Re: Andre Ward refused to fight Sergey Kovalev with neutral judges
Posted: 14 Apr 2017, 19:34
"Ward says Kovalev’s promoter agreed to the judges"
“What isn’t he complaining about?” said Ward in response to a media member saying that Kovalev is complaining about the judges for the rematch.
“Did Kathy say that she signed off on those deals? Did you realize that she was the A-side for the first fight? I’m just giving you the facts. We’re on the A-side now,” said Ward in commenting on Duva asking for one of the three judges to be a non-American due all 3 of them being from the U.S for “The Rematch” between Ward and Kovalev on June 17 in Las Vegas.
“We didn’t have any say going into the first fight. But they underestimated. When it doesn’t go their way, they got to find a scapegoat. They approved those judges. She signed off on it, so why is there an issue now,” said Ward.
We know for certain that Sergey Kovalev has previously engaged in at least TWENTY TWO bouts on US shores that used a trio of American judges to score each contest, which equates to 69% of the fights listed on his resume.
It’s impossible to refute that all of the Eastern European/Communist fighters promoted by Kathy Duva’s Main Events have all had multiple contests staged in America, where all the judges have been American.
“What isn’t he complaining about?” said Ward in response to a media member saying that Kovalev is complaining about the judges for the rematch.
“Did Kathy say that she signed off on those deals? Did you realize that she was the A-side for the first fight? I’m just giving you the facts. We’re on the A-side now,” said Ward in commenting on Duva asking for one of the three judges to be a non-American due all 3 of them being from the U.S for “The Rematch” between Ward and Kovalev on June 17 in Las Vegas.
“We didn’t have any say going into the first fight. But they underestimated. When it doesn’t go their way, they got to find a scapegoat. They approved those judges. She signed off on it, so why is there an issue now,” said Ward.
We know for certain that Sergey Kovalev has previously engaged in at least TWENTY TWO bouts on US shores that used a trio of American judges to score each contest, which equates to 69% of the fights listed on his resume.
It’s impossible to refute that all of the Eastern European/Communist fighters promoted by Kathy Duva’s Main Events have all had multiple contests staged in America, where all the judges have been American.
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The threads has nothing to do with each other. One is about levels of fighters this thread is about Kovalev so called "new strategy" to this time KO Ward. 