Comments Thread For: Andre Ward to Kovalev: This Time, Leave the Excuses at Home

[vaynardevil]

i highly doubt kovalev can KO ward

[mlac]

i mean people use that as some sort of proof he lost or something lol.. 114-113 all three cards, it was close how is he supposed to react

do they? strange, i would of thought the fact ward got outlanded and outjabbed in every single round (bar 1?) is slightly more conclusive evidence

[A.K]

If that's the game plan, then he's playing to Ward's strengths. Like others have already said, it seemed like Ward had Krusher pretty well figured towards the end of the fight and had made the necessary adjustments. Can Krusher adjust to Ward's adjustments? If he's too heavily focused on the kill, Ward will pot shot him all night and get the boring decision.

That's why ward clearly lost the 10th and 12th rounds

[WesternChamp]

props to ward for the quick rematch, cant hate on that.

[BoxHec]

At the Kovaleva's fanboys...
F* you all & STFU now! everything you said and will say is BS! I told you that Ward will take the rematch and I tell you that he will win by UD! like I said that he will fight Kovalev at 175 and that he will win!
You said
1. Ward is a coward, he will never fight Kova
2. Ward is a coward, he will never sign the contract to fight Kova
3. Ward is a coward, he will make a last minute excuse to not be in the ring with Kova
4. Ward is too soft, he will be destroyed and stopped by Kova
5. Ward is a coward, he will not take the rematch
In ALL of you predictions you were WRONG at 100%! and I was and I'm right at 100%! so...
F* YOU ALL bunch of b!**hes!!!

[HURTFEELINGS]

But he was supposed to be scared.......lol

[Edward90]

Ward gets credit and GGG looks bad here. Because GGG wouldn't move up a measly 8 pounds to fight Ward and went life and death with Jacobs.

Well... I won't compare these two in the sense that GGG-Ward at 168 wasn't the best fight for either of them at the time. However, the fact that Ward is rematching Kov after the controversial decision and GGG didn't rematch Jacobs after his contentious decision does distinguish Ward from GGG in that regard.

To be honest, I think the win over Kov did more for Ward's legacy than beating GGG at 168. Despite what some P4P rankings indicate, Ward is a level above GGG in my opinion and a win over GGG wouldn't do too much for his legacy. The fight never really appealed to me and I think neither fighter really wanted the fight enough to make it happen. These things tend to work themselves out...

[A.K]

At the Kovaleva's fanboys...
F* you all & STFU now! everything you said and will say is BS! I told you that Ward will take the rematch and I tell you that he will win by UD! like I said that he will fight Kovalev at 175 and that he will win!
You said
1. Ward is a coward, he will never fight Kova
2. Ward is a coward, he will never sign the contract to fight Kova
3. Ward is a coward, he will make a last minute excuse to not be in the ring with Kova
4. Ward is too soft, he will be destroyed and stopped by Kova
5. Ward is a coward, he will not take the rematch
In ALL of you predictions you were WRONG at 100%! and I was and I'm right at 100%! so...
F* YOU ALL bunch of b!**hes!!!

Ward is still a coward you dumbfuccc we wanted him to sign months ago now his hand was finally forced by hbo, it's about time you dull pos that's what we wanted now watch your hero get put to sleep June 17th No excuses from you coWard groupies.

[mathed]

"SON OF GIFTS" talking about excuses huh? Kov gonna press for the KO from the opening bell.

[NYG]

GGG went life and death with Jacobs? Lmao what ****ing fight did you peoplr watch?