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    I watched the fight sober , this morning and on my own, like I always like to do when I'm watching big fights.
    I scored the fight that Ward won by 2,maybe 3 rounds, the only debate was whether I have round 1 as 10-9 Ward or a 10-10 round.
    I'm a little surprised at how many people saw it differently and very surprised at how Fat Dan and HBO Had it.
    I'm a bit ignorant as to who is connected to which channel in the States, but :
    a. Which channel does Ward do work for? And
    b. Which channel does Kovalev usually fight on?
    That may or may not have a bearing on how they saw it.
    I just thought that the way Ward negated Kovalev's power after the knockdown for 10 whole rounds was very clever and disciplined boxing. He was nicking rounds with quality jabs and cleaner connecting shots and creeping away.
    Kov was stronger and definitely more powerful , and if it had been a toe to toe tear up in the centre of the ring, then Kovalev would've KO'd him for sure.
    But this is Boxing, the sweet science, and there's more to it than just that.
    And the fact that Kovalev is a pretty skilful fighter himself and he doesn't get much credit for a that, made it all the more impressive that Ward imposed his fight on Kovalev.
    Different people look for different things in a fight , so I could definitely see the decision go the other way, but I don't think you can say this was a robbery.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Primo Carnera View Post
    I watched the fight sober , this morning and on my own, like I always like to do when I'm watching big fights.
    I scored the fight that Ward won by 2,maybe 3 rounds, the only debate was whether I have round 1 as 10-9 Ward or a 10-10 round.
    I'm a little surprised at how many people saw it differently and very surprised at how Fat Dan and HBO Had it.
    I'm a bit ignorant as to who is connected to which channel in the States, but :
    a. Which channel does Ward do work for? And
    b. Which channel does Kovalev usually fight on?
    That may or may not have a bearing on how they saw it.
    I just thought that the way Ward negated Kovalev's power after the knockdown for 10 whole rounds was very clever and disciplined boxing. He was nicking rounds with quality jabs and cleaner connecting shots and creeping away.
    Kov was stronger and definitely more powerful , and if it had been a toe to toe tear up in the centre of the ring, then Kovalev would've KO'd him for sure.
    But this is Boxing, the sweet science, and there's more to it than just that.
    And the fact that Kovalev is a pretty skilful fighter himself and he doesn't get much credit for a that, made it all the more impressive that Ward imposed his fight on Kovalev.
    Different people look for different things in a fight , so I could definitely see the decision go the other way, but I don't think you can say this was a robbery.
    Exactly but whats interesting is all judges gave it close to Ward. Very unusual to see all 3 judges like the same work. Il be watching the fight later and will post my round by round scores for what its worth.

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    Fantastic posts, need to watch this. My decision will be final. No arguments. Once I have charged the tablet up.

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    Default Re: In what other sport would this be even CLOSE to being acceptable??

    [QUOTE=Primo Carnera;1405724I'm a bit ignorant as to who is connected to which channel in the States, but :
    a. Which channel does Ward do work for? And
    b. Which channel does Kovalev usually fight on?
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    Kovalev has been on hbo for a while now, hbo like kovalev. Ward has been hbo recently too but before that I cant remember as he likes to not fight much :S

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