Comments Thread For: Kovalev: Ward Can't KO Me; He Slaps Like Woman When He Punches

[mrjoeblive]

So kova got bear by a coward from the ******? How does that look? I guess the ****** is tougher than you and kova thought. In the 2nd fight kova will go for the ko and get brutal counter punches all night as SOG cruse to the comfortable ud.

[therealpugilist]

So kova got bear by a coward from the ******? How does that look? I guess the ****** is tougher than you and kova thought. In the 2nd fight kova will go for the ko and get brutal counter punches all night as SOG cruse to the comfortable ud.

Inferiority complex Alert....

[mrjoeblive]

That guy has zero credibility. Tried to green k your comment about his silly complex but nsb said I must spread it around to more people. Keep the good post coming.

[Dean_Razorback]

#WardKovalev2 June 17th on HBOPPV

Una publicación compartida de Sergey KRUSHER Kovalev (@sergeykrusherkovalev) el 11 de Abr de 2017 a la(s) 1:15 PDT

[MDPopescu]

Kovalev is the puncher but he wins this fight by controlling the distance. Ward has to get inside and make it ugly, maybe get lucky with a head butt.
Kovalev can't get caught up in a wrestling match because Ward wants to be on the inside, where he can smother Kovalev's power.
If the Russian uses his superior jab to control the distance and set up the right hand, it's an easy night for him. Kovalev 8-4.

... which apparently he wasn't able to do the first time around...

[Kigali]

Keep hope alive!!! They always robbing the Russian Bruvvas

Sadly ward will be around another few years....sucks to be you

The biggest Russian jock riders....aren't even Russian.

[Kigali]

Ward is the great black hope.....Of course he will be around, he is the only bruvva worth anything maybe besides Crawford.....The sacred cow.

Insecure...and shook.

Brothers got this sissy swooning.

[ruedboy]

... which apparently he wasn't able to do the first time around...

True. Kovalev got caught up in showing he could out muscle Ward on the inside, maybe it was fatigue or just the Russian being hard headed, but it was the wrong strategy because the judges decided he was being outworked.

[PunchyPotorff]

Maybe the body shots in rounds 6, 7, and 9 paid dividends in the latter rounds, but Ward barely got to the body at all in the first four rounds, and Kovalev was already tired by round 5. If you're an SOG fan I understand wanting to give SOG credit for that, but rewatch the fight. Round 1 was all jabs, no body work. Round 2 Ward got dropped and didn't land anything all round. Round 3 Kovalev was already tiring by himself and didn't do ****, but neither did Ward. Ward maybe edged the round if you're generous, but neither did any damage. Round 4 Kovalev came back and won the round clean, Ward didn't do anything.

So which round exactly of the first four did Ward do amazing body work to slow Kovalev by round 5? Honestly? Which of the first two rounds did Ward do so much damage that Kovalev took his foot off the gas even in round 3?

The truth is Ward was not the principle force that tired Kovalev out. Kovalev tired out all by himself, at least initially. Ward surely capitalized once that happened and landed body shots that would tire him more later, but the initial tiring out? That was all Kovalev. The question is why? I have no idea. He also tired out against Chilemba in Russia. Both times he has had different excuses, but both times it had little to do with his opponent, and everything to do with him.

Either he will figure it out and fix it before the rematch, and likely win, or he won't fix it, and will likely lose, and lose legitimately this time.

You make some excellent points. I think of the 2, Kovalev thinks he has more to prove. And he's likely right... whether that be proving to himself, the fans, the power brokers, or whoever. And I think he is developing a better attitude and likely a better work ethic for the rematch. This will be an even more difficult fight for both fighters, but IMO Kovalev has his head on right for this one, and will win convincingly.

[therealpugilist]

That guy has zero credibility. Tried to green k your comment about his silly complex but nsb said I must spread it around to more people. Keep the good post coming.

Will do FAM...idgaf about green k....PAC fans had me in red for years on here

You don't have to like the truth for it to be valid


Notice how they disappeared when I aired them out
Bwahahaha