Kovalev was already gassing by the 5th round

[Curt Henning]

Ward was right when he said that Kovalev will always have an excuse,hmm... Sure seems like it right now. Kovalev wasn't even complaining at the stoppage was just sitting on the ropes. The fight was competitive till the 6th round where Kov looked really tired and was throwing arm punches. Sad news for all the Kov fans.


Now lil g string is next, Canelo will beat the tomato can killer very soon.

ward did say that...always an excuse...i was going actually hoping he was going to pull a tarver at the instructions and say "any excuses tonight sergey"?

and ur right...kovalev was just sitting on the ropes sucking wind like a defeated fighter when it was stopped....then started whining later when they were taking his gloves off...SMH

[jas]

Kovalev won rounds 6 and 7 on two of judges scorecards....

[NEETzsche]

He was coming unravelled for sure, but how much of that was due to the low blows? They take even more out of you than body shots

[siablo14]

"They selling fear. We not buying."
Once you show them you are not afraid. You have already won.

Kovalev and that dirty a$$ Mexican came to cheat and game the system to rob Rigo and Ward. It didn't work though. Kovalev strategy was to complain about low blows to try and stop Ward's work to the body. It didn't work though.

[ShoulderRoll]

Maybe the vodka stuff really is true.

[ShoulderRoll]

Kovalev won rounds 6 and 7 on two of judges scorecards....

Does that change the fact that he was already breathing heavy by round 5?

[IronDanHamza]

Kovalev won rounds 6 and 7 on two of judges scorecards....

No he didn't.

One judge somehow gave him the 7th.

The other two judges gave Ward 6 and 7 and the judge that gave Kovalev 7 gave Ward 6.

[EL_GRINGO]

Maybe the vodka stuff really is true.

I was thinking that too,it would explain his behavior more,in & out of the ring

[-PBP-]

It's those beers. Virg talked about it in the lead up

[Mister Wolf]

It was Ward slipping right hands making him miss that caused the fatigue.