Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Aims To Set The Record Straight With Sergey Kovalev

[Redd Foxx]

Sorry bro, but you can't ignore the fact that Ward has fought only 4 times since September of 2012. Golovkin has had 12 fights in the same period. There is a difference. So few fights, and now facing a very active, bonafide LHW champion in Kovalev? It's going to be a tough night for Andre.

3 fights in the last year and he stayed training throughout his layoff. If we're going back to 2012, then how far are we going to stretch this timeline? Kovalev fans want to dismiss the top comp Andre fought before saying it was too long ago, but we're going back to 2012 when discussing ring rust?

Nothing is ever ideal but the fact remains that he's been just as active as Kovalev in the last year and it's a bit odd that everyone's talking about a guy who just fought 3 times being rusty. There are much bigger challenges at play for Ward here.

[Little Mac 91]

LMFAO a black person cant be racist...

What else will you call it when your daughter brings home a Chinese boyfriend and you say 'Get out my f@@!king house you ****!'

He's probably going by the feminist definition wich implies a hierarchy of power and privilege for it to be valid. Ofcourse it's utter bull*****.

[SUBZER0ED]

3 fights in the last year and he stayed training throughout his layoff. If we're going back to 2012, then how far are we going to stretch this timeline? Kovalev fans want to dismiss the top comp Andre fought before saying it was too long ago, but we're going back to 2012 when discussing ring rust?

Nothing is ever ideal but the fact remains that he's been just as active as Kovalev in the last year and it's a bit odd that everyone's talking about a guy who just fought 3 times being rusty. There are much bigger challenges at play for Ward here.

Ok, I'm saying he lost something in those prime years off or minimally fighting. Training doesn't compare to the real thing. We'll see on the 19th.

[Larry the boss]

Amen to that.

This vids probably done the rounds before but if it did I missed it, so...

damn good video

[mathed]

Set that record straight Ward, tell them how it feels to Krushed by tha Krusher!

[TexasCowBoy]

Actually that's not factual. In society in general the standards are lowered for black people

Thanks for the eloquent comment I could not have said it better myself.

[aboutfkntime]

Why don't you ask Ward. If you choose to live in your 'bubble' so be it. Him being a 'boring fighter' is just another white supremacy excuse like Kapernick kneeling was disrespectful to soldiers.

LOL..setting up race card. I can be prejudice but in no way can I be a racist, I don't have that much power. Next you are going to tell me there is a thing called 'reverse racism'..LMAO!!!

I am a Ward fan, and I can understand that some observers do not find his style all that appealing.....

..... he is very technical, clinical, methodical, without being flashy..... and a lot of the tactics he uses to spoil, smother, and frustrate his opponent tend to inhibit the other guy and often leads to less action.

Ward knows this...... as does Rigo, etc..... even Mayweather listened, and understood..... as proven by his choice to fight Cotto/MaidanaI flat-footed.

If Ward is fighting a popular puncher like Froch/Kovalev, most observers will find the result - and therefore Ward - "boring" because they did not get to enjoy watching their guy tee-off with careless abandon, as usual.

That is because, they are not watching the fight, they are watching their guy.

Me, I like watching a bomb-defusal expert at work, even if it tends to be a little quiet and explosion-free.

If Kovalev stops Ward, we will get to see some great offence..... if Ward handles Kovalev, we will have enjoyed some masterful control of distance/timing and some GREAT skills/ringIQ.

we win either way imho !

when it snows..... some stay inside, some go skiing

the skiiers should STFU and do their thing..... and the guys who stay inside should STFU and stay in their lane as well

[TexasCowBoy]

Kovalev shall win this one.

[MantisToboggan]

Fight of a decade for me ya'll!!!!!