The Boxing thread

ono said:
I think you're being a bit harsh there. It was a close fight. I wanted Kovalev to knock him out personally but Ward did do well to get himself back into it, especially over the second half. Corruption might have been the reason for Ward getting the nod but i still don't think anyone can argue too much with either man winning. Tricky fight to score.
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Nothing close about that Kovalev won by around 6 rounds. People will just stop watching.
 
Metalartin said:
Having watched the early rounds tonight it was doing my head in how many times Kovalev wanted to wrestle and wrench Wards neck, watch how many headlocks he goes for. Is that deliberate to slow his head movement for the shots that came later in those rounds? I don't like to see too much of that, clinching is fine no wresting moves though. Ward noticed it and gave him some of his own medicine after that and got a warning straight away but the ref should have been on top of it sooner.

Ward needs to have more fights you could see the advantage Kovalev gained early on from his active schedule but as the fight went on Ward got more comfortable, seemed obvious he has more in his arsenal than Kovalev does for me, personally I don't agree with just looking for the biggest punches(he's skillful, great jab, I wouldn't say he has any big weaknesses just Ward is a cut above in more areas than Kovalev has over ward). The knock down wasn't a heavy one so I don't think it was a case of Kovalev letting him off the hook, he was showing everything he had early and it was working for a time. In the rematch the only way I see Kovalev winning is a knockout(he can clearly hurt him and he should go for it early) if it goes 12 rounds Ward just has too much for him to think about and now he and his team will know what was working for him watching it back.

Still for this fight with the knockdown I think a draw would have been the fairest result, possibly even Kovalev by a round, tricky to call some of those rounds though so I don't think it was quite a robbery even if I don't agree with the decision.
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Try watching again as Ward led with his head as much as he did his left.
 
Voomer some people and judges thinks because you consitantly come forward and pressure a fighter you should get the round. You still need to throw the landing punches. Some great defensive fighters out there. Ward is 1 of those. He has it all for me can box off the back foot brilliant the best in the business for me and can score well with his counter punching.

Tonight Katie Taylor starts hope she does well. Be good to see a Matchroom card back in Dublin with her headlining the bill with a stacked card. The likes of Jono Carroll , Tommy McCarthy and get Michael Conlan and hopefully Jason Quigley it would sell out big time as at 1 stage all were fighting in the HIgh Preformance team for years together.
 
Still think Krusher nicked it but thought the scoring was poor all night. Good luck turbo, really looking forward to Lomachenko later, a brilliant boxer and a master of his trade.
 
I'm sure Selby would love a crack at Lomachenko, but for me he's the best out there. Apart from the fight with Salido that he lost on a split, VL has looked the buisness. I like Selby but his chins suspect, i think his brother will be better.
 
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