Comments Thread For: Kovalev's Coach Explains Why Ward Will NOT Improve in Rematch

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John David Jackson, trainer for Sergey Kovalev (30-1, 26 KOs), does not expect Andre Ward to improve on his performance from last month's showdown. At the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) got off the floor in the second round to win a very close twelve round unanimous decision over Kovalev to capture the WBO, WBA, IBF light heavyweight world titles. All three judges scored it 114-113.
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[M Bison]

Ward can improve more on strength and conditioning too to better wrestle on the inside obviously these aren't things you're meant to do they don't represent boxing skill but its something he can do to improve because I doubt we will have a referee who will disallow that dirty side of the fight which be honest nobody wants to see.

[KingHippo]

Ward can improve more on strength and conditioning too to better wrestle on the inside obviously these aren't things you're meant to do they don't represent boxing skill but its something he can do to improve because I doubt we will have a referee who will disallow that dirty side of the fight which be honest nobody wants to see.

Kovalev was the one holding in the past fight and fighting in and out of the clinch has always been part of the sport of boxing, from the days of Ali all the way to Mike Tyson but people are mad now because they dont like Andre Ward.

[skinnystev]

slappin' soggy ain't nothing but a bible ****ing malingerer at his advanced age what can he do to get any better let him fight popkins for the headbutt title

[b00g13man]

Ward ran now? Ok.

[KingHippo]

Ward ran now? Ok.

He ran alright, just enough for Kov to gas out

[daggum]

Kovalev was the one holding in the past fight and fighting in and out of the clinch has always been part of the sport of boxing, from the days of Ali all the way to Mike Tyson but people are mad now because they dont like Andre Ward.

what are you watching? ward was holding and hitting kovalev so kovalev held him back in order to prevent that. you really couldn't see that? grabbing a guy ann hitting him in the nuts or with one free arm is not inside fighting or clean punching. what did you expect kovalev to do when ward grabbed him? stand upright and continue to be hit with illegal blows? he clinched him back to stop his cheating ass. he shouldn't have to do that but thats what happens when you have an inept ref.

any punch that was landed during a clinch or was setup because of a clinch is not a legal or clean punch. just like if you lowblow'd a guy and he doubles over in pain and then you hit him with a clean shot to the head it doesn't count because it was setup through illegal methods. ward setup and landed his "body work" illegally. not that it should matter since he lost even if you consider it as clean puncihing but if you score it correctly he loses by an even wider margin. if there were no clinching on ward's part he loses almost every round. the reason ward was clinching is because he couldn't box with kovalev so he had to cheat. he was not inside figthing. inside fighting is corrales castillo not grabbing the other guy and hitting him.

[Drew Bundini Br]

WARD exposed Kovalev's 2 weaknesses. No inside game and limited stamina. Ward has now gotten the rust off from inactivity and now knows he can hold his own after taking the big jump to 175!

[uniquehump]

I think Ward can improve and will improve. Its up to Kov to improve as well. They've seen each other for 12 rounds. They believe that they know what to expect from each other. Ward will try to capitalize on the late round success that he had in the 1st fight. He feels that he saw something and will try focus on that earlier in the fight. Most likely it would be the timing that he will focus on, because he will never have more power than Kov. Kov can come in the same way, with the same gameplan and it'll still be a close fight for him if he loses or he may dominate in a win. Regardless of what Ward does, If he wins again, I only see a close fight. I don't see Ward dominating the fight. He may have some dominating moments, but his win will be close or disputed in my opinion.

[daggum]

WARD exposed Kovalev's 2 weaknesses. No inside game and limited stamina. Ward has now gotten the rust off from inactivity and now knows he can hold his own after taking the big jump to 175!

kov faded against chilemba as well so i guess chilemba exposed kovalev. if chilemba's name was andre ward he probably gets teh decision since that fight was about as close. too bad for him.