The Official Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev vs Andre "S.O.G." Ward Fight Thread

[Axum Ezana]

The championship rounds won him the fight.

yep, more clean punches and more hard punches(especially the one that knocked kkkovaL threw the ring in rd 12). those rds won it for ward imo cause it was a draw up until then on my scorecard.

very very close fight, both guys are good as advertised......FINALLY.lol

 

[mr. smoke weed]

The 7 rounds I gave Kovalev weren't close imo. To be even more honest, the majority of the rounds I gave Ward were closer than the rounds I gave Kovalev. I found myself saying at times about the rounds that I gave Ward that though it was close if there was a round to give Ward, this would be it. But I have it a robbery because in no way shape or form do I feel Ward won. Even a draw would have surprised me.

Breh you need to keep it absolutely 100, what 7 NOT close rounds did you have for Kovalev?

 

[LeMAO]

1 kov - round that so called can go either way, a jab almost drop Ward
2 kov plus kd
3 kov - round that so called can go either way, nothing for both. a champ take this using 4 criteria
4 kov
5 Ward - round that so called can go either way, this is my gift for Ward. still goes to Kov tho. lol
6 kov
7 Ward
8 Ward
9 Ward
10 kov
11 Ward
12 kov - round that so called can go either way, using 4 criteria



Round 10, seriously ? If you want the belt, you have to take it. not just have 3 american judges

 

[Liu Kang]

I would be interesting to have scoring stats regarding who watch what network. Announcers really seem to influence their watchers. Anyway when Sky Sports announced that Ledermann had Kovalev 5 rounds ahead by round 5 or 6, I knew I was watching the right network

Anyway, I had it 116-113 Ward but I'm terrible at scoring and I had 2 10-10 rounds.
Close fight that could have gone either way depending on what matters in the scorer's head... I thought Ward was the most effective in the inside and that he held his own on the outside which was Kovalev's territory. Kovalev was ready for that inside fight and managed to minimize Ward's impact in the first 5 rounds but then Kovalev started getting tired and then Ward started cruising. Anyway, I think that the key was Kovalev's jab that was beautiful in the first 3 rounds but I don't know if it was because of Ward's defense or because he was too confident but by then he started not throwing it as much or missing. SOG showed very good footwork and level change with his and unlike Kovy he managed to be consistent with it though the fight. IMO, Kovalev lost the fight because he seemed that he wanted to cruise after the KD, I mean, he scored a 10-8 in round 2 and in round 3, Ward was already coming back with Krusher not being even bothered by that fact. It feels like if he kept the same game plan til the end it could have been a comfortable win for him. Ward's face was bruised after 3 rounds and Kovalev should have kept jabbing. To me, it's his loss.

 

[Suiken]

the so called rounds that can go either way, the champ should take that round or you can use the 4 criteria i posted
RD 10 all the judges gave that round to Ward ?

Ring Generalship belonged to Ward. He made Kovalev fight the way he wants. Sergey have never established his jab after Ward adjusted which wore him down in the 2nd half of the fight.

 

[Knicksman20]

Going into the 12th I got SOG up by 1 possibly 2 rounds KKKovalev don't like body shots at all & he's very tired

 

[Knicksman20]

Got Ward winning the 12th & winning the fight. I'm curious to see the official scorecards.

 

[Knicksman20]

SOG got that W. Had the same score as the judges

 

[mr. smoke weed]

Watching the fight now bruh's because I missed it last night.Going into the 9th & I have Ward down by 1 point. If someone doesn't get KO'ed I can see this being "controversial" if it goes to the scorecards. Side note, Lampley & Lederman & extra terrible tonight. Thank God RJ is there to balance their bullshyt

What'd you end up with?

Man re-watching the post fight interviews and the lampley/ledderman/kellerman was pure disgust.

HBO had their cameras affixed to Ward for his reaction, but they forgot to get Kovalevs

Interviewing Kovalev, and not instantly shutting down the it could be politics part was by Max. Then he gave it creedence by saying many people will call this a robbery

Lampley at the end with his bullshyt, if I was Ward and RNS I would not be re-upping with HBO.

In a fight with one dominating round, you got people calling robbery?!?

Especially when the fight before was a literal 10-0 robbery called a draw

All in all--Don't like Kovalev as a person, but he is a much much better boxer than I expected, however he's still not as good overall as SOG/Dre day. Can't wait for them to run it back. I hope errbody in here copped the PPV b/c the Ward/Kov fight was worth every dollar brehs. Sad a portion of that money will go to HBO.

 

[Knicksman20]

What'd you end up with?

Man re-watching the post fight interviews and the lampley/ledderman/kellerman was pure disgust.

HBO had their cameras affixed to Ward for his reaction, but they forgot to get Kovalevs

Interviewing Kovalev, and not instantly shutting down the it could be politics part was by Max. Then he gave it creedence by saying many people will call this a robbery

Lampley at the end with his bullshyt, if I was Ward and RNS I would not be re-upping with HBO.

In a fight with one dominating round, you got people calling robbery?!?

