How the international boxing medias scored Kovalev-Ward

[BillyBoxing]

The source is boxrec, don't if it has been already published:

60 TOTAL SCORES POLLED FROM MEDIA[1]
44 Scores for KOVALEV = 73% 15 Scores for WARD = 25% 1 Score for a DRAW + 2%


Shaun Brown (TalkingBoxing.uk): 115-112 Kovalev
Harold Lederman (HBO): 116-111 Kovalev
Chris Mannix (Yahoo Sports): 115-112 Kovalev
Boxhard Podcast: 115-113 Kovalev
Dan Rafael (ESPN): 115-112 Kovalev
Andy Paterson (Boxing Asylum): 114-113 Kovalev
Cliff Rold (Boxingscene): 115-112 Kovalev
Daniel Vano (***************): 114-113 Kovalev
***************: 114-113 Ward
Lance Pugmire (LA Times): 115-112 Kovalev
Ryan Burton (Boxingscene): 115-113 Kovalev
Kevin Iole (Yahoo Sports): 114-113 Ward
Daniel Attias (AUSboxing) : 114-113 Kovalev
Victor M Salazar (Boxingscene): 115-112 Kovalev
Scott Christ (BadLeftHook): 115-112 Kovalev
Wolfgang Schiffbauer (German Freelancer): 114-113 Ward
Beau Denison (The Boxing Truth): 114-113 Kovalev
Ramon Aranda (3MoreRounds): 114-113 Ward
Brian Campbell (ESPN): 114-113 Ward
Gareth A Davies (The Telegraph): 115-112 Kovalev
Boxing Monthly Online: 114-113 Kovalev
Kevin McRae (Bleacher Report): 115-112 Kovalev
Steve Zemach ( FoxSports640): 115-112 Kovalev
Bernardo Osuna (ESPN Deportes): 115-113 Kovalev
Mark Ortega (Freelance): 115-112 Ward
Michael Montero (Montero On Boxing): 116-111 Kovalev
Mike Coppinger (USA Today): 114-113 Ward
Ben Weismann (************): 114-113 Kovalev
Tom Craze (BadLeftHook): 116-111 Ward
Danny Richardson (Script Media): 115-112 Ward
Jorge Hernandez (SW Fight): 115-112 Kovalev
Tim Starks (Queensberry Rules): 115-112 Kovalev
The Guardian Online: 115-112 Kovalev
New York Post Online: 114-113 Ward
G. Leon (Boxtalk): 114-113 Kovalev
Tim Dahlberg (AP): 116-111 Kovalev
Fraser Coffeen (Bloody Elbow): 115-112 Kovalev
Steve Kim (UCN Live): 115-112 Kovalev
Bokser.org: 115-112 Kovalev
Bob Velin (USA Today): 114-113 Kovalev
FightersRated: 115-112 Kovalev
LA Times Online: 114-113 Ward
Allan Fox (************): 117-110 Kovalev
Kieran Mulvaney (HBO): 114-113 Kovalev
Ron Borges (Boston Herald): 116-114 Kovalev
Tony Bellew (Sky Sports): 114-114 DRAW
Eric Raskin (HBO): 114-113 Kovalev
Heavy Bag Boxing: 115-112 Kovalev
Andrew Harrison (Boxing Monthly): 117-111 Kovalev
Stephen A Smith (ESPN): 114-113 Kovalev
Paul Smith Jnr (Sky Sports): 116-113 Ward
John Angus MacDonald (Boxing Monthly): 114-113 Kovalev
Adam Abramowitz (Saturday Night Boxing): 115-112 Ward
Mark Butcher (Boxing Monthly): 114-113 Ward
Doug Fischer (Ring Magazine): 117-110 Kovalev
Alex Morris (Next Big Pod): 114-113 Kovalev
Queensberry Rules: 115-112 Kovalev
Danny Winterbottom (Boxing Monthly): 114-113 Kovalev
Tom Gray (Ring Magazine): 116-115 Ward
Sam Sheppard (Next Big Pod): 115-112 Kovalev

[dan_cov]

Paul Smith 116-113 Ward lol

[Thraxox]

"Most respected Boxing analyst gave the fight to Ward." - Redd Foxx.
It just makes me laugh.

[gmc_rfc_06]

Paul Smith 116-113 Ward lol

Same thing I took from this, Kovalev won 3 rounds

Kovalev won that fight, plain and simple. Anywhere but America, the correct winner would have got the decision.

[Chrismart]

I like Paul Smith, but it does often appear that he has his scorecards filled out before a fight, depending on the fighter.

[BillyBoxing]

Paul Smith 116-113 Ward lol

I rewatched it, and to me, you can't give a single round to Ward before the 6th(the first round I gave to Ward.
Kovalev clearly outpunched him with his jab and right hand, those jabs were poping hard on Ward's face.

So Ward needed to win the last 7 rounds wich didn't happen IMO.

All I need to know is Kovalev won the 12th IMO and so I think as a champion, Kova got robbed.

I'm not calling it "a could have gone either" anymore but more a "hometown decision" as that old fart of Merchant said.

Ward was beaten physically through the whole fight and was quite uneffective.

Still a close fight, but Kova is a clear winner IMO.

[BillyBoxing]

Same thing I took from this, Kovalev won 3 rounds

Kovalev won that fight, plain and simple. Anywhere but America, the correct winner would have got the decision.

when Dontae from D nation and the whole Mayweather gym call it a "could have gone either way",
that's all you need to know to clonclude that the russian guy got coned lol

[daggum]

when you have people scoring it 116-113 ward....an international crisis

[HanzGruber]

I rewatched it, and to me, you can't give a single round to Ward before the 6th(the first round I gave to Ward.
Kovalev clearly outpunched him with his jab and right hand, those jabs were poping hard on Ward's face.

So Ward needed to win the last 7 rounds wich didn't happen IMO.

All I need to know is Kovalev won the 12th IMO and so I think as a champion, Kova got robbed.

I'm not calling it "a could have gone either" anymore but more a "hometown decision" as that old fart of Merchant said.

Ward was beaten physically through the whole fight and was quite uneffective.

Still a close fight, but Kova is a clear winner IMO.

You gave ward the 6th of all rounds? Of course you can give him rounds before then. 3 and 5 were his. Nobody gave him the 6th

[BillyBoxing]

You gave ward the 6th of all rounds? Of course you can give him rounds before then. 3 and 5 were his. Nobody gave him the 6th

No way Ward is winning the 3th...or just rewatch it.