Originally posted by g27region
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Enough Kovalev-whining
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Originally posted by Mequetrefe View PostCause most people think he lost and he didn't proved the first one wsnt a gift by fighting him again. On top of that can u imagine him walking his daughter and people stopping by to call him a b*tch?
You mexicans sure do worship those Russians...I wonder what that is???
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Originally posted by g27region View PostI know he won, so why you're telling me this? Or your ******ed ass thought I'm trying to deny that fact?
There's no point in rematch, it will be the same fight and same result but with no KD. Second, why Ward needs a rematch if he got W already?
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Originally posted by Sledgeweather17 View PostFirst time I watched it I thought neither of them deserved the victory. I thought it should have been ruled a draw and Kovalev should have kept his belts.
But I watched the fight a second time and I saw Kovalev get completely outboxed even from the first round. The only thing Kovalev did was land that KD and a good power punch every once in a while. Otherwise Ward was consistently scoring points with that stiff jab to the body (ala Mayweather vs Corrales), those stiff jabs and short left hooks to the head that staggared and imbalanced Kovalev, those right crosses to the left rib cage, those left uppercuts to the right rib cage. All that work payed off massively. Ward was patient and deliberate in his approach. Kovalev landed some good shots but for me too much time went between those punches while ward was consistently scoring.
Later in the fight Ward started adding counter straight rights and lead right crosses, and he was landing the uppercut from the southpaw stance on the inside. Kovalev couldn't clinch him properly anymore coz he was drained (them body shots) and was tired from all the wrestling, and Ward was also twisting into the Southpaw stance on the inside, confusing Kovalev and making it hard for him to to neither clinch nor land, while making it easy for ward to land em left uppercuts and crosses (to the body and the head).
In the second fight Kovalev must not allow Ward to consistently land that lead jab to the core torso). Unfortunately Ward will be trying to get on the inside again so he either has to wrestle/clinch or find a way to learn to fight on the inside in one training camp.
Ward must stop the showbowting (bolo) and must not be too relaxed when Kovalev is stalking.. He was gun shy with the counter right hand at the start because Kovalev knocked him down while trying to counter, but he did it well in the second half of the fight and I think he should do it from the start in the second fight, credit to Kovalev for capitalising and discouraging Ward at the start, coz if he hadn't he might have been eating those counters all night.
Kovalev also needs to get an uppercut asap. Ward was ducking low while tryna go inside and he stayed low when he was landing em stiffy jabs to the body. He needs to find a way to discourage Ward from doing that, and I think the uppercut is the right weapon.
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Originally posted by Banko Villas View PostSeriously, it's making me sick now. Kovalev was supposed to KO Ward, destroy the shot black fighter and establish some sense of white dominance in boxing. All he managed to do, though, was to score a flash knockdown.
Conventional wisdom was that Ward was going to comfortably outbox Kovalev and win a CLEAR 8-4 or 9-3 decision. Nobody really believed Kovalev would "destroy" Ward. Kovalev surpassed the expectations of most and arguably won the fight. The fight could have been scored for Ward but most feel that you can make a stronger case for scoring it for Kovalev.
And cut out the race-baiting bullshit.Last edited by Derranged; 03-17-2017, 09:14 AM.
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