Kovalev vs. Ward

By Allan Fox: Last Saturday night’s replay on HBO of the light heavyweight clash between IBF/WBA/WBO champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev and Andre “SOG” Ward did a respectable 834,000 viewers on HBO. The fight, which was won by Ward by a controversial 12 round unanimous decision, took place on November 19 on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ward won the fight by the scores 114-113, 114-113 and 114-113. Many of the members of the boxing media had Ward losing the fight. Ward had been knocked down in the 2nd round of the fight, and he wasn’t able to do much in the fight other than land jabs.

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By Dan Ambrose: Earlier on Monday news about the pay-per-view results for Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward fight earlier this month on November 19 on HBO. According to sources from Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, the Kovalev-Ward fight only did around 160,000 buys on HBO PPV. Ward won the fight, albeit a highly questionable 12 round split decision by the scores 114 X 3.

The numbers haven’t been confirmed officially as of yet, but if they do turn out to be correct, it leaves the question of whether the rematch between Ward and Kovalev will be televised on HBO PPV.

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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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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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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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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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By Allan Fox: Fresh off his controversial victory over IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-1-1, 26 KOs) last Saturday night, Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) wants to move up to heavyweight to challenge for a world title in the right “situation before he retires from boxing. Ward isn’t going to move up yet to heavyweight. He has a rematch against Kovalev that he’ll need to get out of the way in early 2017.

Ward reportedly is not interested in taking on the two giant heavyweight champions in WBC champion Deontay Wilder and IBF champion Anthony Joshua. He wants to fight someone else if the opportunity arises. The 6’4” Joseph Parker and 6’3” Andy Ruiz Jr. are about to fight over the vacant WBO heavyweight title.

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By Kurt Jean: Independent of your agreement, Andre Ward is the new world light heavyweight champion after beating IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev by a 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The three judges at ringside scored in his favor. That is the official result. Now, depending on liking and what is valued when assessing a fighter’s effectiveness, which is our perception, there could be a million different variations, and believe me, there are and they wouldn’t be wrong.

They would reflect our own inherent personal preferences and what we estimate as action and output sufficiently decisive to win a fight. That’s life. It is all strictly relative. If Kovalev had won, I would have felt like, based on the total picture, all in all, it would be a very correct and plausible outcome also.

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