Especially when the fight before was a literal 10-0 robbery called a draw

All in all--Don't like Kovalev as a person, but he is a much much better boxer than I expected, however he's still not as good overall as SOG/Dre day. Can't wait for them to run it back. I hope errbody in here copped the PPV b/c the Ward/Kov fight was worth every dollar brehs. Sad a portion of that money will go to HBO.

Lederman, Lampley, & Kellerman to a certain degree were all on KKK's nuts. After the KD Dre adjusted well, started going to the body with the jab & short shots on the inside & wore him down. KKK lost because the 2nd half of the fight he made absolutely no adjustments & fought the same exact way. Lederman & Lampley were horrible. Especially with that phantom punch KKK clearly missed which I saw not even from the replay that he got all giddy about.

 

[MJ Truth]

yes they need to bring back 15 rds....lot of fights would come out different......15rd fighters from the 80's n down have way more heart/stamina than these new boyz.

Nah, breh, these are still human beings at the end of the day.

 

[L. Deezy]

It's weird though how much influence announcers/those who call the fight have on how people perceive the fight



Ward

This is very true.

I blame Lederman card the most. He was clearly bias to Kovalev. The card fuhks with your perception.

 

[LeVraiPapi]

I'm black, a boxing enthusiast, and I had it 7 to 5 for Kovalev. This was a robbery. Is it really hard to see why tho? Russian fighting an American gold medalist in America with 3 American judges. Kovalev landed 126 of 474 (27%) of his total punches, including 48 of 242 (20%) of his jabs, and 78 of 232 (34%) of his power punches. Ward landed 116 of 337 (34%) of his total punches, 55 of 168 (33%) on jabs, and 61 of 169 (36%) of his power shots.

Yeah i had it 114-113 for Ward. Kovalev has a pretty good jab better than i thought it was before tonight and was the only thing Ward couldn't figure out fully but at some point you have to do more than just land stiff jabs if you are the champ you have to go for it. can't just rely on one thing alone no matter how good it is. However the fighter that does finally figure out how to take away Kovalev's jab will stop him for sure. I can tell John David Jackson was told to not speak anymore by some of Kovalev's people during the fight which explains the silence

My dude was at the fight, very close to Kov corner and he said Kovalev was talking to his other camp members and not JDJ, then at some point he told JDJ to shut up or no more advice, please

I had to text him to check on it because JDJ looked like he was at a car wash cleaning a luxury car , trynna have a convo with the car owner, and the owner was there like "nikka, get my shyt clean and stfu" . He said he knew something was awkward when they had JDJ in the back during the entrance

Lederman, Lampley, & Kellerman to a certain degree were all on KKK's nuts. After the KD Dre adjusted well, started going to the body with the jab & short shots on the inside & wore him down. KKK lost because the 2nd half of the fight he made absolutely no adjustments & fought the same exact way. Lederman & Lampley were horrible. Especially with that phantom punch KKK clearly missed which I saw not even from the replay that he got all giddy about.

You guys gotta understand a couple of things:

1. HBO prefers white fighters, or anybody not Black ( they are easier to manipulate and also HBO works with them smoother and give into their demands easier)

2. Kov is a HBO fighter.

3. Lampley and Lederman had their agenda

4. HBO needed their guy to win since they having financial trouble. SO them screaming robbery is a win win. Not only do they appease to their white viewers, they also make sure people tune in for a rematch.


I understand where they're coming from but to take away what Dre did, and to act like he didn't do his part is just disgraceful. ALso mentioning the cold war ? Are you serious ? WHite AMericans are supposed to be patriotic, right ? WHat about the anthem ? What about the troops ?


The way Ward bullied Kov and make him respect his power was pretty. Ward got him frustrated, confused and gassed from body shots. Kov was wrestling and it took a toll on him, a bigger one as Ward kept landing those liver shots and spleen combos.


Kovalev never met a true champion like Ward before. Ward has fought fighters almost as good as Kov and he showed it. The jabs and the hooks after the clinches were accurate and snappy. Ward footwork and defense after that KD


So much happened in the fight. I said in the ring gang chat that Kov was not landing anything from rd 6. In rd 7, Kov landed 4 jabs and a body shot, but HBO had him landing 25 shots

They even had a replay to show a right hand and Kov missed by a mile. He missed lotta punches by a frog pubic hair though, but the judges saw better.


Also refreshing to see Oakland show up and scream SOG to have their WARRIOR going. No chef Curry.



So much boxing coming up

 

[L68]

nah i thought kovalev won the fight 114-113..the only way this would be foolish is if you had kovalev or ward winning this shyt wide...it was a truly either or type of fight

same here...hope the rematch is immediate

I wouldn't have been mad at a draw either

 

[Mr. Leonidas]

Meanwhile, while ya making no sense online I'm on the airplane chatting with Teddy Atlas and Larry Merchant- two guys who know more about boxing than all of us. They both scored the fight for Kovalev and both stated verbatim there was no way a Russian was going to win a decision in the US against an undefeated US gold medalist with 3 US judges and especially not with the odds on a Kovalev decision victory being 4/1 and the odds on a draw being 18/1