Sergey Kovalev

Kovalev-Ward PPV numbers – low 160K says Iole

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By Dan Ambrose: The light heavyweight mega-fight this month between IBF/WBA/WBO 1745lb champion Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward brought in less than spectacular pay-per-view numbers, according to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports News. Iole is saying that he’s hearing the Kovalev-Ward fight brought in numbers in the 160K for PPV buys for their fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Those numbers obviously would be less than earth-shattering if they turn out to be the final results for the fight. The fight ended with controversial with Ward winning a 12 round unanimous decision by the scores 114-113, 114-113 and 114-113.

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Andre Ward offers Golovkin fight at 175

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By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Andre “SOG” Ward is willing to fight middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin, as long as he moves up to 175 for the fight to take place. Ward and Golovkin’s management talked about a potential fight between them earlier this year, but the match-up failed to take place. Ward is now fighting at light heavyweight and recently beat light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev by a controversial decision on November 19 of this month to win his three titles.

Ward and Kovalev will be fighting each other in a rematch in early 2017 to clear up the controversy. There’s no telling who will win that fight. Based off what took place last time they fought, Kovalev could wind or he might wind up losing another controversial decision.

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Roman Gonzalez still #1 p-4-p, Andre Ward #2

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By Dan Ambrose: WBC super flyweight champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-0, 38 KOs) has officially retained his No.1 pound-for-pound spot despite a heavy push by the promoters of last Saturday’s fight between Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward. Ring Magazine reports that Gonzalez, 28, has kept his No.1 pound-for-pound spot with Ward moving up from No.4 to No.2.

Apparently, Ward’s 12 round unanimous decision win over Kovalev wasn’t “conclusive enough,” according to RingTV for Ward to be given the No.1 spot in the pound for pound ratings. It’s not surprising though. There are clearly too many boing fans out there who think that Kovalev deserved the win for Ward to be given the No.1 spot just yet.

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Ward feels he put himself in position for #1 pound-for-pound

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By Eric Baldwin: Andre Ward believes that his win over IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev last Saturday night put himself in position to be considered for the No.1 pound for pound spot in boxing. Ward notes that the buildup to the Kovalev fight was all about the winner being the No.1 pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.

Now that the fight is over and he’s won it by a narrow 12 round unanimous decision, he feel he should be considered for the sport. Ring Magazine updated their ratings after the Kovalev vs. Ward fight, and they now have Ward moved from the No.4 to No.2 spot behind No.1 Roman Gonzalez.

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Andre Ward Can Surpass Mayweather’s And Pacquiao’s Legacy Part 2

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By Jaime Ortega: As I mentioned in part one, Andre Ward can surpass Many Pacquiao’s and Floyd Mayweather Jr. legacy. To continue my argument I want to state that Ward has already accomplished a goal Mayweather and Pacquiao never achieved during their stellar careers— an Olympic gold medal. Anyone who understands boxing, knows that qualifying for the Olympics is an incredible difficult task to achieve –never-mind the medal rounds.

The Olympic gold medal is hard to win and the opponents are super talented boxers who come from all over the world on their prime. Terrence Crawford failed to qualify for the Olympics set as alternate instead; Mayweather Jr. lost a controversial decision, and Errol Spence Jr. lost to a Kazakh and a Russian with elite jabs. The only current undefeated American professional boxer to achieve a gold medal is Andre Ward – few acknowledge it as a true accomplishment—it is a difficult task!

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Golovkin #1 pound-for-pound, not Andre Ward says Sanchez

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By Dan Ambrose: Middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin’s trainer Abel Sanchez saw last Saturday’s fight between IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward, and he feels that the three judges gave the victory to the wrong fighter. As far as Sanchez is concerned, Kovalev won that fight. Ward’s win over Kovalev has moved him from No.4 to No.2 in the pound-for-pound ratings.

Ward is still behind #1 Roman Gonzalez (46-0, 38 KOs) despite his fight with Kovalev being labeled ‘pound for pound’ by the promoters for the card. It looks like Ring Magazine didn’t buy into it to give the top spot to Ward his less than stellar showing against Kovalev. Golovkin got demoted from No.3 to No.4 after last Saturday’s Kovalev-Ward fight instead of being pushed up the ratings like he probably should have.

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Ward-Kovalev aftermath: Controversy and benefits

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By Yannis Mihanos: True champions have to go to hell sometimes, as we saw in last Saturday’s match between light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward on HBO PPV. This may have been the most important fight of the year. Ward and Kovalev gave it their all.

The Kovalev vs. Ward fight alone didn’t let anybody down. Unfortunately, the night was spoiled by a controversial judge’s decision with Ward being given a 12 round unanimous victory by the scores 114-113, 114-113 and 114-113.

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Tszyu says Kovalev must learn from Ward fight

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By Chris Williams: Former light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu saw former IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev’s loss to Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) last Saturday night, and he feels that Kovalev failed to do what he needed to do in order to get the victory.

Kovalev was fighting an American Olympic gold medalist in his own country and he should have done what he needed to in order to get the victory. Tszyu says that instead of blaming the judges for not getting the victory, Kovalev needs to look at what he failed to do right so that he can learn from it rather than repeating the same mistakes in the rematch.

One thing that Kovalev failed to do was fight on the inside. Once Ward realized that Kovalev had no intentions of trying to fight him in close, he made it a point to force him to fight in that manner. This meant that Kovalev had to waste valuable energy grabbing Ward to keep him from getting his shots off. It’s harder to hold someone down than it is for a fighter who is trying to get his shots off.

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Kovalev: I have to knockout Ward in rematch or be robbed

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By Allan Fox: Former light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KOs) came up short last Saturday night in losing to unbeaten Andre “SOG” Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision defeat at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kovalev and quite a few boxing fans believe that he was robbed of a decision by the three judges that were assigned to the fight. All three of them scored the fight to Ward by the identical scores of 114-113, 114-113, and 114-113.

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Andre Ward Can Surpass Mayweather’s and Pacquiao’s Legacy

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By Jaime Ortega: Floyd Mayweather and Many Pacquiao are rated pound for pound the two most prolific boxers of this generation; Wladimir Klitschko is the third best fighter to have laced a pair of gloves this decade due to the lack of competition on the heavy weight division. Both the American and the Filipino have beat and fought many world champions using two different styles; Pacquiao is active and can still beat world champions to surpass Mayweather’s legacy – two wins against undefeated opponents like Crawford, Keith Thurman or Errol Spence Jr. would set him largely ahead.

Andre Ward was rated the second best pound for pound boxer before Mayweather retired. He came back from a two year layoff where he encountered physical injuries and promotional issues that halted his stellar boxing career.

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