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

[Kigali]

Wow. What a slippery weasel... So now the "dummygraphic" are just people who disagree with you? You're trying to clean up your racist remarks retroactively and make it be somehow about the original debate. No. That's not happening. I don't care about Andre Ward or any boxing debate enough to let you get away with making racist comments about black people. People who make comments like the "dummygraphic" are intentionally trying to stir up racial conflict and tension based on trivial debates on comment boards. Calling it "trolling" doesn't make it cute or minimize the harmful nature of the vitriol you spew. I'm not going to debate with you no matter how much of a weaselly worm you are. But I'll say this, you're entire Andre Ward weight argument is a deception that has been concocted by haters like you by omitting facts and putting forward information that supports your false narrative. And the one drop rule about black people was made up by white people. Its not a trend. It's just outright racism. White people would never accept Andre Ward as one of their own.

Pepe the frog isn't White...he just wishes he were.

Kissing their asses is good enough for him.

[PunchyPotorff]

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Originally Posted by PunchyPotorff View Post
There is usually some truth and some non truth in most statements. I wouldn't say Ward can't or won't improve, but at this stage, his game is set, and there won't be very many changes. Kovalev could stand to fix some holes in his game if he wants to truly dominate the rematch, even though he had a lot of success in the fight. He did some great counter punching... but he just needs to do more. He needs to improve his stamina, and I think I read somewhere he'll have a strength and conditioning coach FNO.

That would be great for him, a good professional needs a team of specialists around him these days, not just one man who does it all. If Kovalev can improve his stamina and become even more powerfull Ward is in big trouble.

Exactly. The complete package being the goal... unlike Ward who is still quite susceptible to uppercuts 20+ years into his career.

[Metho_4u]

Ward will win the rematch, he will win it much easier, kovalev is not nearly as diverse in his ability. People will still b1tch and complain...Nothing will change.

[aboutfkntime]

This is the dummgraphic, they can't talk about facts they can only talk about trolling.

Ward won a gold medal at LHW and they try to make pathetic excuses to ignore the fact that Ward drained down to 168lbs to pick on smaller men but because Ward can't bully guys about with his weight suddenly he is ring rusty, not sharp and not a real LHW...

The dummygraphic really are the worst sort of fans in boxing they have no clue at all about the sport, should definitely find a new sport because you certainly don't know jack about boxing.

should I reply to some clown with a George Michael avi ?

[aboutfkntime]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah get a life you loser.

says the dopey pacstain who nearly topped himself when Marquez decapitated Manny

[LoadedWraps]

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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Which is more or less what some of us have been saying all along. Kovalev was trying to outbox him to prove a point and he did, it just wasn't clear to everyone. If he turns it up a notch, what will Ward do? He doesn't have many options.

[LoadedWraps]

Ward has fought ONE WAY his whole damn career. Be stiff and strong on the inside and work the opponent and frustrate him with short punches, elbows and forearms. When he is further away from the opponent, he pulls the old Bhop move, namely, jab, jab, right hand, lunge in with your head. It has worked extremely well against all but a handful of opponents. It's why I thought he'd beat Kovalev: too strong and tricky on the inside.

I never expected Kovalev to not only be good enough to counter all his work on the inside (found out he trained extensively in greco-roman wrestling) but also to completely negate Ward's range game. Kovalev was superior in every department.

The only thing Ward can improve is his strength and physicality but he can not add any new boxing tricks to his bag, not now, not on the wrong side of 30 and not against someone as astute as Kovalev.

Also, there's something else I'd like to point out and it's something people realised after the Kovalev fight: for all the hype and everyone talking about how great Ward's physical attributes are (e.g. hand speed, foot speed and reflexes) I said, time and time again (there was a whole thread where I had to fight off like 20 ****** hood**** on this) Ward's natural gifts just aren't that good compared to most top fighters throughout boxing history.

He is very simple to figure out and he gets hit quite a bit because his reflexes aren't particularly sharp and not are his hands all that quick and his feet are often flat not fleet. Kovalev exploited all that. I just wish I hadn't underrated Kovs inside game.

If Kov himself can work on his fitness down the stretch, he'll put a beating on Ward in the rematch...which is unlikely for at least another 6-8 months.

Great post. Well said.

[M Bison]

should I reply to some clown with a George Michael avi ?

Should I reply to some clown who has something against ****sexuals?
Should I reply to someone who has a joke as his avatar who let down all of boxing when he allowed a 40+ yo journeyman at the time Randy Couture own him.

[Kigali]

Great post. Well said.

Kovalev will let you down again amigo.

[taste]

trust your dumb ass to peddle that same fanboy rubbish

Ward was a middleweight in the am's, he fought at LHW so that his buddy Andre Dirrell could take the middleweight spot

learn the sport before firing off with your mouth

EVERY knowledgeable insider questioned whether Ward would be ready for the best LHW on the planet after only 2 fights to acclimatize to 175..... including Jackson and Sanchez..... YOU genius!

Q. will Ward be better, or worse..... having 1 more specialist camp with Mackie Shilstone under his belt?

don't quit your day job, whatever that could be

Every knowledgeable insider, except the fighter himself AFT, who kept saying that if he wasn't ready for Kov now he never would be. Remember him saying that? Of course you do, it was on these boards...