Sometimes I want to give 3 to Ward and 12 to Kovalev.
Scoring this again right now. 1. Kov 2. Kov 8 3. Kov 4. Kov 5. Ward 6. Kov 7. Ward 8. Ward 9. Ward 10. Kovalev 11. Ward 12. Ward 114-113 Kovalev
Ward would win a 15-rounder based on the evidence of the first fight. He had figured out Kovalev to a degree and there wouldn't have been enough...
Easily the most intriguing display of boxing for the year for me. It's my type of fight, and I need to see it two more times.
I had 12 for Ward and 10 for Kovalev.
Your poll options don't exactly match the premise of your thread title.
I think either Ward wins a wider decision or Kovalev gets enough knockdowns (or the KO) for the win. Ward has the better timing and Kovalev would...
Looked like a classy operator to me.
Maybe that just says a lot about the judging culture, which may have been swayed further to the corner of the "boxer" (we know Kovalev can also...
I would say that Ward didn't really take it away from the champion, but I don't agree with that perceived inbuilt scoring bias anyway. Both men...
MVC!, sounds about right to me.
GGG would get hit too frequently by Ward. The question would be how Ward would deal with GGG's sort of more thudding and heavy power punch style....
9-12.
Due to the nature of the fight, ironically the P4P king was not truly decided.
Kov would be more aggressive in the rematch and may pay the price with a clearer loss, or may just show he's the Krusher.
