Did Kovalev postpone the Ward fight?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by ellerbe, Jul 31, 2016.


  1. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    It's not listed on boxrec anymore :-(, and I've seen some posters saying it's delayed to march. Anyone know what happened? Before people try and blame Ward, I highly doubt Ward is the one who delayed it since he's fighting in a week.
     
  2. Cafe

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    It's BoxRec, **** like this happens all the time. I'd wait for the actual news before jumping into any conclusions.
     
  3. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    I didn't notice it was taken off boxrec until posters mentioned it was delayed until march. And when does this really happen? It happens all the time? Can you bring up fights in 2016 where a fight was pulled from boxrec, and there wasn't a delay?
     
  4. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    To answer your question, I haven't heard anything about it, so probably not. Like Café said stuff like this happens frequently on Boxrec. The reason the posters probably brought it up was because it wasn't on Boxrec, but that's no big deal.
     
  5. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Can you name me high big profile fights where boxrec took the fight off 1-3 months before, and the fight wasn't delayed? The poster said that it's delayed until March, I don't think they're basing this off on boxrec.
     
  6. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    I swear I've seen Pac-May fight pop and disappear multiple times.
     
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  8. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    Who said it's delayed?

    Perhaps we should wait for an official announcement before assuming Kovalev has delayed it.

    Don't you think?
     
  9. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    I didn't say it was delayed like it was a fact dummy :patsch. I'm saying some posters have said it was delayed until march, I'm looking for a explanation, not annoying people like you saying, "shouldn't you wait for an annoucement?", if you don't have information on the matter go away.
     
  10. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Its happened before, but I can't remember the exact fight. There is zero news on the WWW even on Russian sites, calm down.
     
  11. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah, but it doesn't happen frequently. Boxrec is pretty a pretty reliable website from my experience. People are bringing up May/Pac but I definitely did not see that though it could be true. But again, that's a year ago. Almost every time I've seen them take a fight off, the fight has been either off or delayed.
     
  12. Odins beard

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    You insinuated that it was Kovalev who had it postponed (if it had) due to the fact Ward was fighting next week.

    Where have you heard that it was to be postponed until March?
     
  13. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Yeah its true, I remember thant happening iwith May/Pac several times.

    What you saw was Doc Everlast saying the fight had been postponed, take into consideration the source, Doc Everlast does nothing but say Ward will pull out of the fight, he was either trolling or overreacting, stop trying to make Kovalev look bad, just like he should stop trying to make Ward look bad. They haven't pushed the fight back.
     
  14. ellerbe

    ellerbe Loyal Member Full Member

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    Holy **** you really struggle to comprehend huh.

    "It's not listed on boxrec anymore , and I've seen some posters saying it's delayed to march."

    Yes, I insinuated that it mostly likely would have been Kovalev to postpone if it was postponed, because it wouldn't make sense if Ward postponed since he has a fight in a week. I'm not takign sides, if Ward had just fought, and Kovalev had a fight in a week, I'd be saying that Ward was the one who most likely pulled out if the fight is in fact delayed.

    CST, I'm not trying to make anyone look bad. Read my explanation above. And even if it is true, that's a year ago, if you guys cant bring up stuff that happens in 2016, it does not happen frequently. I still hold boxrec as a reliable source, not a site that constantly takes fights down even though they're not postponed or cancelled.
     
  15. DonnyMo

    DonnyMo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably.

    Andre is gonna say that 6wks isn't enough time to rest before he begins training camp for Kovalev.