To me it just seems like a MayPac 2 1 aggressive fighter, pac/kovalev 1 very defensive fighter, mayweather/ward it's built up as a big 50/50 fight supposed to be a 'great' fight Honestly I see ward schooling him and making it a boring fight. I hope I'm wrong
Yea,not at all. The aggressive fighter is the naturally bigger man in this. None of these guys fight alike besides 2 being aggressive and the other 2 negative fighters . The speed and athleticism is in a different league. And most important both of these guys are still seen as in their prime and not to have lost a step yet. Their hunger and aggressiveness is still intact.
I wouldn't compare the 2 fights, but I do think Ward wins. The similarity I would draw between Floyd and Ward is that neither of them ever fight out of their gameplan. They make it and stick to it. Their styles often frustrate the other guy and get him out of his gameplan which is why Ward and Floyd have such great ring generalship. For Kov to be successful, he needs to throw more jabs than he ever has.
Not even close. Ward fights nothing like Mayweather, he's technically far more well rounded, unfortunately for him Kovalev fights nothing like Pacquiao, and... Kovalev is FAR more technically well rounded as well.
In Floyd against Pac, I see one boxer cherrypicking another one that is way past his prime. In Ward/Kovalev, I see 2 guys in their prime trying to reach for greatness. Two different situations.
Not even close. Kovalev is prime, the bigger and stronger man. Opposed to Pac being past it, smaller and weaker. Ward is prime, not cherry picking, reaching for greatness. He is the smaller man, moving up. Opposed to the ATG cherry picker Gayweather, who fought for money only, and he was the bigger man
If your only means of comparison is a defensive fighter vs an aggressive fighter you could just as well compare it to Pep vs Sandler or Whitaker vs Chavez, although none of those is apt.