Qawi beats him down TBH. Awful fight for Ward. Wide UD or late stoppage
It took a H2H monster like Spinks to beat prime Qawi at light heavy. Ward doesnt have that kind of power. Spinks hurt him more than once and kept him honest. Ward isnt doing that. Even outside of the obvious power/size difference, Spinks was a flatout better boxer than Ward. Hes likely the 2nd greatest LHW H2H threat ever to Ezzard Charles, just an absolute terror
The only thing Kov had going for him in their fight was his jab and size and his jab gave Ward alot of issues. Qawis jab was just as good if not greater, and he has more power, longer reach, far superior on the inside and doesnt fold like Kov either.
Anyone comparing Qawi to Kov needs to slap themselves. Kov is much similar to someone like a Virgil Hill who Ward could beat in a boring fight. He has absolutely no shot against Qawi