according to compubox kovalev has now outlanded ward in over 2/3 of the rounds they've fought. This fight demands another immediate rematch. I just hope ward and hbo aren't so greedy that they put off the rematch because the ppv sales were low. Ward is not going to do any better on ppv with anyone else because no one wants to pay to see the same fighter foul and cheat and hold in every fight with what looks like a bought off referee every single time to let him get away with whatever he wants. As long as ward is a protected fighter who gets to cheat and spoil all night and avoid having to fight, he is never going to get more than 130,000 to pay for his fights.
I mean, kovalev-ward i was the best fight of ward's career, and yet 30,000 less people tuned in for the rematch. That's because ward's career is a fabricated joke. Ken hershman even admitted it, that he set up the super 6 with beneficial styles to ward, and left out bute and the dirrells, because he was trying to turn ward into "showtime's mayweather." his whole career has been manufactured. Boone didn't just drop him, boone beat him but they robbed boone just like they robbed kovalev.
So 130k might seem disappointing, but that is amazing for an andre ward fight. The rematch with kovalev is still the biggest fight he can make outside of joshua at heavyweight, and we all know virgil likes to sell bull**** to distract from their cheating, so i'll believe that one when i see it. And whether joshua happens or not, it doesn't change the fact kovalev has been robbed twice and deserves a third fight much more than even juan manuel marquez deserved a fourth fight against pacquiao despite officially never beating him in the first three. So it should go without saying given what we witnessed, but there's also precedent for this to go along with basic common sense.
wtf are you talking about?? Bute refused to enter and andre dirrell was in the damn super 6...the favorite to win was kessler not ward
Tony "Crooklyn" Weeks refusing to look at a replay and the NSAC f0cking the dog on the appeal just reinforced the view of pro boxing as a fringe sport, a lot closer to pro wrestling than to pro football. Amateur hour personified.
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