Comments Thread For: Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev II Official Scorecards - Photo

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Ward-Kovalev Scorecard - Olympic gold medal winner Andre Ward has stopped dangerous Russian puncher Sergey Kovalev in the eighth round to win their rematch and retain his unified light-heavyweight world championship.
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[daveydmx]

Seems to me that Steve Weisfield was the only referee doing his job . . Even adding that TKO was at 2.29 of 8th Round . . . As for the other two dozy bastards . .

[Bronx23]

Such a sh1rtty end to a good fight I had it tied as I was sure ward was gonna win the 8th. Just a horrible stoppage imo. Neither guy dominated straight back and forth action all night which was great. I just don't understand how you waive the fight off from a damn body shot. Kov never went down he didn't even take a knee. I can see if he was taking blows to the head but a punch to the gut with no prior kd??? Give the guy a standing 8 count if anything but to just call the fight?? Glad I streamed. Credit to Ward and Kov they put on another great show. Great while it lasted. Tony weeks blew it though.

[ConRaffery]

Seems to me that Steve Weisfield was the only referee doing his job . . Even adding that TKO was at 2.29 of 8th Round . . . As for the other two dozy bastards . .

Referee was Tony Weeks champ

[kardsufur]

Someone said there's no standing 8 count in state of Nevada so weeks had no choice but to wave him off since he wasn't defending himself

[Gentblue]

Seems to me that Steve Weisfield was the only referee doing his job . . Even adding that TKO was at 2.29 of 8th Round . . . As for the other two dozy bastards . .

It was close bro round 1, 3, 5, 7 were toss ups for me
I gave Kovalev 2 and 6( but the judges gave Ward 6)
I gave Ward 4

[Gentblue]

Someone said there's no standing 8 count in state of Nevada so weeks had no choice but to wave him off since he wasn't defending himself

The standing eight count has been almost abolished in boxing.

This is going too be long but here's the rules:

Championship Rules

(may vary from fight to fight)

The fight will be twelve (12) rounds.

There will be a weigh-in and physical.
There is no three (3) knockdown rule; it will be the referee's discretion when to stop the fight.
There is no standing eight (8) count.

The bell:
WBC: only saves you in the last round.
IBF/USBA: cannot save you in any round.

Gloves
WBC: 8 oz. Reyes.
IBF/USBA: 10 oz. Reyes.

Low Blows
WBC: A fighter who is hit with a low blow must continue after an amount of time or he will lose the fight
IBF/USBA: A fighter who is hit with a low blow must continue after a maximum of five (5) minutes or he will lose the fight.

Intentional Fouls
If the fighter who was fouled cannot continue, the offender will lose the fight by a disqualification.
WBC: If the bout is stopped in later rounds by the same cut enlarged by clean blows the winner will be the boxer who is ahead on the scorecards when the bout was stopped.
IBF/USBA: If the fighter who was fouled continues and later the fight is stopped because of the same injury, and the injured fighter is ahead on points, he will be the winner by technical decision; if he is even or behind on the scorecards, the decision will be a technical draw. WBC: Two (2) point deduction for intentional foul.
Accidental Fouls
Only the referee can determine whether a foul was committed.
WBC: If a fighter cannot continue, then the fighter who was ahead on points will be the winner, provided the bell has sounded ending the fourth round.
IBF/USBA: If a fighter is accidentally fouled and the fight cannot continue or if the fighter does continue and subsequently that cut becomes severe enough to stop the fight, then the fighter who is ahead on points will be the winner if the sixth round has ended. If the sixth round has been completed, the winner will be determined by going to the scorecards. Only rounds completed will be scored.
WBC: If the fight does not continue and the cut worsens in a later round from legal blows and the fight is then stopped, the winner will be the boxer who is ahead on points at the time the bout is stopped. The round in which the bout is stopped will be scored.

Only the referee can stop the fight.
An anti-doping test will be given after the fight. Go directly to your dressing room and only drink water until a specimen has been collected by the ringside physician and/or commission inspector.
If the mouthpiece comes out of the fighter's mouth during a round, it will be put back in as soon as the referee decides there is a lull in the action.
Four (4) assistants (seconds) will be allowed in the corner.
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
Fight stopped due to accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to and including the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round

Boxing Organizations
IBA
No Standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Can be saved by the bell only in the last round
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
IBC
Standing 8 count is in effect
No 3 Knockdown rule
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to and including the sixth round
Goes to the scorecard after the sixth round
IBF
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Accidental head butt:
No Decision up to and including the fifth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fifth round
IFBA
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Accidental head butt:
NABF
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Go to the scorecards after the third round
NABO
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
USBA
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
WBA
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the end of the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round
WBC
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the end of the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round
WBO
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
WBU
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
WIBF
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
State Commissions
Arizona
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
Accidental head butt: goes to the scorecard after the third round
California
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt: goes to the scorecard after the third round
Connecticut
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Florida
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the fifth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fifth round
Idaho
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Illinois
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Referee or the doctor can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
Iowa
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in every round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Louisiana
No Standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Only the referee can stop the fight
Accidental headbutt: goes to the scorecards after the fourth round.
Maryland
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
10 point must system
3 judges score
Accidental headbutt: goes to the scorecards after the first round.
Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation, Connecticut
Standing 8 count is not in effect
3 Knockdown rule is not in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Massachusetts
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in any round
Referee or the doctor can stop the fight
No facial hair
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round
Michigan
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Mississippi
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Missouri
No Standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Nevada
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
New Jersey
No Standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system
3 judges score
If headbutt occurs, goes to the scorecards if half the fight is completed.
New York
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Doctor or referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
10 point must system
Ohio
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Oklahoma
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Pennsylvania
Standing 8 count is in effect (only one per round)
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell only in the last round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Goes to the scorecard after half the rounds have been completed
Tennessee
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Cannot be saved by the bell
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
No Contest up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
Texas
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Only the referee can stop the fight
Accidental foul:
Technical Draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round

