Loop Ba$eCrawler
All Star
Edited the fight down and added punch stats as well as color changes to the video when each fighter lands. Didn't try to but I ended up counting the same amount of punches that compubox counted.
Kovalev vs Ward (All Punches Landed)
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shhh-kull & bones
Judah have I loved, Esau have I hated! -GAWD
...the reason kovalev lost is simple
he doesn't have an inside game...
I mean I have seen these kinds of decisions time and time again where a fighter dominates early but for whatever reason doesn't finish his opponent and lets them hang around for decisions
most recent example would be zab vs malinagie
and an other would be de la hoya vs trinidad
the reason is usually based on some kinda of issue like not having an inside game in the case of kovalev
kovalev is basically at a lost when his opponent is not on the outside where he can tee off and pick them apart
if you watch the fight any time ward got close kovalev would initiate a clinch and try to walk ward backwards
he did that for practically the whole fight
judges arent gonna be nice to any fighter who lets their opponent hang around for ten rounds after having them on the ropes
to wards credit...that was just an unbelievable display of mettle plus the bodywork he was doing on the inside lowkey fukked kovalev up
so kovalev should have done what he is known for...that is be the 'krusher' and 'crush' ward and not let him hang around for ten more rounds and had him looking bad
an other issue too is for ward to decide whether or not he wants to stay at 175 cause a huge part of his game which is reliant on hand speed was almost non-existent i the kovalev fight
guys who rely on countering need hand speed which diminishes as fighters move up
he doesn't have an inside game...
I mean I have seen these kinds of decisions time and time again where a fighter dominates early but for whatever reason doesn't finish his opponent and lets them hang around for decisions
most recent example would be zab vs malinagie
and an other would be de la hoya vs trinidad
the reason is usually based on some kinda of issue like not having an inside game in the case of kovalev
kovalev is basically at a lost when his opponent is not on the outside where he can tee off and pick them apart
if you watch the fight any time ward got close kovalev would initiate a clinch and try to walk ward backwards
he did that for practically the whole fight
judges arent gonna be nice to any fighter who lets their opponent hang around for ten rounds after having them on the ropes
to wards credit...that was just an unbelievable display of mettle plus the bodywork he was doing on the inside lowkey fukked kovalev up
so kovalev should have done what he is known for...that is be the 'krusher' and 'crush' ward and not let him hang around for ten more rounds and had him looking bad
an other issue too is for ward to decide whether or not he wants to stay at 175 cause a huge part of his game which is reliant on hand speed was almost non-existent i the kovalev fight
guys who rely on countering need hand speed which diminishes as fighters move up
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Sounds nice but I don't think crushing Ward was ever realistic. Even the knockdown itself was more of a timing issue rather than a punishment issue.
shhh-kull & bones
Judah have I loved, Esau have I hated! -GAWD
getting a decision over him would'nt have been either so
kovolev needs to improve his inside game....theres no getting around that
and the knockdown had nothing to do with timing but power
kovolev got some mustard on those hands...he should of finished ward and not let him hang around for ten rounds
krackdagawd
Inspire.
#SOGGang 
Distance and timing and he didn't throw his right, right.
reservoirdogs
Superstar
The feeling when you knew what's a fighter's mistakes years before they got exposed while his fans viewed him as a perfect fighter.
To Kovalev's credit he actually showed at least something on the inside on the first half, Ward got a harder job bullying him than I though which can be also because Kovalev ended up being clearly the bigger man in the ring so it was hard to bully him.
Box Cutta
Bumbling Sidekick
Thanks for the effort in putting this together breh....
Loop Ba$eCrawler
All Star
I thought so on first viewing but my stream messed up for the early rounds and during a few swing rounds. I think what swayed the judges was Ward landing the cleaner shots from round 5 and on. Dude hit Kovalev with some haymakers in the gut that would've made any normal man die instantly.
Shut the fukk up and
out the ring breh 
go post in the MMA threads, you have literally no understanding of what you're saying.Ward been down before so I dunno where this boxing God shyt came from. You sound like a fool man. He lost the early rounds then proceeded to beat Kovalev every round after 6.
Lomachenko can't talk until he beats Salido..