Ward vs. Kovalev

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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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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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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Kovalev vs. Ward recap: Andre deserved the win

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By Shannon Friedrich: As the dust settles, the boxing community remains perplexed and partial to the decision given to Andre Ward for the IBF/WBO/WBA World Light Heavyweight Title on Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Many dedicated and casual boxing fans, pundits, ringside attendants, media boxing analysts, managers, promoters and professional fighters say it was a shutout win for Sergey Kovalev, with some claiming that Kovalev easily won up to potentially 9 rounds to Ward’s 3, as well as holding a 10/8 second round advantage.

On another hand, many of those people who watched the fight that night, whether ringside, at the venue or at home might have witnessed a very, very close fight that could have went either way, acknowledging that some, or many of the rounds were in fact so close that the fight could have gone to one man or the other.

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Andre Ward showed glimpses of greatness

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By Matthias Predonzan: Unfortunately, I was right twice about last Saturday night’s Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward fight on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. When I predicted Andre Ward victory in a competitive fight but also forecasting a chorus of voices trying to diminish the value of Andre success. The argumentation that follows will try to explain to boxing fans what the sport of boxing is about.

It is a noble art where the rules are to price the contender that is able to hit more, without to be hit back that much. To impose his technique and ring generalship, as well as imposing effective aggressiveness.

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Andre Ward to take top #1 P4P spot with win over Sergey Kovalev

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By Chris Williams: Andre Ward (30-15 KOs) is on the verge of taking the #1 pound for pound spot this Saturday night with a win over IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) in their long awaited match-up on HBO pay-per-view. It’s already setup for the winner of the Kovalev-Ward fight to take the pound for pound top spot from the current #1 guy Roman Gonzalez.

All Ward needs is to take Kovalev’s scalp to add it to his collection for him to be the No.1 guy. A lot of boxing fans feel that Ward should have already been the No.1 pound for pound guy in the past, but he couldn’t rise beyond No.2, because Floyd Mayweather Jr. was always around during Ward’s best years from 2009 to 2011.

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Ward vs. Kovalev: Boxer vs. Puncher

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By Eric Baldwin: This Saturday’s contest between former super middleweight champion Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) and IBF/WBA/WBO 175lb champion Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KO) is a classic example of a boxer vs. the puncher type of fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Despite Ward not being known for his punching power, he believes that the boxing fans might be surprised when it’s said and done on Saturday night, because he believes he possesses more than enough punching power to get the job done against the 33-year-old Kovalev.

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Ward says Kovalev fight a 50-50 affair

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By Allan Fox: According to Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) his fight against IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) is a 50-50 toss-up fight between them on November 19 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, Ward says that he sees ALL of his fights as 50-50 affairs going into them, so he sees Kovalev as being no different from the guys that he’s been in against in the past.

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Ward, 32, isn’t exactly giving Kovalev much credit for being a better fighter than past Ward opponents like Alexander Brand, Paul Smith, Sullivan Barrera, Edwin Rodriguez and Chad Dawson. It would be hard to keep the average boxing fan from laughing in the fact of Ward if he were to tell them that Kovalev is no different than those guys that he’s faced in the past.

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Kovalev vs. Ward: Keys to the Fight

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By Ken Woods: The light heavyweight championship bout between Sergey Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs) and Andre Ward (30-0, 15 KOs) is approximately a month away (Nov. 19, HBO pay-per-view) and is one of the most anticipated fights of the year. The keys to the battle are detailed below.

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Smother, smother, smother

Ward is a competent inside fighter and stronger than he appears. We have seen his ability to smother his opponent’s punches and invade their space in the Mikkel Kessler fight and the Carl Froch contest. He will need to do more of that in this match. Kovalev is very adept at keeping the contest on the outside, counter punching and setting traps. So, in order to nullify that strength, Ward will have to get close, restrict his punches and create angles for hooks and uppercuts. Also, stifling him will not allow him to get off with his power, which is his best asset.

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Ward vs. Kovalev heading towards Las Vegas

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By Allan Fox: Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward appear to have cleared their impasse for the venue for their November 19 fight. According to Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, the Ward vs. Kovalev fight looks to be headed to the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the same venue that the two fighters were originally supposed to be fighting.

This is good news for boxing fans because many of them were starting to think that Ward would look for an excuse to get out of the fight after he failed to show up for Tuesday’s press conference with Kovalev. At least with the venue of the fight being agreed on, the two camps have settled one sticking point in their negotiations.

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