Andre Ward vs. Sergio Kovalev RBR Discussion

[Enlightened-One]

The HBO commentary team and addiliated journalists favoured Kovalev. Neutrals like the Sky commentary team favoured Ward.

The right man won.

[Ricky_]

Personally I had Roman Gonzales as p4p #1 before this fight. Now I have Ward #1 and Kovalev #2 - both guys' stock goes up from this fight IMO.

Golovkins a level above all 3.

[jezzamundo]

I would not argue with anyone scoring the fight for Kovalev.

Of course not because Kov won the fight

It was a close fight that could fairly be scored for either fighter.

[tigermoth87]

2 robberies on the same card.

Ward won? Yea right he was dropped and outlanded. All major media (HBO, British feed) had Kov winning. But of course the phony American judges scored it for Ward.

Boxing sucks. This sport is sh1t. Everything is too political. Bad decisions are the norm.

Dont think im interested in it anymore tbh.

Agreed

[p4p1]

114-113 x 3 to Ward - the judges all had it the same as me.

A rematch would be great, but I'd much rather see Ward vs GGG.

Possibly the best fight I've ever seen live.

Then you need to watch the fight again. That score is an embarrassment to boxing.

[Ricky_]

The HBO commentary team and addiliated journalists favoured Kovalev. Neutrals like the Sky commentary team favoured Ward.

The right man won.

Sky commentry was a bias joke. They gave Ward round 10

[lvlarc]

Boxing judges favouring spoiling, holding, fouling over punching, agression and holding the ring.

Imagine my shock.

No, they favored power shots with snap over tentative, glancing pitty-pat jabs.

nonsense. Kov landed far more power shots, look at the stats!! with the knockdown in bag too..and all judges having the same score. close fight sure separated by a few points, but the home fighter was always going to get the decision...so predictable. all the press had Kov winning too. he deserves a rematch now in Russia.

[Impractical Poster]

How times have changed. Not only did I think Kov won the fight, but the challenger is supposed to take the title, how the hell do you win a title by backing up and grabbing, gettomg out punched, and landing the harder shots?

[hurricanemitch14]

Kovalev started strong then ward took over after rd 4. Macklin who is not American had ward winning.....Pauline had ward winning ....it was close and its bs to cry robbery

[p4p1]

I would not argue with anyone scoring the fight for Kovalev.

Of course not because Kov won the fight

It was a close fight that could fairly be scored for either fighter.

No it couldn't. I was t a fan of either fighter so had no bias but there is no way Ward won 7 rounds.

[Ian1973]

The HBO commentary team and addiliated journalists favoured Kovalev. Neutrals like the Sky commentary team favoured Ward.

The right man won.

Neutral? Paulie? lol.

[jezzamundo]

Personally I had Roman Gonzales as p4p #1 before this fight. Now I have Ward #1 and Kovalev #2 - both guys' stock goes up from this fight IMO.

Golovkins a level above all 3.

Perhaps - he's my favourite fighter, but his resume is lacking. Even if he beat Canelo I'd still have him behind Ward and Kovalev.

[Ilya Muromets]

Russia should refuse to recognize the crooked Las Vegas decision and no more important fights should ever be held there.

[Lackeos]

Boxing judges favouring spoiling, holding, fouling over punching, agression and holding the ring.

Imagine my shock.

No, they favored power shots with snap over tentative, glancing pitty-pat jabs.

Kovalev was the white guy.

If you actually think Kovalev landed a larger volume of really hard punches, then you didn't even see the fight. It's one thing if you think Kovalev's higher volume of glancing pitty-pat jabs had more merit than Ward's harder shots. But if you think Kovalev landed more hard shots, you didn't actually see the fight at all.

[asdfjkl]

2 robberies on the same card.

Ward won? Yea right he was dropped and outlanded. All major media (HBO, British feed) had Kov winning. But of course the phony American judges scored it for Ward.

Boxing sucks. This sport is sh1t. Everything is too political. Bad decisions are the norm.

Dont think im interested in it anymore tbh.

+1

Heavyweights are the only thing I care about because of it.

[p4p1]

The HBO commentary team and addiliated journalists favoured Kovalev. Neutrals like the Sky commentary team favoured Ward.

The right man won.

Sky commentry was a bias joke. They gave Ward round 10

HBO wasn't great either TBH.

[Boxing Prospect]

*sighs* the fact people are even defending judges after the Perez fight says it all

[jezzamundo]

Of course not because Kov won the fight

It was a close fight that could fairly be scored for either fighter.

No it couldn't. I was t a fan of either fighter so had no bias but there is no way Ward won 7 rounds.

I wanted Kovalev to win and was watching with HBO commentary, but I scored 7 rounds to Ward.

[Ian1973]

Kovalev basically saying it's all down to politics. Fair play for his honesty.

[Ilya Muromets]

How times have changed. Not only did I think Kov won the fight, but the challenger is supposed to take the title, how the hell do you win a title by backing up and grabbing, gettomg out punched, and landing the harder shots?

Not to mention the knockdown a 10-8 round.

[Srebmun]

Need to watch it again but gut feeling is right decision, especially with all the cards so close.

[ldlamb]

The cards were exactly the same way I scored it, 114-113 Ward.

Kovalev dominated the first 4 rounds....Ward won most (but didn't dominate) the last 8, in my opinion.

But clearly, it could have gone to Kovalev........unlike Mayweather/Pac, this is a rematch I want to see.

[diddy]

I'm shocked the losers on here aren't losing with dignity. I come to expect that from this crowd. Carry on. I am not beating my chest. Because I respect both those fighters greatly. Unlike you morons.

[p4p1]

Can someone explain why guys don't toss ward on his ass every time he tried to grapple?

[Keko]

The HBO commentary team and addiliated journalists favoured Kovalev. Neutrals like the Sky commentary team favoured Ward.

The right man won.

This is true.

The first part of the fight Kovalev compelling and the second part is a lot worse. The close fight and Ward turned
and fight what he wants.Close decision sure.