Ward fans, how do you defend this?

[Beercules]

"It's borderline"

[atfahs]

The punch is on the borderline. Why do you keep acting as if Kovalev got blasted with a full power shot square in the nuts?

It clearly hit the letter B on his trunks. Ward just masterfully moves his punch upwards after the hit to disguise it. If you put yourself in a similar position as kovalev was on that hit, bending a bit forward and then pull your pants up to the belly button then place a closed fist just bellow as you're in that position. The borderline gets swallowed up in that position leaving you open for a low blow going directly at the balls.

[Hype job]

[Kigali]

KKKovalev let your oily ass down.

That's what you get for betting against the

You're a sad little mestizo ****-lover ...which is a good thing.

[ruedboy]

Kovalev had to know Ward would go low. After Weeks warned Ward in the 2nd, there were no more warnings so SK knew he was on his own.
Kovalev had said he would end Ward's career so
why not retaliate? A Kovalev DQ would have been a better ending than the one I saw.

[Deevel916]

Anyone who feels this was a justified stoppage either isn't a true boxing fan, such a Ward Nhugger that they dont care that it was a bs stoppage, or just flat out hate Kov and want to see him lose at all cost whether justified or not.

Now I'm not much of a Ward fan but I respect his skills and accomplishments. This fight was about dead even coming into the 8th round. One can say that Kov was up 4 rounds to 3, or an argument can be made that Ward was up 4 rounds to 3.

You guys can argue all day long about whether those blows were low or not. The main issue for me is the stoppage. It was premature and reeked of bias. Never in the history of me watching this sport have I even seen a stoppage where one fighter gets hit with 3 questionable low blows back to back, folds over from them without going down, and the ref stops the fight!

No Kovalev was not "stopped". The ref prematurely stopped it. Yes the momentum was swinging Wards way and he could have very well gotten a legitimate stoppage, but we cant predict what would have or could have happened and say things like "well Ward was going to stop him anyway". That's not how this sport works.

With that said.....Kov needs to dump Kathy Duva.

[ShoulderRoll]

People acting like that was a terrible low blow are whiners. It was just below the belt, but with as high as his trunks wee it was no where near his junk. It was a shot to his abdomen. That shot maybe gets a warning 25% of the time and never gets a point deduction unless the fighter has been warned several times already.

Kovalev fans aren't going to let it go, but it doesn't change the outcome. Kovalev got whipped, Ward is the better fighter. Deal with it.

Exactly. Kovalev's trunks are high AND he is sticking his ass back to desperately get away from getting touched up to the body by any more punches.

Hype Job and *****cules are acting like Ward burst one of his testicles.

But just check their act, they love to talk about "we was Kangz n sheet" and "dindu nuffins." I wouldn't expect to be able to have an objective discussion with them about any black fighter.

[Kigali]

Anyone who feels this was a justified stoppage either isn't a true boxing fan, such a Ward Nhugger that they dont care that it was a bs stoppage, or just flat out hate Kov and want to see him lose at all cost whether justified or not.

Now I'm not much of a Ward fan but I respect his skills and accomplishments. This fight was about dead even coming into the 8th round. One can say that Kov was up 4 rounds to 3, or an argument can be made that Ward was up 4 rounds to 3.

You guys can argue all day long about whether those blows were low or not. The main issue for me is the stoppage. It was premature and reeked of bias. Never in the history of me watching this sport have I even seen a stoppage where one fighter gets hit with 3 questionable low blows back to back, folds over from them without going down, and the ref stops the fight!

No Kovalev was not "stopped". The ref prematurely stopped it. Yes the momentum was swinging Wards way and he could have very well gotten a legitimate stoppage, but we cant predict what would have or could have happened and say things like "well Ward was going to stop him anyway". That's not how this sport works.

Kovalev quit.....just like Duran.

[ray moe]

Kovalev had to know Ward would go low. After Weeks warned Ward in the 2nd, there were no more warnings so SK knew he was on his own.
Kovalev had said he would end Ward's career so
why not retaliate? A Kovalev DQ would have been a better ending than the one I saw.

Weeks stopped warning because kovalev started faking.



here you have kovalev faking lowblows. He even faked a headbutt, ffs.

For someone who calls himself the crusher and brags about finishing people's careers, to spend half of the fight turning his back to ward and faking faults in order not be hit harder is not very..... manly?

He can now continue laughing at those who knocked down, at least those fighters were brave enough to stay in the fight untill the end. Not like him. It looks like mr kovalev doesnt like very much to be punched, he's not half a man when he's the one getting the punches. Sad to witness.

[Hype job]

Exactly. Kovalev's trunks are high AND he is sticking his ass back to desperately get away from getting touched up to the body by any more punches.

Hype Job and *****cules are acting like Ward burst one of his testicles.

But just check their act, they love to talk about "we was Kangz n sheet" and "dindu nuffins." I wouldn't expect to be able to have an objective discussion with them about any black fighter.

Ward's trunks were higher, Kov's trunks weren't that high.