Many will feel the Russian was robbed of victory by home judges. But fights between two skilled operators can be incredibly tough to call
Kathy Duva is no stranger to disappointment. The veteran promoter behind Sergey Kovalev has been on the wrong end of more than a few controversial decisions in her nearly three decades in the sport. Call it an occupational hazard.
But that experience doesn’t assuage the sting of Kovalev’s disputed unanimous-decision loss to Andre Ward on Saturday night in Las Vegas, a verdict that stripped the Russian champion of his light heavyweight titles and saddled him with the first loss of his professional career.
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