Comments Thread For: Kovalev Says Ward Too Difficult To Beat With Officials on His SIde

[aboutfkntime]

Every poll I've seen has the vast majority of boxing fans on Kovalev's side wether it's about the decision of the first fight or the severity of the low blows in the rematch etc. Ward got the W's but it came at a cost, real rational boxing fans are not fooled by the exterior.

HOLD ON..............

you said..... " rational " boxing fans

how do those fanboy-magnets filter out the clowns ?

those polls are inhabited by whingey/whiney butthurt kids

you should stop reading that shht, fighters see it different

[Realboxingfan1]

Waaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaaa waaaaaaaaaa Ward is your kryptonite . I wonder if kovalev aka son of ward still thinks ward hits like a girl ,I don't think so lol .

[festinalente]

I suppose he didn't hit back with low blows because he couldn't match Ward in that component anyway like Ward couldn't match him in pure boxing...there is kind of code in Russia about low blows, it is considered outrage not inside game, for such antics you can be fiercely punished and even killed somewhere in the street...so boxers don't spend time mastering low blows there...Look at another russian boxer Kostya Tszyu. Same theme. What happened in England in his Hatton fight when the local fighter was allowed by a local referee to wrestle and low blow him and what Tszyu did to Sharmba Mitchell and Zab Judah in pure boxing match?

If you think you're getting hit low, you can complain to the ref. If the ref doesn't do anything then you've got to answer with low blows of your own. That's pro boxing.
If Kovalev and Jackson went into a Ward fight not expecting to be fouled then the result was a done deal.

[Schmerzen]

ward beat the living **** out of kovalev, he should stop crying and his fans too

[ruedboy]

Kovalev has only himself to blame.
Of course, that Ward has one of the strongest teams in and out of the ring, but against any team, you don't go all by yourself. And that's exactly what Sergey did.

He had no trainer, no good promoter, no team to look after his interests... You only need to know what happened in the dressing room prior to the fight and that's a minor thing compared to all other weaknesses around him.
I hope he learnt the lesson. If not he will lose again and very soon too.

This wasn't an A side against a B side. This was A+ side against a bunch of nonsense and mess.

Not taking anything from Ward. He deserved a win in the rematch.

Good post. I noticed during the fight that Kovalev's corner wasn't using ice or the endswell between rounds. Maybe Kovalev doesn't like either one but I don't think I've seen that before.
Also I saw a video where a guy from Ward's team was in Kovalev's dressing room checking wraps and he said one of Sergey's gloves didn't fit and they had to wait for a 2nd pair, so it turned out Kovalev had 5 minutes to warm up with his gloves on. Amateur hour!

[j0zef]

Man, while I definitely think he got punched low several times during that fight, he's whining like a little b1tch and coming up with these ****ty excuses. For real, shut the *** up and act like a man.

[ruedboy]

I suppose he didn't hit back with low blows because he couldn't match Ward in that component anyway like Ward couldn't match him in pure boxing...there is kind of code in Russia about low blows, it is considered outrage not inside game, for such antics you can be fiercely punished and even killed somewhere in the street...so boxers don't spend time mastering low blows there...Look at another russian boxer Kostya Tszyu. Same theme. What happened in England in his Hatton fight when the local fighter was allowed by a local referee to wrestle and low blow him and what Tszyu did to Sharmba Mitchell and Zab Judah in pure boxing match?

True. Lomachenko Salido was another fight where an Eastern European fighter was getting fouled and didn't retaliate because he expected the ref to do his job.

[joseph5620]

Because of "Jay z and Beyonce." Kovalev is a front runner who will quit and look for excuses once he starts getting his ass kicked. I expect more of the same from him against similar opposition.

[SweetPbfAli]

I picked Hopkins to beat Kovalev because Agnew kinda exposed Sergey as being a lil bit mentally weak. Kovalev didn't respond well to the rough stuff and being cut. He did a lot of crying and complaining. I picked Hopkins because I thought he could better what Agnew did. And because I underrated Kovalev's technical boxing skills. Kovalev is an elite fighter.

BUT, when you put him in the ring with a fellow elite fighter that will get in there and rough up Sergey, his mental weakness is fully exposed. Immediately after the first fight, I picked Kovalev to KO Ward in a rematch. I had Ward winning thr first fight. But, I thought he fought as well as he possibly could amd barely got by. Plus, Ward couldn't outbox Kovalev. I don't pay attention much to prefight buildup. But Kovalev's attitude during the buildup was very bizarre to be. He acted like a guy that was trying to convince himself he could beat Ward. His behavior was so weird, it made me change my pick. And right on cue, when Ward started hitting him with hard body shots, maybe one or two strayed a lil low. It broke Kovalev mentally. You could see it in the third/fourth round.

I think part of Kovalev's problem is that he's one of these guys that believes his own hype. I think Kovalev totally bought in thr the whole fake ass Ivan Drago, "I must break you" nonsense. I think he totally bought in to being this killer that folks are risking life and limb by entering the ring with him. And in Ward, he found a guy that he couldn't intimidate. And he couldn't out-fight. That's the unique thing about the Ward-Kovalev rivalry. Ward is supposed to be the master boxer and Kovalev is supposed to be the hardpunching wrecking machine. But Kovalev outboxed Ward a lot of the time. And it was Ward who was our fighting Kovalev and breaking him down with hard body shots throughout the fight.

Kovalev is mentally weak. He's also very fragile. Ward has pretty much mentally ****d him.And I'm not sure this guy is gonna be able to pull himself together minus his mystique

Damn! Spot on post! Thanks for being rational.

[SweetPbfAli]

Good post. I noticed during the fight that Kovalev's corner wasn't using ice or the endswell between rounds. Maybe Kovalev doesn't like either one but I don't think I've seen that before.
Also I saw a video where a guy from Ward's team was in Kovalev's dressing room checking wraps and he said one of Sergey's gloves didn't fit and they had to wait for a 2nd pair, so it turned out Kovalev had 5 minutes to warm up with his gloves on. Amateur hour!

Stitch Duran. He also heard Kovalev say to Weeks that when Ward smothered his attack in the first fight and his shoulder would hit his body, it hurt him. Duran couldn't believe he said that and went and told Virgil and Ward. I also think that's why Weeks didn't save Kovalev, he felt he was trying to plant a seed to avoid body shots well before the fight.