He brushed off the idea in he post fight conference and made the excuse of giving ground in negotiations, well both sides negotiated a rematch clause; the terms should be cut and dry for fight two........Ward will kill a rematch
He didn't fight and sweat for these belts just to drop them right after, no way...
plus the fight especially after round 2 showed that he really isn't scared of Kovalev ad his power
I can't blame him for not starting to talk about the rematch immediately after such a tiring preparation and fight. He achieved one of his long term goals let him rest, ffs...
yeah if I would be a fighter I guess I'd just say the rematch is 100% and etc to let them roll with it but as I said I ca understand why he didn't talk about that so partially.
Sometimes I doN't know what this man has to do to gain some of yours respect.
First it was "why he wants Golovkin he should step up and fight Kovalev"
then he stepped up and it was "he won't fight Kovallev, he's scared" (as if Wad would have ever been scared of any fighter in his career)
then the fight became official and they said "I only believe this happening when they are both in the ring, I don't give Ward any credit before that"
then the fight ends and they say "Ward and corrupt American judges robbed Kovalev he was running (or he was wrestling, they can't even be consistent with their BS), he won't dare to give a rematch to Kovalev or even that the rematch should be in Russia with Russian judges which is absolutely ridiculous and doesn't make any sense.
Ward NEVER gonna get his dues respect by many "fans". Like Mayweather just the number of his haters is less (cause he's less known)
And the fact that he has a messier fighting style doesn't justify this hate, there are many "dirty" fighters who gets half or less the hate Ward gets.
idk if you're among those people but I sincerely hope you're not because those ppl deserve to be banned fro the internet for the constant soar bullshyt and the absolute lack of respect what they spread online. "Boxing fans" like those seriously can fukk off.