Ward was back in the gym the day after the first fight, Kovalev took a vacation. Leonard vs Duran 2 vibes. Ward knew there'd be a rematch.
It's going to be interesting to see how Ward approaches the early rounds. People talking about Ward adapting in their first fight,well from what I recall he was knocked down and outboxed and his "adaptation" was to go into wrestling/holding and hitting mode. Very interesting fight, again best fight out there. Going to go with my original pick Kovalev late rounds. Kovalev can adapt too.
Krusher fans better hope Kenny Bayless from Mayweather vs Maidana 2 is the ref. He wasn't let Maidana anywhere near Floyd haha
The only problem is that Ward had to have all three judges, the referee, boxing commission, etc., yes, we will have criminal judges once again. When Duva was asked about the biased judges, she just said that she had faith in the Vegas judges......................how stupid can she be?! Kovalev wants to kill SOB in the ring and he very well might, Kovalev is spitting fire!!! He will not let SOB off the hook this time....................he appears to be focused, Kovalev is depending on his boxing skills, jab, power, strength, Ward is depending on his referee, judges, boxing commission and will try to use his head once again, hold, grab Kovalev's leg, low blows, I wonder if the WWE will be offering a belt?
1. I am not a Ward hater. I don't know why you quoted me. 2. If Ward pulls it off give him ALL the credit. V. Hunter is a fraud.
I thought Kovalev outboxed Ward the first time, used a very good jab and that is why I had him winning. It's like the judges didn't count them and favoured Ward's mauling tactics. Kovalev needs to knock him out to get the win he can't win on the judges scorecards by boxing.