By Eric Baldwin: Andre Ward wasn’t in the mood to give former IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev much credit after beating him last Saturday night in their fight on HBO pay-per-view. Despite winning the fight by a very narrow margin of 114-113 on all three scorecards, Ward boasted about Kovalev not being the hardest puncher he’s ever faced, and how he believes he wore down in the second half of the fight.
Kovalev appeared to be the one on the attack in the 11th and 12th rounds, while Ward was moving away, trying to hold. It’s unclear what Ward means by him thinking that Kovalev faded.