The Best Comparison Of Kov/Ward is Actually Tyson/Holyfield

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I disagree.

Kovalev landed subtle rt hooks and uppercuts inside that stopped ward in his tracks.

He isnt holyfield inside , but he is still dangerous.

Kovalev has tons of ring iq and ring generalship. His jab is money and his rt hand is a threat at any time. Ward is bitting off more than he can chew.

JDJ gameplan last time out was a great one. I expect JDJ to show kovalev has wards number seeing as more than 85% of people think kovalev really won

No Kovalev does not have any inside work. show me a clip of his inside uppercut doing damage.


it was a blairing weakness. he couldn't even rip body hooks.

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Kovalev was better at range than Ward in the first fight and did a good job tying Ward up inside. Ward's the one who has to bring something different or he will be in another big hole to dig out of, and he may not be able to do so or get the benefit of the doubt for doing so this time.

No. Ward knows now he's going to fight backwards this time.

He just has to not throw his right hand.... this is when Kovalev was countering him hard when Ward threw the right hand.


So he's going to jab head. jab body. time Kovalev's counter and tie him up. hit him to the body until separation. rinse and repeat.


first 6 rounds.



Kovalev loses his KO power from all the greco roman clinching. the slow twitching movements of wrestling takes the snap out of the punches.


Then Ward is going to open up toward the end when Kov visibly slows.


it will be an easier game plan to follow.



Kovalev hit his ceiling the first fight. He had Ward opening up in the first few rounds and caught him flush.... but didn't put him away. after that point it was 70-80% Ward

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Kovalev/Ward is nothing like Tyson/Holyfield. You didn't even make an argument. Kovalev's problem with his "inside" fighting is that once he smells blood he automatically go into search and destroy mode. Ward pretty much used his aggression against him and will probably have the same success again if that's his same game plan. Kovalev needs to work on his patience for this rematch.