【新闻】沃德；科瓦列夫被阿瓦雷兹KO后学会了谦卑

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作为ESPN的一名分析师，针对科瓦列夫上周六点数击败阿瓦雷兹复仇成功，沃德在接受BoxingScene网站采访时做出来点评。

沃德说：“我认为科瓦列夫看起来非常好, 非常冷静。阿瓦雷兹并没有给他足够的压力来判断他的状态是否变好了，但至少他比以前心态好多了。科瓦列夫今晚没有表现出太大的压力，这是一件好事。麦克格特说服了一位老拳手在训练营里更聪明地工作，而不是更努力地工作，最终在战斗中变的更聪明，并因此得到了回报”。

与沃德的比赛之前，科瓦列夫忽视了前教练杰克逊的类似建议。在下半场失去了控制，点数败给了沃德，二番战中更是第八回合被TKO。

首战时沃德的右手拳在第七回合伤害了科瓦列夫，科瓦列夫的状态开始下降。随后裁判托尼.周在沃德连续向科瓦列夫的身体发起多次可疑的打击，终止了预定12回合的比赛，这更是引起了各方的激烈争论。

科瓦列夫认为自己在一战中击败了沃德，复赛中被裁判冤枉。沃德认为，科瓦列夫在一番战败给阿瓦雷兹后，没有找任何借口。

沃德接着说：“悲剧和挫折，在这种情况下是毁灭性的打击，会让你感到谦卑。我想这迫使他听从下一位教练的建议，那就是巴迪·麦克格特。我认为他的另外两位教练，以我所知的一点点知识，他们都很好，但科瓦列夫没有听他们的，因为当时他还是“毁灭者”。当新教练麦克格特来的时候，他已经不再是“毁灭者”了，所以他不得不听从教练的指导。”

主教练麦克格特和体能教练克鲁兹在科瓦列夫在复赛前避免了过度训练，因为这位俄罗斯的击倒艺术家在他职业生涯中无数次犯了这个错误。

克鲁兹和麦克格特确保他在训练结束后不会因为额外的工作而精疲力尽，并确保他吃了正确的食物。科瓦列夫的体重比175磅限制低了一磅，而且他在周五下午称重前还吃了早餐和午餐。


Ward: Alvarez KO Humbled Kovalev, Made Him Listen To McGirt

By Keith Idec

FRISCO, Texas – Andre Ward was impressed by Sergey Kovalev’s comeback early Sunday morning.

As an analyst for ESPN’s coverage, Ward watched from a ringside seat as Kovalev clearly out-boxed Eleider Alvarez in their 12-round rematch at Ford Center at The Star. Ward walked away from their fight convinced Kovalev’s knockout loss to Alvarez nearly six months earlier taught the three-time light heavyweight champion humility.

That invaluable lesson enabled Kovalev to finally listen to his trainer, this time Buddy McGirt. The former junior welterweight and welterweight champion trained Kovalev for the first time for this immediate rematch.

Their partnership resulted in Kovalev (33-3-1, 28 KOs) out-thinking and out-working Alvarez (24-1, 12 KOs) to convincingly win a unanimous decision.

“I thought Kovalev looked very good, very composed,” Ward told BoxingScene.com. “Alvarez didn’t press him enough to really tell if his conditioning was better. But at least his composure was better. [Kovalev] didn’t show too much pressure tonight, which was a good thing. Buddy McGirt convinced an older fighter to box, to work smarter in training camp, and not harder, and ultimately work smarter in the fight and not harder, and it paid dividends tonight.”

Kovalev ignored similar advice from former trainer John David Jackson before bouts with Ward.

In their first meeting, Kovalev faded during the second half of a fight he largely controlled over the first six rounds. Ward won a unanimous decision in that 12-rounder in November 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The undefeated Ward stopped Kovalev in the eighth round of their immediate rematch in June 2017 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.

Ward’s right hand hurt Kovalev in the seventh round and Kovalev looked like he was starting to fade. The controversial conclusion incited heated debates because referee Tony Weeks stopped their scheduled 12-round fight once Ward landed multiple questionable blows to Kovalev’s body in succession.

Kovalev feels he defeated Ward in their first fight. He also believes he was wronged by Weeks in their rematch.

The way Ward sees it, his rival was “out of excuses” once Alvarez upset him by seventh-round knockout August 4 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.

“Tragedy and setbacks and, in this case, devastating knockouts, will humble you,” said Ward, who retired in September 2017. ‘I think it forced him to listen to the next coach, which is Buddy McGirt. I think the other two coaches he had, with the little bit of knowledge I know, they were fine. But he didn’t listen. He was still ‘The Krusher’ at that time. He was no longer ‘The Krusher’ when he brought Buddy in, so he had to listen.”

McGirt and Teddy Cruz, Kovalev’s strength and conditioning coach, kept Kovalev from over-training for his second fight against Alvarez. The Russian knockout artist made that mistake before their first fight and numerous other times in his career.

Cruz and McGirt made sure he didn’t exhaust himself by putting in extra work following training sessions and made sure he ate the proper foods. Kovalev weighed in one pound below the light heavyweight limit of 175, yet still ate in breakfast and lunch before weighing in late Friday afternoon.

柔克刚

比赛心态很重要。

cloudwind200

沃德自己被打嘴，只能赶快出来圆场，打完科瓦就退役，说明他自己都心虚。