Who won? Kovalev or Ward?

[TitoFan]

[El Kabong]

I'm going to take some time and watch this fight and score it....we'll see if my eyes pick a winner or a draw.

[Freedom]

[imp]

I have never heard so many people say they can't be arsed to watch it again.

I feel the same way and find it hard work having to watch the hugging and throwing from both sides.

I refuse to watch it again, just bring on the rematch ASAP so we can close this forever.

Ward is not pound for pound after that performance but does deserve props for surviving the knockdown and winning the majority of the 2nd half.

Kovalev seemed to really feel those body shots and found it hard to land that right hand later on in the fight..perhaps that alone deserved a tad more praise in wards direction in breaking the champion down.

[powerpuncher]

I have never heard so many people say they can't be arsed to watch it again.

I feel the same way and find it hard work having to watch the hugging and throwing from both sides.

I refuse to watch it again, just bring on the rematch ASAP so we can close this forever.

Ward is not pound for pound after that performance but does deserve props for surviving the knockdown and winning the majority of the 2nd half.

Kovalev seemed to really feel those body shots and found it hard to land that right hand later on in the fight..perhaps that alone deserved a tad more praise in wards direction in breaking the champion down.

I think that Ward proved that he is still a top p4p fighter. Kovalev is one of the best (if not the best) fighters in the world right now and ward made it a very close fight. Ward would beat any other person at 168 or 175 easily.

[Mr140]

I can not see how Ward won with the Knock down happening that means you have to give him 8 rounds out the 12 for him to win. Kovalev lost because the Us went with there fighter he going to have to knock him out.

[Pastor John]

The fight could have gone either way, but I had it for Ward just as the judges. In the rematch, I see Ward boxing 12 rounds like he did in the second half of this fight. I feel like Kovalev caught him like that in large part because of Ward's long time period between fighting quality opponents. This Ward clearly is not as athletic as he was pre-injuries, but his ring IQ is on another level than most fighters.