Andre Ward Vs. Kovalev Tonight

largebillsonlyplease

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Why?
cause he fought back after that 2nd round and Kov had nothing for him?
Point it out after where he was dominating the fight the entire night? You can't
it was a close fight... really close. the 2nd round is just 1 round.
 

Spectrum

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That should have been a draw at the least for Kov. The only thing is maybe the judges felt like he faded and tried to coast through on those early rounds. Ward clearly won the second half of the fight. Those body punches took Kov's legs out.

There should be a rematch for sure. That was a damn good fight and Ward really has the heart of a champion. He was down big and he still BOXED his way to a win.
 

Blackmayne

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Ehhh Ward got lucky with that decision cant front ... but money is in the rematch... and boxing has been missing them Floyd Mayweather blockbusters... Ill be there waiting for Ward Kovalev 2
 

largebillsonlyplease

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It was a close fight, I wouldn't be mad if it went for the Russian, them scores wasn't bad at all. could have went anyway
i wouldn't have been mad either way because it was close after the 1st 2
but the 2nd half of the fight was completely wards sans maybe 1 round.
everybody stopped after the 2nd round.
ward didn't
 

havelcok

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People thought the fight was over after round 2
but Ward went in there and fought his ass off. period.
after that 2nd round he landed the better punches more consistently and those body blows killed it.
period.

he did not do enough to take the belt from a champ
Kovalev got ripped from homer judges

Kovalev took first 6, then round 10 plus a knock down

he should have retained his belt
 

Rollie_Fingaz

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People thought the fight was over after round 2
but Ward went in there and fought his ass off. period.
after that 2nd round he landed the better punches more consistently and those body blows killed it.
period.


He tried his hardest not to let Kovalev dictate the fight and instead of standing there and taking shots he held and punched on the inside. He stayed composed and made the adjustment.

That nigga is going to be sore in the morning though.
 

meilmarc

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Ward got plenty of credit for that body work. HBO still on that bullshit, talking bout Ward looked suprised
 

largebillsonlyplease

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he did not do enough to take the belt from a champ
Kovalev got ripped from homer judges

Kovalev took first 6, then round 10 plus a knock down

he should have retained his belt

you're blind.
he didn't take the 1st 6 rounds on the simple fact that ward came and took the next 2 rounds in a row after getting knocked down to stead himself and get back into the fight.
 

largebillsonlyplease

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He tried his hardest not to let Kovalev dictate the fight and instead of standing there and taking shots he held and punched on the inside. He stayed composed and made the adjustment.

That nigga is going to be sore in the morning though.

it was a close fight. really close. and when kov wasn't landing those power shots what was he really doing?
im glad the judges were looking at the boxing. they both traded shots.. by the 6th round ward had him timed and he could barely hit him the rest of the fight... while ward is still body shots and everything else

him winning those 2 rounds after the knockdown is what put him in the position to win this fight.
 

largebillsonlyplease

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I'm not messing with an HBO link again. Now, they are talking about conspiracies.

i fucked around and got a sky boxing link and those dudes were calling the fight legit
both of their announcers were saying aside from the 1st 2 rounds ward was doing his thing.
you can't score off of pressure you have to score off of what you're actually doing
they said ward killed him on the body
timed him
and had a legit shot to win it.
and when he won they weren't surprised they were like yes... he did enough
 

Amajorfucup

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Kovalev took first 6..
You smoking that shit bro.
beautiful fight
shitty/corrupt judging

this is what has been a problem with boxing since forever
Nah... decision could have gone either way. That alone eliminates that "robbed" bullshit from the conversation. Anyone saying it was clear cut convincing win for either side is full of shit.
Lederman scores aggression, even if it's not effective.
2 of the rounds he gave to Kov were when Ward was the aggressor. His card was just awful.
 

OutlawR.O.C.

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i fucked around and got a sky boxing link and those dudes were calling the fight legit
both of their announcers were saying aside from the 1st 2 rounds ward was doing his thing.
you can't score off of pressure you have to score off of what you're actually doing
they said ward killed him on the body
timed him
and had a legit shot to win it.
and when he won they weren't surprised they were like yes... he did enough

I like those links more sometimes for that reason, their commentary is often times more honest
 

havelcok

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well its obvious i'm going to have to rewatch this in the morning

i honestly dont think he did enough to take the belt
 
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