Comments Thread For: Virgil Hunter: Ward Was Trained to Knock Out Kovalev This Time

[taes]

Well if that means less emphasis on the headbutting and wrestling that can only be good for the fight.

[rickJen]

Hunter should have employed Memo for this figth.

[Graz]

Let's lay something out now, Ward is the potential future money maker in this fight. Like fraud taught everyone, the longer you hang on to that " 0", the more cash you will bring to Vegas and other areas. Kov has already lost that "0", so the judges will give ANYTHING that's close to ward again.

You may have something there. As far as the thread goes I don't see Ward knocking Kovalev out unless he hits him with the stool in his corner. He may outsmart him but knock him out....not bloody likely.

[Mr.Fantastic]

How can you knock someone out by clinching? Ward doesn't really change with his jab then clinch style.

[uppercut510]

I predict Ward will grab and hold like he did in the first fight. I can't see him changing his style, he's always been a grabby kind of fighter and grabbing is his defense. He is NOT going to stay on the outside while fighting kovalev it's to risky and he certainly doesn't punch hard enough at this weight to think he has a good chance of knocking Kovalev out with one shot. If he does believe this he'll lose and lose big.

yeah but kovs own trainer admitted kov did the majority of the grabbing why is this just blamed on ward? I agree with the rest of your post tho. I don't think he has a chance on the outside, Kov held to avoid the inside fight but it tired him.

[Mike Haynes]

Yeah.....by illegal chokehold.

[ruedboy]

Hunter saying Ward's going for a KO is like OJ saying he's gonna find Nicole's killer. lol

[Madison Boxing]

yeah... no chance this is happening.

[BaDaBingVIP2]

Ward too cautious and defensive minded to go for the ko. at best he can get a flash knockdown. kov too experience and too dangerous for ward to throw cautious to the wind and go for the ko. but this is boxing. everyone has a punchers chance.

[Vlad_]

Let's lay something out now, Ward is the potential future money maker in this fight. Like fraud taught everyone, the longer you hang on to that " 0", the more cash you will bring to Vegas and other areas. Kov has already lost that "0", so the judges will give ANYTHING that's close to ward again.

Except that Ward is far from attracting any PPV buys that Floyd has, and he already hinted many times at retiring soon, so I really don't see that marketability angle play out at all.