How on earth is Ward the betting favorite for the rematch??

[King Jaffe Joffer]

Im confused.. Not only is he the favorite, hes the growing favorite. People keep betting on Ward making the line higher.

I understand thinking boxers adjust and crack puzzles, but sheesh, i dont see much more what Ward can do to win. Wards my favorite boxer but no way in hell he won 7 rounds, nor 6. I had him winning 5 rounds.

1 thing i dont like is Krusher training less, what if that backfires and he gets tired even sooner, its gonna be a lot of grappling, and rough stuff that may drain him..

Should be a great fight but i might put my emotions aside and bet on Krusher at those good odds +145

[PK3434]

A lot of that probably has to do with the fact that Ward hasn't lost since he was like 13 years old. Even though I agree that Kovalev should have been declared the winner of the first fight, I would still wouldn't (confidently) put my money on Kovalev. That "always finds a way to win" thing sounds like a cliche but it is powerful, maybe even in the minds of judges.

[nubianpiye]

Well he won the first one on my card it was a close fight. and only so close because of the knockdown. without a knockdown this won't be that close, maybe like 8-4 as Kovalev is a fantastic fighter could be 7-5.

[Madison Boxing]

because hes getting the decision from the judges as long as it goes 12 rounds. the fix is in.

[Lester Tutor]

Kovalev was highly favored to KO Ward the first time.

In Boxing it is said that the smarter fighter has figured out the other.

Kova said he overtrained for Ward yet at the same time in various interviews he complained about his performance with Chilemba as well.

Fück it, a loser is a loser

[paulf]

Because he got dropped and lost the fight last time and still won, so.....

[The Hammer]

because hes getting the decision from the judges as long as it goes 12 rounds. the fix is in.

^^^^^ This.

[RussB23]

Easy money if you ask me

[Robbie Barrett]

Ward is the better fighter. He adjusted and finished stronger. The rematch will be a clear Ward victory. That's why.

[-Kev-]

Because the first time many people thought if Kovalev won it would be by KO. The fight happened, Kovalev KD'ed and hurt Ward early and couldn't capitalize on that for the rest of the 10 rounds. Now that odds makers saw Ward hurt, recover, and go 12 and win, they think he will do better in the second fight. There's a good chance Ward may not get dropped in this fight because he will adjust from the get go. Odds makers probably see this as more of a boxing match than the first fight, and probably lack action, and this favors Ward.

They also see Kov's performance drop against Chilemba and Ward, and his age, and figure he may be losing reflexes.