TCIB
Well-Known Member
This is a great fight, just knocking the shit out of each other.
Ward v Kovalev will have to be a rematch I will end up watching it all when i get home as some rounds were close to call if the fight went either way I think the other fighter would of been disapointed but with Ward winning this fight will happen again a draw for me on first viewing live would of been fair.
Think I had 6-6 with the knockdown giving it to Kovalev but it was hard to score and could have gone either way. I tend to think Kovalev threw it away a little bit. He was hurting Ward every time he landed in the first 3 rounds but he seemed to step off the peddle a bit. Once he slowed down he looked a bit ponderous. That's the flattest i have seen Ward. His timing was off and he looked totally forced and uncomfortable for the first 5 rounds. I genuinely thought Kovalev was going to tank him out early after the knockdown. A rematch has to happen. I think I would slightly favour Kovalev purely because there's no way he'd want to leave it in the judges hands again. That said, fair play to Ward for coming through adversity and winning. He did proper steal it though and that's Kovalev's own fault for letting it happen.