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

[TitoFan]

Boxing is the sport of one shitty decision after another. It's the norm, rather than the exception. Judges protect networks' favorite fighters, especially the undefeated ones. Nationalism plays a big part in judges decisions. Sometimes the gap between judges in the same fight is HUGE.... but other times they're mysteriously exactly the same in their scores.

....... and like the sick puppies we boxing fans are, we just keep coming back for more.

This is pathetic. Kellerman, Lampley, and Roy were taking turns deep-throating Ward. Ward got dropped in the 2nd, hurt in the 1st, manhandled totally in the 1st half of the fight..... and Kovalev continued pressing the attack in the 2nd half of the fight, even if he lost a couple of rounds. He was the aggressor throughout. But Ward is undefeated, the American fighting in U.S. soil, self-proclaimed S.O.G...... and was fighting a Russian, FFS. I'm surprised the cards came in so fast. Usually they take a while to fudge them.

Boxing is ruined by these pathetic decisions. In what other sport is this even close to being acceptable?!?!?

[Hulk]

I'm pissed too.Close, but clear win for Kovalev.

[g3org3]

That was a shocking robbery had kov wining by 4 points fight wasn't even close

[Dark Lord Al]

If you are going to be generous it could have been a draw.
Ward did not take the title from Crusher.

[p4pking]

How could it have been a draw though? If you give each guy 6 rounds, Ward loses due to the knockdown. If it was possible to give Ward 7 by going with him every round that was close(and a few were extremely), the fact that all 3 judges would do that still suggests they had a favorite imo. There was certainly no possible way to have Ward winning by any wider margin, whereas nobody could have complained if you had Kov up as many as 4 points. I'll have to rewatch this tomorrow.

[imp]

We all need to watch it again and mark each round.

Either way, Ward stepped up to the weight, got knocked down and still won the fight..perhaps we all missed something..I will watch it again after work and see if the judges took into account the inside body work and elusiveness of Ward to pinch the win.

[Primo Carnera]

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.

[Silkeyjoe]

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.

[Master]

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

[palmerq]

[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?
[/QUOTE]
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