Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward

[Cholo_cws]

Rematch please. Not because of the scoring but because that was a great showcase for boxing. Not so many punches landing but so much going on in that ring. Make more 50/50 fights and we might get more of that.

[crusader]

Thought Kov edged it

Lol at Ward stopping him

Kov didn't look too comfortable down the stretch. Wards body shots slowed him down.

I don't think anyone had Ward down to stop him emphatically, more of a wearing him down sort of effort.


I don't think Kov is made of iron in traditional Drago stereotype style.

You dont need to be made of particulry tough stuff to go the distance with Ward.

Kov isnt drained Chad Dawson (who still went 10 btw)

[TheGman]

Kovolev won that fight,sick of referees lettin ward wrestle and hold and then ward complains? I wouldnt rank ward as p4p no.1 either

[Cholo_cws]

I guess we won't really know who won until Jeff Powell announces it after he's watched it in slow motion.

[lefty]

The size of Eddie next to Paulie looks comical lol

[davie]

One thing that struck me, particularly in the latter rounds.
Ward shoots a neat single shot that lands and Kovalev throws 3 or 4 and only lands one.

That kind of exchange happened a few times and you should really give it even.
Some people see the single sharp shot and note the couple Kovalev missed.
Some people appreciate the higher output and maybe score one or two that Sergey half landed or clipped gloves/shoulders.

I think these kind of exchanges effect how people perceive scoring in a close round

[Maxsplit]

Paulie is spot on. Some of you guys could learn something from him here

On punch stats - "people can get dumber just by looking at those stats"!

Pauline didn't need to say that. - Smith was about to say punches landed were near identical but Wards punches landed % was much, much more accurate.

I.e. kovalev was missing loads.

[Realistic]

Perez was robbed no doubt; the main event could have gone either way. To call it a robbery shows what you don't know hahaha. Don't let the door hit you on your a rse on the way out

[Tarkus]

What was on SKY scorecards?

[expe]

Sky were terrible tonight - so biased towards Ward, calling every shot he landed whilst largely ignoring Kovalev's punches. If I could be arsed, I would count the number of times Sky called Ward's shots compared to Kov and then compare to the punchstats. I reckon they were biased about 4-1 Ward, even though Kov on punchstats outscored Andre by 126-106 (I know punchstats are not that great.)

Smith was his usual growling fool self without any analysis of value and talking way too much. He really knows very little about boxing, just growls rubbish.

I usually like Paulie but I think he was swayed by Smith's nonsense.

I had Kovalev winning by 2 rounds, so not the worst decision ever, but one of the worst commentatories.

I don't think Paulie was swayed by Smith, he's just a shit commentator. Favours the fighter closest in style to himself at all times, doesn't take power into account because he had none and he's a patronising, arrogant bellend on top of it, anyone that has a different opinion must be missing something or simply wrong, like when he started banging on about how anyone scoring it to Kovalev must have been missing Ward's bodyshots. He's a prick and the sooner Sky fornicate him off the better.

[the patriot]

I had Kovalev winning, just, but no one can really argue with the decision. Some rounds so difficult to score a clear winner... love to see it again, but this time with a decent referee and some neutral judges

[lefty]

The CS has turned into a shit show as I suspected it would do; regardless of result.

[Covfefe]

Kovalev needs to make his early strength tell next time. Stop just throwing one twos looking for the right hand and throw multiple shots and look to work Ward's body much more.

[lefty]

Kovalev needs to make his early strength tell next time. Stop just throwing one twos looking for the right hand and throw multiple shots and look to work Ward's body much more.

He (Kovalev) noticeably fades the second half of the fight.

[closer]

kovalev win for me too, but how would a random russian ever win in america v an american anyway

[Covfefe]

Kovalev needs to make his early strength tell next time. Stop just throwing one twos looking for the right hand and throw multiple shots and look to work Ward's body much more.

He (Kovalev) noticeably fades the second half of the fight.

Has he done that before? I put that down to Ward's body work here, but to be honest I haven't watched Kov alll that much.

[Cyclops]

The size of Eddie next to Paulie looks comical lol

Off topic but just how tall is Hearn? He's a big lad isn't he? 6'5" wouldn't surprise me

[Supremo]

Sky commentators influence each other. They develop a narrative early and don't deviate from it and only see that which confirms their expectations

Smith was terrible for it. The amount of time Kovalev immediately answered Ward back but it was ignored was ridiculous. Other time Ward would hit globes but smith would rave about his work.

Why were they quoting Eddie hearns card as well? He's never swung a punch in his life, never trained a fighter and ain't a journalist- he's there as a fan.

[Exoddus]

I had Kovalev by 2 rounds.

[Boxerbeetle]

kovalev win for me too, but how would a random russian ever win in america v an american anyway

He's hardly a random Russian. He's an HBO fighter with American promoters & trainers. He's lived in America for about 10 years.

[Finn]

i had ward by 3 pts.

thought he took over down the stretch.

ward deserved that.

suck it up kids.

Mate, can you post your scorecard?

I can see Ward by 1 round - at the most - but THREE rounds!!!

How can you not see how ward could win the fight by 3 rounds when there were 4 rounds which could have easily gone either way? Unless you are convinced there's no way that ward won any of those rounds.

[lefty]

Kovalev needs to make his early strength tell next time. Stop just throwing one twos looking for the right hand and throw multiple shots and look to work Ward's body much more.

He (Kovalev) noticeably fades the second half of the fight.

Has he done that before? I put that down to Ward's body work here, but to be honest I haven't watched Kov alll that much.

He seemed to fade a fair bit in the second half of the Chilemba fight. He throws a lot of heavy leather though so I'm guessing that factors into it

[Cyclops]

The CS has turned into a poo show as I suspected it would do; regardless of result.

I can't face that place at the moment. There's so many idiots.

[lefty]

The size of Eddie next to Paulie looks comical lol

Off topic but just how tall is Hearn? He's a big lad isn't he? 6'5" wouldn't surprise me

I think he's said 6'4" in the past but he looks like he could be a touch over that.

[davie]

The CS has turned into a poo show as I suspected it would do; regardless of result.

To be fair, they are pretty much united in their calls of a robbery.