I watched it on HBO and the rounds flew by, thats when it is a great fight for me when the rounds seem to be moving fast, but I was wrapped up in the fight with emotion. Then I watched youtube I saw someone who filmed fight from another angle I watched 7th and 8th round , man that was a great two rounds. Definitely fight of the year. Should be on Sports Illustrated coverEvander wrote:I paid for the PPV which was the HBO version.
It wasn't in HD, the undercard was wank and if you tuned in early enough you'd have heard Jim Lampley and RJJ either mispronouncing the boxers names or getting them wrong altogether.
Not impressed.
Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
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victor-romeo
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
I don't think so.
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SaadOffTheDeck
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
I found it dull, though the undercard was so terrible I wasn't exactly in the best mood.
Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
Not dull ... High of 7 and change out of 10
Average 6
Average 6
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victor-romeo
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
Under card had lots of potential but was a flop , I learned Magomdov stinks, Rigo hits hard as hell after the bell, tall lanky guy Rigo fighting pretty crappy actor, and Bivol has potential , but all the undercard fights pretty much stunk.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:I found it dull, though the undercard was so terrible I wasn't exactly in the best mood.
Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
One sided undercards are the words you're looking for.
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Ilya Muromets
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
victor-romeo wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing these guys fight one more time, but at a neutral site this time.
I'd much rather see it take place in Russia with a Russian referee who will study the technique of Weeks, and Krusher can practice punching u know where, but unfortunately the ref won't even notice so sad. Maybe Krusher can even get Andrew Golota to help train him.
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victor-romeo
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
I would settle for neutral or fair, even , honest etc..x2x wrote:victor-romeo wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing these guys fight one more time, but at a neutral site this time.
I'd much rather see it take place in Russia with a Russian referee who will study the technique of Weeks, and Krusher can practice punching u know where, but unfortunately the ref won't even notice so sad. Maybe Krusher can even get Andrew Golota to help train him.
Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
I don't wanna see them fight anymore. I'm a Kovalev fan, but there's no point in a 3rd fight as big of a financial bust as I assume these 2 fights will have been nobody's gonna wanna do it again.
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Ilya Muromets
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
victor-romeo wrote:I would settle for neutral or fair, even , honest etc..x2x wrote:victor-romeo wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing these guys fight one more time, but at a neutral site this time.
I'd much rather see it take place in Russia with a Russian referee who will study the technique of Weeks, and Krusher can practice punching u know where, but unfortunately the ref won't even notice so sad. Maybe Krusher can even get Andrew Golota to help train him.
In other words NOT freaking Las Vegas, the crookedest city in the world!
Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
You could put it in Moscow, and I'm not sure it'd make a difference at this point.x2x wrote:victor-romeo wrote:I would settle for neutral or fair, even , honest etc..x2x wrote:
I'd much rather see it take place in Russia with a Russian referee who will study the technique of Weeks, and Krusher can practice punching u know where, but unfortunately the ref won't even notice so sad. Maybe Krusher can even get Andrew Golota to help train him.
In other words NOT freaking Las Vegas, the crookedest city in the world!
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marvelous marv
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
Kovalev had stamina issues back when he fought Chilemba in Russia. He blamed that performance on being sick. In the two fights against Ward stamina issues plagued him again.
This may be an ongoing issue as his career progresses, at the very least every fighter he faces from here on out will target his body.
The fight with Ward turned in the second round when he caught Ward clean with two punches that knock most other fighters down. Ward just ate those shots with no affect. If he can't hurt Ward, I can't see any rematch changing the outcome.
This may be an ongoing issue as his career progresses, at the very least every fighter he faces from here on out will target his body.
The fight with Ward turned in the second round when he caught Ward clean with two punches that knock most other fighters down. Ward just ate those shots with no affect. If he can't hurt Ward, I can't see any rematch changing the outcome.
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Enlightened-One
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
No one would pay for a third fight. The rematch itself was far less commercially successful than its predecessor.victor-romeo wrote:Maybe the allure of money, public opinion, love of competition and thinking he can win cause he has Kovalev's number can make Ward want to do it.boxing_rocks wrote:Ward will never agree to that.
It would be pretty cool fight in Tokyo, Shanghai , or Mexico City
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asdfjkl
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Re: Lets go for one more Ward vs Kovalev best out of 5 neutral site
Lol, if there's one country, as well as state not neutral, it's there. Calling Vegas neutral enough is just plain cowardish.SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Vegas is neutral enough. They're both based in the states. Nobody would buy a ticket anywhere else.
Andre coWard is simply not the best boxer of the two and would have lost both matches if the referees where fair.