keithmoonhangover wrote:Ward is going to win every second of every round. You'll see the prefect performance tonight. Ward might ever stop him.
That's a very bold prediction, mate.
He only beat Froch by a couple of rounds although he did take his foot off the gas in the latter rounds.
Different fight mate, Kovalev looked awful last time out. Ward knows how high the stakes are. This is a legacy fight and that will be reflected in his performance.
keithmoonhangover wrote:Ward is going to win every second of every round. You'll see the prefect performance tonight. Ward might ever stop him.
That's a very bold prediction, mate.
He only beat Froch by a couple of rounds although he did take his foot off the gas in the latter rounds.
Different fight mate, Kovalev looked awful last time out. Ward knows how high the stakes are. This is a legacy fight and that will be reflected in his performance.
I didn't see the Chilumba (spelling) fight but heard he struggle although he still won.
But every minute of every round. Against a fighter with the skills, as well as punch, of Kovalev. Moving up a division. At the age of 32. I think he'll win quite comfortably but.......... you know..
Yeah I agree with that (in reference to CP's post) I do think Kovalev is the best fighter Ward has ever fought. Froch as good as he was and he was bloody good; he had slow feet and wasn't on the whole (bar the Groves knockout and a few of his earlier stoppages) a one punch type knockout artist. Kovalev isn't a one punch guy either but he's the nearest thing to that. He also has decent footwork and a better jab than Froch and probably better all round technique with that Russian schooling.
Taansend wrote:
That's a very bold prediction, mate.
He only beat Froch by a couple of rounds although he did take his foot off the gas in the latter rounds.
Different fight mate, Kovalev looked awful last time out. Ward knows how high the stakes are. This is a legacy fight and that will be reflected in his performance.
I didn't see the Chilumba (spelling) fight but heard he struggle although he still won.
But every minute of every round. Against a fighter with the skills, as well as punch, of Kovalev. Moving up a division. At the age of 32. I think he'll win quite comfortably but.......... you know..
Chilemba made Kovalev look very ordinary in spots.
It's funny you say that CP, regarding Froch. I've seen people refer to Froch in the past as a pressure fighter- personally I wouldn't really categorise him as having been that. He would pressure at times like in the Bute fight or against Dirrell, etc, - in a lot of his fights however, he would also stand off and box. I wouldn't exactly class him as a boxer per se either. Im not really sure how to classify Froch's style.
And ward didn't exactly light up the boxing world against brand, or that Latino fighter
Ah, but ward knows the stakes so his lesser performances get explained and equivocated, whereas kovalev vs chilemba- a MUCH better fighter than brand- doesn't.
lefty wrote:It's funny you say that CP, regarding Froch. I've seen people refer to Froch in the past as a pressure fighter- personally I wouldn't really categorise him as having been that. He would pressure at times like in the Bute fight or against Dirrell, etc, - in a lot of his fights however, he would also stand off and box. I wouldn't exactly class him as a boxer per se either. Im not really sure how to classify Froch's style.
It depended who he was against,.as you've indicated, horses for courses. Lucky for Froch he had the basic versatility to box differently vs Abraham than Bute.
Having watched Kovalev- Chilemba again; it actually wasn't that bad of a performance. Don't get me wrong- Chilemba made him miss a fair bit but he wasn't getting off with much himself. It was a bit like watching Ortiz-Scott if Scott had landed a but more here and there. It was a pretty negative performance though overall.
