CompuBox is in for Ward-Kovalev 2

This matches my scorecard exactly except for Round 7, which I gave to Ward (may have to watch that round again).

Will post total punches landed by round and then who I scored the round for afterwards.

Seen it.


R1 -----> 09-07 SK total punches landed ============ SK round
R2 -----> 16-10 SK total punches landed ============ SK round
R3 -----> 11-09 SK total punches landed ============ SK round
R4 -----> 14-10 AW total punches landed ============ AW round
R5 -----> 14-09 SK total punches landed ============ SK round
R6 ------> 12-07 SK total punches landed =========== SK round
R7 ------> 11-04 SK total punches landed ===========

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R8 ------> 20-12 AW total punches landed

Total punches landed through 8 rounds
Kov --------> 95
Ward -------> 80

Total punches thrown through 8 rounds
Kov ---------> 407
Ward --------> 238

CompuBox scorecard (theoretical) -------> 69-64 Kovalev

This affirms my scoring (68-65 Kovalev), as well as the scoring of Lederman and the one judge who had Kovalev up three rounds when the fight was stopped.

This also should concern Team Kovalev greatly. Through 19 scored rounds, you outlanded (and I think out-threw) Ward yet the judges had you behind in both instances.

If I'm Team Kovalev, I'm going to think very hard before I fight Ward in the USA again. I think Duva said after the fight that she's done with Vegas or something like that, at least when she is going against Roc Nation fighters (like Ward).

 

Here are the CompuBox totals for the two Kovalev-Ward fights taken together.


Kov -----> 221 punches landed
Ward ----> 196 punches landed

Kov ------> 881 punches thrown
Ward -----> 575 punches thrown

Total CompuBox rounds "won" over the two fights (including R8 second fight)

Kov -------> 12
Ward ------> 08


The disparity in punches thrown may also somewhat explain Kovalev's stamina issues (at least in the first fight). He appears to have been working harder than Ward was (workrate), which could tire him out.

 

Not buying it. It doesn't match what I saw, what Lederman saw, or what the one judge saw.

Lampley's job is to put lipstick on a pig. I get it.

Until the 8th round, Kovalev landed the harder shots. Ward made a good stand in the 8th, but when you look at the totality of the two fights it just doesn't add up as regards the scoring.

I'm sure Team Kovalev will review all this information before deciding if they are interested in another bout with Ward in the USA.

 

After the fight, Duva said something like "there were 4 questionable decisions" (she may have included Ward-Kov 1 in that statement) and they all went in favor of Roc Nation fighters.

Sad, but that's boxing.

Looking at the CompuBox numbers over the two fights, I can't see how Kovalev agrees to fight Ward in the USA again. Why would he?

 

True, this is not the only criteria. But it certainly helps to inform the scoring.

 

Agreed. I had a few of the early rounds as close, but CompuBox reinforces my feeling in giving those rounds to Kovalev.

 

Yes, and that seems to be the problem. Similar to the first fight.

If Kovalev can't get fair scoring, why fight Ward again?

So the second fight might have been about it.