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.