"SOG" Ward vs "King" Krusher Kovalev @ 175 lbs / 12.5 stone: Who wins?

[bojangles1987]

2 days. 2 days! What a great fight, can't believe it's finally here.

[Caught Square]

For me the 'inactivity' of Ward isn't a factor for this fight, this is the first time since 2009 that he will have fought 3 times in a calendar year so if anything being busy should work in his favour.

Then the weight, he said he wanted a couple fights to acclimate to 175 and that's what he got, he's a full fledged light heavyweight now.

Had he jumped straight into the Kovalev fight after Paul Smith then I could understand those points but really there's no excuse for either guy unless there's some blatant corruption or freakish mid fight injury.

Can't wait!

[Redd Foxx]

For me the 'inactivity' of Ward isn't a factor for this fight, this is the first time since 2009 that he will have fought 3 times in a calendar year.

Then the weight, he said he wanted a couple fights to acclimate to 175 and that's what he got, he's a full fledged light heavyweight now.

Had he jumped straight into the Kovalev fight after Paul Smith then I could understand those points but really there's no excuse for either guy unless there's some blatant corruption or freakish mid fight injury.

Can't wait!

Agreed. And, Virgil touched on another criticism; people saying that Brand and Barrera were's anything like Kovalev. As Virgil said, nobody fights exactly like someone else and when you're as experienced as Ward, you don't need to prep for a puncher by fighting punchers. He got his rounds in, shed the rust, acclimated to the weight. There will be no excuses.

A lot of people are angry that Ward was given a year to become a 175lber and work off his rust. I guess asking for a fair fight was too much. It's Floyd all over again in that they want to see him handicapped in some way.

[Chrismart]

[VatoMulatto]

BIG TENSION in Ward's camp lmao holy ****

SOURCE tells , Virgil & HEATED exchange. Virgil threatened to leave, told Ward to "MAN UP" with less than 48 hrs to go.

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BREAKING: & Virgil NEARLY GO TO BLOWS at MGM. HEATED dispute over pulling out of fight. Virgil "if you're SCARED, fight me then".

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Why do you post comments from a fake page? It's a parody account.

[NYC8224]

Read some of those tweets, why the **** would you post that here *******?

[Dr Rumack]

CONTROVERSY & RAN into each other at MGM. WORDS exchanged. KOVALEV: "I will kill you, I'll hang you in a tree.'

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The strange thing is I can actually imagine Kovalev saying that.

SOURCES tell Fox: "NOBODY recognized Ward at arrival. MGM asked guests to stay in lobby for his entrance and had to explain who he was."

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[Dr Rumack]

Very hard to pick against Ward. Kovalev is a special fighter but he isn't so good that there's no way you can imagine him being neutralised. Despite the power, if I see a dominant win for anybody it's for Ward.

[Redd Foxx]

Very hard to pick against Ward. Kovalev is a special fighter but he isn't so good that there's no way you can imagine him being neutralised. Despite the power, if I see a dominant win for anybody it's for Ward.

Agreed for the most part. People are fixated on the "it only takes 1 punch" idea. But, Kovalev isn't about 1 punch. I don't think it's likely that he's going to get an accumulation of clean punches on a guy who is statistically one of the hardest to hit, and who knows better than anyone else how to tie a guy up. If Kovalev wins (which I see as a healthy possibility) it's via decision, IMO.

I really feel that this is going to be another "deep waters" affair by Ward where an outstanding opponent falls victim to the science and everyone says "I never thought I'd see ____ look so lost and frustrated".

[Boxingwizard]

What time does the fight start? I don't think I'll be able to watch it because of work.