Comments Thread For: Kovalev To Ward: Be Ready Motherf***er, I'll Finish Your Career!

[daggum]

Kovalev is bitter about the last one so he's not going to want leave it to the judges. Ward is cagey and talented though and he's now got an idea of what to expect. Kovalev best not be careless and stay focused with his aggression.

if kovalev is careless he could get clinched to death. oh wait ward is goign to do that anyway. we all know it yet after the fight we will pretend that it didn't happen or that it was actually kov doing it.

[daggum]

kovalev is who he is and nothing else. Ward exposed that kova does not know how to make adjustments. after the knock down Ward walked him down with body shots and took it to him.

where can i obtain a copy of this donald trump fake news version of the kov-ward fight where ward walks him down? my copy has kov constantly pressuring ward and forcing him to hold and bend over to keep up. your version soudns a lot more exciting give me it!

[texasboi15]

I wish a niigga would call me that to my face, people on here think all blacks fucc with Andre ward but to me he just a biitcch ass niigga.

I can respect that A.K

Blacks don't have to respect everything black

For example:

[Best in Boxing]

Kov couldn't even take Ward out after he dropped him. But now he's going to do it this time around ... sure.

[aboutfkntime]

Kovie is maaaaad now

Ward is fcuked now

[Graz]

if kovalev is careless he could get clinched to death. oh wait ward is goign to do that anyway. we all know it yet after the fight we will pretend that it didn't happen or that it was actually kov doing it.

That's true. Ward does have a tendency to charge in head first and clinch (ala Kessler). All the more reason Kovalev has to stay focused and either put him away or convincingly out score him.

[bojangles1987]

Kovalev is one of those fighters who fights better angry. So long as he avoids fighting too ****** early, he'll likely put Ward in an early scorecard hole yet again.

Andre needs to extra careful here. I'm not sure there's a harder fighter to deal with over the first half of a fight than Kovalev.

[Roy Jones Jnr]

I'm seeing comments that Ward is a coward. The dumbed **** I've heard this far. Ward has yet to duck any fighter. He fought Kov once and doing it again.

It's boxingscene lad...every pro boxers a coward on here. Only real warriors are the ones who post bravely here on a regular basis. They show immense heart in the back and forth battles they have on here with each other. So some boxer goes up and fights one of if not the most feared man in boxing? Meh. He shoulda got knocked out. How dare he come back into the fight and try and outbox someone!? He's a coward for that. Or he's a coward for getting the decision in a very close fight. Whichever one works.

[daggum]

Kovalev is one of those fighters who fights better angry. So long as he avoids fighting too ****** early, he'll likely put Ward in an early scorecard hole yet again.

Andre needs to extra careful here. I'm not sure there's a harder fighter to deal with over the first half of a fight than Kovalev.

ward can climb out of that hole by winning 7 out of the last 3 rounds.

[koolkc107]

ward was the one initiating almost all the clinches so by your own scoring method you have kov winning lmao. one guy wants to hold....yes you are right and it was ward. one guy wants to stop fighting...yes you are right and it was ward. what do you call clinching? thats a way of stopping the fight and getting a breather. ward could not handle the pressure. he also bent over below the waist to stop fighting. another illegal tactic. let me guess kov made him bend over below the waist?

and it was proven that ward initiated almost all the clinches. i did a ton of posts on it showing it. you are blaming kov for responing to wards clinching with the headlocks but why was he headlocking in the first place....is it because a cheater kept clicnhing him? is it because ward kept bendin below the waist(illegal) and popping up to clinch? is it because ward kept lowblowing in the clinch(illegal)

I think you need to watch it again.

The person doing most of the holding and trying to catch his breath and trying to avoid fighting was Kovalev.

If I go low, get inside, then pop up and start moving my hands with punches, then I AM NOT initiating a clinch.

I am fighting inside, which is not a clinch and is perfectly legal.

That's what Ward was doing.

Except many times before he got too far, Kovalev grabbed him in a headlock.

He was even warned by the ref for doing it.

There was a fair amount of holding in the bout. Kovalev often put Ward in a headlock with his right arm. And Ward at times barreled into Kovalev, as if he had practiced tackling drills during training camp.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-boxing-kovalev-ward-20161119-story.html

For all of Ward’s clean and efficient inside work during his fight with Kovalev, Lampley hardly ever called any of it, either choosing to remain silent or giving Kovalev credit for something, even though Kovalev frequently grabbed and held, even employing wrestling and MMA-style headlocks, during these moments. Yet Ward was the one criticized after the fight for being “dirty” and “clinching,” particularly by Kovalev’s promoter, Kathy Duva, who never acknowledged that her fighter was often the one initiating these clinches and Ward was, in fact, doing inside work, which of course is not remotely a foul in boxing.

http://www.boxing.com/news/comments/dumbing_down_the_sweet_science

(BTW, the article above is a very interesting read and highly recommended).

Kovalev headlock held so much I am very surprised points were not deducted for it.

I suspect Ward and Virgil will have that on their laundry of things to do a little better next time- alert the ref to the tactic early so Sergei will either have to fight inside or get points deducted, like he probably should have the first go round.