This. He fought with heart and showed championship grit in that fight. If someone hasn't give him credit by now, they never will.
Indeed, there will always be haters. Funny enough, if he had lost the decision, I suspect he would have got more credit from a good number of people. The controversy about the decision (somewhat justified IMO, even if "robbery" is too strong a word) overshadowed any recognition of the way Ward got back into the fight after being out of his depth in the first two rounds.
Not at the moment, it's all about HW now. Once GGG-Canelo becomes relevant, they will be out full force.
Well considering their reaction to the boxing world - on the whole - scoring the fight against him I think you're wrong.
Yep. If someone told before the fight that Ward would get whobbled by a jab in the 1st round, get dropped hard in the 2nd, and found a way to get back in the fight, go all 12 rounds and even do enough to win at least 4 clear rounds, they'd be considered trolls and Ward nuthuggers by Kovalev supporters. The determination and the impeccable mental strength that Ward demonstrated in the fight against a very skilled opponent with size, strength and immense power advantage gets overlooked because of the controversy surrounding the first fight.
There you go making up lies again. Why are you so dishonest C.J.? Ward has said several times, that he has no issues with some people saying that he lost, as the fight was CLOSE. What he had issues with are people crying robbery. KEY word "CLOSE". You're too damn old to be lying like this C.J. Act like an elder state man for once in your life.
He would have got lots more credit if he'd been honest about the decision. 85% of boxing pundits gave the fight to Kovalev. To hear Ward & Hunter talk you'd think Ward kicked ass. He didn't it was a close fight. Lets hope the rematch is a fair fight, fairly officiated with the better man on the night getting the deserved win. Sadly in Vegas this is not always the case
They would be whining. Anyway, it has been shown that Kovalev can't count on the judges to have a gift against Ward.
ROFLMAO !! You have no idea who I am ,how old I am either. If you believe a word of the bull feces drenlou posts about me you must be as demented & paranoid as he is If & its a big IF, Ward fights like a man & legitimately wins in an honest FAIR fight I'll give him credit & call him CHAMP, Are you prepared to do the same if Kovalev wins AGAIN !!! ????????
Stop trying to change the topic you sack of ****. You claim that word said he easily beat Kovalev......let's talk about that. A blatant lie from you. Ward never said such a thing. You a ****ing idiot, what a **** is fighting like man? For someone that claims to know a lot about boxing, you say some of the dumbest **** I've heard from some that has been around boxers as much as you claim to have.
The big difference is Kpvalev & Golovkin are FIGHTERS !!!!!!!!! Ward & Canelo are PRIMA DONNAS !!!!!!!
Posting child like attempted insults like this only proves that you really DKSAB When you can talk BOXING try again till then join drenlou in the ignore sandbox Adios !!!!