ROund 8 Brand retreating, Ward coming forward, landing jabs to the body and head, Ward lands hard straight right, that jolts Brand, Brand awkward as hell still moving backward, tries throwing a few unruly shots, none land. Ward 10-9
Andre Ward is just a world class boxer. Winning every round, and he can step up if he needs to. Showed that multiple times against Kessler, Froch, Dawson, Green and so on. I have yet too see a competitive and even fight with Ward, he is just better than all his opponents so far. Kovalev is best Ward have ever faced, but Ward is also the best Kovalev have ever faced. Ward is just a freaking master, but Kovalev is a monster. LOL. Even fight. Can go either way.
Brand doesn't look like he has great balance, but he's actually pretty slick, sliding with and evading a lot of punches. Ward's having a fairly hard time countering. And Brand's able to land the occasional adept shot as Ward comes in. Doubt Ward's lost a round, but despite Brand being awkwardly skilled he should've taken over by now and doesn't look good.
I want to defend this but I placed vcash and real on this fight being over before the 7th and its not.
I think all the people who were on here a couple of weeks ago slaughtering Kovalev for his average performance against Chilemba and saying Ward bashes him up might have to have a little rethink. This is grim, the worse I've seen Ward look for a while.