God. Let those hands fly." He was telling Ward to start swinging for the knockout because he thought they were too far behind

Meanwhile in Kovalev's corner, JDJ was telling Kovalev to "be careful." Kovalev's corner clearly thought they were too far ahead on points to be caught. Ward's corner clearly felt they were too far behind, and could only win by knockout. Just go watch the HBO replay you can hear the corners all fight. You'll hear Ward's trainer thought Ward lost, and so did Ward. From Virgil's own words.

What does that mean to you?

[iamboxing]

Kovalev, "I can show you pictures on my instagram..."

Sad

[g27region]

Was Kovalev a coward when Main Events backed out of the Stevenson fight? I guess that was just business?

Main Events doesn't have no money to win purse bids against Al Haymon, so if Kovalev tied with HBO contract and the fight is supposed to be on Showtime (because of Al Haymon's terms), they'd gift all these belts to Stevenson even without Kovalev/Stevenson fight. Main Events is too poor to dictate their own terms and they don't want to give their rivals an opportunity to take the belts without fighting. So yeah, you can call it a business move

That's basic knowledge, I was thinking everybody knows that

[bambam182]

krusher got spanked.

[Ham Porter]

Interesting how fighters like Floyd, Ward, and Marquez are being called cowards by guys they already stepped into a ring with and beat🤔

You literally wake up in the morning and go to bed every night thinking about Floyd Mayweather, don't you?

[Diegosome1]

It really doesn't matter if Ward fights him again or not. The titles will go back to Kovalev.