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

[TitoFan]

Watched it again, but with the sound off (thanks for the YouTube, Batman).
The robbery is even more obvious than ever.

Round 1: Hard Kov jab rattles Ward. Not much else. 10-9 Kov
Round 2: Knockdown. 10-8 Kov
Round 3: Not much actually connected from either side, but gave the edge to Ward. 10-9 Ward
Round 4: Ward does precious little except for meaningless pawing. 10-9 Kov
Round 5: Close round, but gave edge to Kov. 10-9 Kov
Round 6: Clear round for Kov. Ward going backwards and grappling (I hate grappling). 10-9 Kov
Round 7: Could call this one even, but I'll generously give it to Ward. 10-9 Ward
Round 8: They BOTH did a lot of missing, not just Kov. 10-9 Ward
Round 9: 10-9 Kov
Round 10: Ward bolo'ed..... Kov jabbed him in the face. Clear round for Kov. 10-9 Kov
Round 11: One of the better rounds of the fight. Good exchanges. Ward lefts and Kov rights. 10-9 Ward
Round 12: Close round, but 10-9 Kov

116-111 Kovalev


Several things.

Ward missed just as much as Kov.
I absolutely HATE Ward's style with a passion. Grappling is Ward's style. To Kov's credit, he was drawn into it, but refused to be pushed around.
Kov was the aggressor all night long. He was the defending champion. How the hell do you lose three belts like that?

It's official.... it was highway robbery, and HBO are accomplices.

Let's be fair, a lot of people scored it to ward as well, most of them wider than the judges scorecards.

I had the same score the other way.

No robbery, ward won.. simple.

Simply giving Ward the last 6 rounds is taking the easy way out. It's saying... "Oh, Ward is coming back. Let's just give him every round he survives."
That's not what scoring is supposed to be about.

But that's what I (and the judges, and lots of pundits) saw.

I'm like you mate I hate ward and his huggy ass style and if anything I was going in biased toward kov.

I said earlier rounds 3 4 5 and 6 decided the fight for me, had Kov stayed on him and took those rounds he had the fight on my card.

I think 1 round either eay in this fight is fair.

It's nowhere near the robbery people are saying it is.

Kov said "of course, American judges in America with an american fighter"

Well if memory serves Hopkins wasn't given even a share of a round so he can't use that.

Hopkins is disliked by many fans, and is not as popular as the self-proclaimed S.O.G.
Besides, Hopkins was all of 49 years old, with no need to protect his record with a robbery of a decision.

Also in those rounds you mention.
Ok let's say Kov should've been on Ward more.
How about the reverse?
How about Ward needing to go out there and TAKE the belts away from Kovalev?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Of those four rounds you mention, I see no way anyone can give Ward round 6.
All he did was run backwards and grapple.
The others were closer, but I gave them to the defending champion who was the aggressor (and still gave Ward round 3).