Paid Members Murtz Posted November 20, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 20, 2016 That was such a close fight. I had Kov up by one but can see how you'd go the other way too. Can't help but feel Kov cocked up a bit with his tactics especially after the knockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 20, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 20, 2016 I felt the HBO team were trying to give off that it was a better fight than it actually was. It was tense stuff but there was few huge shots landed from either guy throughout the fight, it was cagey, tactical and the majority of the rounds were basically pick em's. I scored the fight a draw, i had Ward winning 7 rounds compared to Kovalev's 5 but the knockdown made it a draw. It was the kind of fight where either loser was gonna feel hard done by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 I felt the HBO team were trying to give off that it was a better fight than it actually was. It was tense stuff but there was few huge shots landed from either guy throughout the fight, it was cagey, tactical and the majority of the rounds were basically pick em's. I scored the fight a draw, i had Ward winning 7 rounds compared to Kovalev's 5 but the knockdown made it a draw. It was the kind of fight where either loser was gonna feel hard done by. Â The HBO team were blatantly in favour of the American in my opinion, and the result was a bit of a joke in my opinion. I could have given Ward some benefit of the doubt had the fight gone with no knockdowns, but there's no way he won that fight whilst taking a 10-8 round. Â Could you imagine if the fight had taken place in Russia, with 3 Russian judges and had been scored in a similar fashion for Kovalev if he'd been knocked down in the 2nd round? The American press would have been spitting blood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Eh? HBO scored it wide for Kov. So did most American journos. It was SKY's pundits who thought Ward won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 20, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 20, 2016 Yeh, Lederman had Kovalev winning by 4 rounds, Max Kellerman said it could have gone eitherway. I didn't find the commentary biased at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 21, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2016 Shannon Briggs is todays guest on the Joe Rogan podcast, cant wait to listen to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Goldberg Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Shannon Briggs is todays guest on the Joe Rogan podcast, cant wait to listen to that! Let's go champ! Â Thanks for the heads up. Should be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Eh? HBO scored it wide for Kov. So did most American journos. It was SKY's pundits who thought Ward won.  Lederman was the only guy actually talking sense during the fight in my opinion, the actual commentary team were a joke.  Yeh, Lederman had Kovalev winning by 4 rounds, Max Kellerman said it could have gone eitherway. I didn't find the commentary biased at all.  Was Roy Jones commentating? His constantly talking about Ward was cringeworthy. It was obvious who the commentary panel wanted to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Lucas Browne has failed another drug test. So i imagine him and Briggs is off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 22, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 22, 2016 Â Â Eh? HBO scored it wide for Kov. So did most American journos. It was SKY's pundits who thought Ward won. Lederman was the only guy actually talking sense during the fight in my opinion, the actual commentary team were a joke. Yeh, Lederman had Kovalev winning by 4 rounds, Max Kellerman said it could have gone eitherway. I didn't find the commentary biased at all. Was Roy Jones commentating? His constantly talking about Ward was cringeworthy. It was obvious who the commentary panel wanted to win. Hmmmm, i didn't think so. I actually scored the fight quite differently too, its all subjective though. Â I discount anything Roy Jones says though, he talks utter shite sometimes. Â Lucas Browne, that's a ballache. He protested as loud as anyone in recent times about his first failed test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted November 25, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2016 Frank Warren's Cardiff show is cursed, cancelled once, and now Billy Joe Saunders fight is off again (moved a week later to the Glasgow show), and Liam Williams/Ahmet Patterson is off because Patterson got attacked on the street. That's the two main events off again. i wouldn't be so bothered if not for the fact that i have a ticket to go. I'm still going down and the card still looks fairly decent on paper in fairness. Â Â Flanagan/Cruz now headlines, Warren's also wangled a last minute European title fight between Liam Williams and some Hungarian fella. Â The big fight this weekend of course is Lomanchenko/Walters, that happens in the wee hours of Sunday morning, gonna be some scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Murtz Posted November 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2016 Forget all of that! Bellew vs Haye set for March 4th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimufctna24 Posted November 25, 2016 Share Posted November 25, 2016 That's a surprise. Hearn seemed doubtful a few days back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W35ty Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 March 4th. Plenty of time for Haye to back out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkchopcash Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Cant see why, an easy knockout for him. Bellew was knocked all over the place by Adonis Stevenson, i imagine Haye will have no problems sparking him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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