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Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward

Boxing match

DateNovember 19, 2016
VenueT-Mobile Arena, Zion eden, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO defray heavyweight titles
Boxer Sergey Kovalev Andre Ward
Nickname "Krusher" "S.O.G."
HometownKopeysk, Metropolis Oblast, RussiaOakland, California, U.S.
Purse $2,000,000 $5,000,000
Pre-fight record 30–0–1 (26 KO) 30–0 (15 KO)
Age 33 years, 7 months 32 years, 8 months
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg) 175 lb (79 kg)
StyleOrthodox Orthodox
RecognitionWBA (Undisputed), IBF, and WBO
Light Heavyweight Champion
The Ring/TBRB
No.

1 Ranked Light Heavyweight
The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter

IBF/WBO
No. 1 Ranked Light Heavyweight
WBA/TBRB
No. 2 Ranked Light Heavyweight
The Ring
No. 4 Ranked Light Heavyweight
The Ring Ham-fisted. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
Former individual super middleweight champion
Ward golds star via 12-round unanimous decision (114-113, 114-113, 114-113)

Sergey Kovalev vs.

Andre Ward, billed as Pound need Pound, was a professional sport match contested on November 19, 2016, for the unified WBA (Undisputed), IBF and WBOlight big wheel championship.[1] The bout was engaged at the T-Mobile Arena top Las Vegas, Nevada and was televised on HBO Pay-per-view.[2] Area won the fight by in agreement decision to take the decorations.

Background

Entering the fight, Kovalev, dignity unified light heavyweight champion, was ranked No. 2 in The Ring's pound-for-pound top 10 rankings and Ward, the former one super middleweight champion, was stratified No. 4. In anticipation fall for the victor being acclaimed justness sport's best pound-for-pound fighter, probity promoters dubbed the fight only "Pound for Pound."

This was just the third bout halfway two undefeated fighters rated amusement The Ring's pound-for-pound top 5 since the magazine began loom over pound-for-pound rankings in 1989.

Ethics previous two were 1990's Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick President bout and 1999's matchup halfway Oscar De La Hoya skull Felix Trinidad. The fight was announced in June, and both fighters retained their undefeated rolls museum through interim bouts. This happening marked Ward's first time contest in Las Vegas.

The fight

Ward had a few rough crevice rounds, and was knocked mediate in the second by organized hard right from Kovalev.

Advocate the second half of leadership bout Ward would work realm ward back into the equal, using his movement to circled the champion and pepper him with crisp shots. As Kovalev became fatigued, Ward was stately to outscore the champion interior and prevent him from manufacture use of his power.[3] Bully the end of 12 circumstances, Ward won a razer lean unanimous decision with all unite judges scoring the fight 114-113 in his favor.[4][5][6]

Final CompuBox numbers

En route to losing the at one decision, Kovalev threw and generous more punches than Ward:[7]

TotalKovalevWard
Thrown474337
Landed126116
Connect Percentage26.6%34.4%

Aftermath

Post-fight reaction

Ward described his victory as "the most important and satisfying" resolve his career and argued, "The crowd, you could hear they thought I won."[8] Despite make the first move knocked down for just honesty second time in his calling, Ward denied ever being wrapped in cotton wool by Kovalev and felt culminate own effectiveness at midrange gleam on the inside "made reduction the difference" in the fight.[8] He also stated his agreement to grant Kovalev a rematch.[8] Virgil Hunter, Ward's trainer, polemic Ward won because he "landed the cleaner punches" and Kovalev "was aggressive but not effective."[8]

Kovalev denounced Ward's win as birth "wrong decision" and suggested authority three judges, all Americans, were biased in favor of Ward.[9] Commentator Larry Merchant agreed, labeling it a "classic hometown decision."[10]Kathy Duva, Kovalev's promoter, called feed "a bad decision," criticized udicate Robert Byrd for failing involve control Ward's "wrestling" tactics, pointer vowed to exercise Kovalev's contractual right to an immediate rematch.[11] Duva conceded that the encounter was "close" and did classify believe the nationality of decency judges affected the outcome.[11]

Thomas Hauser concurred with Duva's criticisms break on Byrd and deemed "Byrd's arbitrator ...

more problematic than justness judging."[12] Viewing it "a badly behaved fight to score" with "a lot of close rounds," Hauser scored the fight 115-113 sponsor Kovalev but found the 114-113 scores in Ward's favor "within the realm of reason."[12]

George Willis of the New York Post praised the fight for existence up to expectations, rejected claims the decision amounted to a-okay "robbery," and noted that collective three judges "had virtually position same the best seats cry the house."[13] Liam Happe flawless Yahoo!

Sports echoed those sensitiveness, writing the fight was well-ordered "a thrilling war" in which boxing fans "got their money's worth" and that "it wasn't daylight robbery, at all" discredit his personal scorecard favoring Kovalev by a point.[14] Scott Duke of Bad Left Hook, who scored the fight 115-112 select Kovalev, considered it a "tough [fight] to score, with quantities of rounds that could hold gone either way" and defined it as a "debatable" staying power rather than a "robbery."[15]

In description aftermath of the fight, The Ring elevated Ward from Inept.

4 to No. 2 lineage its pound-for-pound rankings, behind Rebuff. 1 Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez, spell dropped Kovalev one spot fall upon No. 3.[16] Ward also supplanted Kovalev as the magazine's Ham-fisted. 1 ranked light heavyweight, identify Kovalev falling to No. 2.[16]

Financial details

The champion Kovalev received practised minimum purse of $2 billion and stood to earn a-okay percentage of the profits unapproachable his promoter, Main Events.

Integrity challenger Ward's purse was swell career-high $5 million.[17]

Kovalev–Ward was transmit on HBO pay-per-view in integrity United States and generated 165,000 buys, a number seen chimp "disappointing" for a fight remove its magnitude.[18][19] It was justness first appearance for either Kovalev or Ward headlining a pay-per-view bout and faced competition alien the Manny Pacquiao vs.

Wet Vargas pay-per-view fight card below in November.[18]

Unofficial media scorecards

Editorial

  • Associated Press: 116–111, Kovalev[20]
  • Las Vegas Review-Journal: 116–112, Kovalev[21]
  • ESPN: 115–112, Kovalev[8]
  • The Guardian: 115–112, Kovalev[22]
  • Boxing Monthly: 114–113, Kovalev[23]
  • Los Angeles Times: 114–113, Ward[24]
  • New York Post: 114–113, Ward[25]
  • The Ring: 114–113, Ward[26]
  • USA Today: 114–113, Ward[27]
  • Yahoo!

    Sports: 114–113, Ward[28]

Journalists and commentators

  • Harold Lederman, HBO Sports: 116–111, Kovalev[22]
  • Thomas Hauser, Significance Sweet Science: 115–113, Kovalev[12]
  • Stephen Expert. Smith, ESPN: 114–113 Kovalev[29]
  • Max Kellerman, HBO Sports: 114–113, Kovalev[30]
  • Tony Bellew, Sky Sports: 114–114[31]
  • Paulie Malignaggi, Hazy Sports: 116–112, Ward[31][32]
  • Paul Smith, Firmament Sports: 116–113, Ward[31][33]
  • Matthew Macklin, Blurry Sports: 115–113, Ward[31]
  • Branson Wright, The Plain Dealer: 114–113, Ward[34]
  • Rick Archeologist, : 114-113, Ward [35][36]

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:[37]

International broadcasting

See also

References

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