Did anybody thought Sergey Kovalev's punches looked light / weak in Ward rematch?

[Mr Objecitivity]

Did anybody thought and became surprised by how weak / light Sergey Kovalev's punches appeared to look in his rematch against Andre Ward, compared to his punching power in his previous bouts?

It seemed to me like Kovalev went from being a devastating power puncher / knockout artist to being a feather-fist in a span of a few months. Either that, or Andre Ward's punch resistance improved significantly and exponentially in a span of a few months.

Also, Ward's punching power surprised me just as much too. His punching power appeared to be much higher than what it was in his previous bouts.

Could Sergey Kovalev have been weakened pre-fight chemically? Or could Andre Ward have been chemically enhanced pre-fight?

Who knows?

[glenn mcrory]

More like the wimpy russian Kovalev was pulling a lot of his punches due to his poor accuracy, hesitation on overcommitting, and being afraid of the counter.

Ward has no power and never has, he was just going up against a bully russian made of fine russian glass. Sapped his energy with shots to his glass body, which weakened him, then cracked his glass jaw upstairs, essentially one-shot krushing the ironically named "Krusher".

Dealt a singular, krushing blow by the lightest of fairies.

[Scary_canary]

Kovalev became lazy and complacent, pretty simple

[kafkod]

Did anybody thought and became surprised by how weak / light Sergey Kovalev's punches appeared to look in his rematch against Andre Ward, compared to his punching power in his previous bouts?

It seemed to me like Kovalev went from being a devastating power puncher / knockout artist to being a feather-fist in a span of a few months. Either that, or Andre Ward's punch resistance improved significantly and exponentially in a span of a few months.

Also, Ward's punching power surprised me just as much too. His punching power appeared to be much higher than what it was in his previous bouts.

Could Sergey Kovalev have been weakened pre-fight chemically? Or could Andre Ward have been chemically enhanced pre-fight?

Who knows?

It turned out that Kovalev's own trainer wanted him to lose and had given Ward advice on how to beat him, so maybe that's not as crazy as it seems.

[Thraxox]

Complacent, and too emotional and was lazy in training. His own ego was his downfall.

[Froch_uppercut]

Did anybody thought and became surprised by how weak / light Sergey Kovalev's punches appeared to look in his rematch against Andre Ward, compared to his punching power in his previous bouts?

It seemed to me like Kovalev went from being a devastating power puncher / knockout artist to being a feather-fist in a span of a few months. Either that, or Andre Ward's punch resistance improved significantly and exponentially in a span of a few months.

Also, Ward's punching power surprised me just as much too. His punching power appeared to be much higher than what it was in his previous bouts.

Could Sergey Kovalev have been weakened pre-fight chemically? Or could Andre Ward have been chemically enhanced pre-fight?

Who knows?

I've wondered this about two or three fighters (not lots, but several).

David Price simply looked hugely lethargic in both his bouts against Thompson - really seemed fishy.

Kov looked like a different guy as well. After he won the first fight (he did) and got absolutely robbed, I figured he'd put matters to rest in the rematch, but that wasn't him in there, for whatever reason.

[Robbie Barrett]

Throwing punches and not landing takes it out of you. You start holding back because you know you will likely miss. Saw the same thing in the Golovkin-Canelo fight. Golovkin missed all his big punches and resorted to a weak jab just to land.

[Mister Wolf]

Throwing punches and not landing takes it out of you. You start holding back because you know you will likely miss. Saw the same thing in the Golovkin-Canelo fight. Golovkin missed all his big punches and resorted to a weak jab just to land.

This the answer. Ward took away the right hand. Kinda hard to throw with conviction when you're scared to miss plus get countered.

[Lester Tutor]

Did anybody thought and became surprised by how weak / light Sergey Kovalev's punches appeared to look in his rematch against Andre Ward, compared to his punching power in his previous bouts?

It seemed to me like Kovalev went from being a devastating power puncher / knockout artist to being a feather-fist in a span of a few months. Either that, or Andre Ward's punch resistance improved significantly and exponentially in a span of a few months.

Also, Ward's punching power surprised me just as much too. His punching power appeared to be much higher than what it was in his previous bouts.

Could Sergey Kovalev have been weakened pre-fight chemically? Or could Andre Ward have been chemically enhanced pre-fight?

Who knows?

Yes chemicals were added to his Vodka flash against Chilemba in the locker room...

Also, Ward''s team inspected that Kova wasn't punching the wall or doing shady things against concrete with them gloves doe..

But the reality is that Ward was just smarter the second fight and Kovalev broke down mentally. Ward performs like a big version Spence Jr. when going to the body, but faster

[HarvardBlue]

OR Maybe Ward took what he learned from the first fight, adjusted, and was able to perform better defensively and offensively.