International Rules
Britain
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Referee scores the fight

[ConRaffery]

Someone said there's no standing 8 count in state of Nevada so weeks had no choice but to wave him off since he wasn't defending himself

Yeah there is no standing 8 counting in Nevada. I don't know if he still does it but I remember Ledderman for years screaming it when he read out the rules at the start of a heap of fights "NO STANDING 8 COUNT, NO 3 KNOCKDOWN RULE, CANNOT BE SAVED BY THE BELL IN ANY ROUND INCLUDING THE 12th AND FINAL ROUND". The only thing up for debate is whether or not the shots were legal. If they were legal Tony Weeks has no option but to stop it with Kovalev folded in half against the ropes not defending himself (from memory the ropes were not holding him up until Weeks waved it off and he kind of sat down). If they were not legal shot then it's a 5 minute rest for Kovalev and probably points deducted from Ward. No-one on here is ever going to agree so I'm going to run with Weeks' call and move on with my life

[ConRaffery]

The standing eight count has been almost abolished in boxing.

This is going too be long but here's the rules:

Championship Rules

(may vary from fight to fight)

The fight will be twelve (12) rounds.

There will be a weigh-in and physical.
There is no three (3) knockdown rule; it will be the referee's discretion when to stop the fight.
There is no standing eight (8) count.

The bell:
WBC: only saves you in the last round.
IBF/USBA: cannot save you in any round.

Gloves
WBC: 8 oz. Reyes.
IBF/USBA: 10 oz. Reyes.

Low Blows
WBC: A fighter who is hit with a low blow must continue after an amount of time or he will lose the fight
IBF/USBA: A fighter who is hit with a low blow must continue after a maximum of five (5) minutes or he will lose the fight.

Intentional Fouls
If the fighter who was fouled cannot continue, the offender will lose the fight by a disqualification.
WBC: If the bout is stopped in later rounds by the same cut enlarged by clean blows the winner will be the boxer who is ahead on the scorecards when the bout was stopped.
IBF/USBA: If the fighter who was fouled continues and later the fight is stopped because of the same injury, and the injured fighter is ahead on points, he will be the winner by technical decision; if he is even or behind on the scorecards, the decision will be a technical draw. WBC: Two (2) point deduction for intentional foul.
Accidental Fouls
Only the referee can determine whether a foul was committed.
WBC: If a fighter cannot continue, then the fighter who was ahead on points will be the winner, provided the bell has sounded ending the fourth round.
IBF/USBA: If a fighter is accidentally fouled and the fight cannot continue or if the fighter does continue and subsequently that cut becomes severe enough to stop the fight, then the fighter who is ahead on points will be the winner if the sixth round has ended. If the sixth round has been completed, the winner will be determined by going to the scorecards. Only rounds completed will be scored.
WBC: If the fight does not continue and the cut worsens in a later round from legal blows and the fight is then stopped, the winner will be the boxer who is ahead on points at the time the bout is stopped. The round in which the bout is stopped will be scored.

Only the referee can stop the fight.
An anti-doping test will be given after the fight. Go directly to your dressing room and only drink water until a specimen has been collected by the ringside physician and/or commission inspector.
If the mouthpiece comes out of the fighter's mouth during a round, it will be put back in as soon as the referee decides there is a lull in the action.
Four (4) assistants (seconds) will be allowed in the corner.
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
Fight stopped due to accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to and including the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round

Boxing Organizations
IBA
No Standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Can be saved by the bell only in the last round
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
IBC
Standing 8 count is in effect
No 3 Knockdown rule
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to and including the sixth round
Goes to the scorecard after the sixth round
IBF
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Accidental head butt:
No Decision up to and including the fifth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fifth round
IFBA
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Accidental head butt:
NABF
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Go to the scorecards after the third round
NABO
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
USBA
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
WBA
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the end of the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round
WBC
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the end of the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round
WBO
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt:
Technical Draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
WBU
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
WIBF
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
State Commissions
Arizona
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
Accidental head butt: goes to the scorecard after the third round
California
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental head butt: goes to the scorecard after the third round
Connecticut
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Florida
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the fifth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fifth round
Idaho
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Illinois
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Referee or the doctor can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
Iowa
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in every round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Louisiana
No Standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Only the referee can stop the fight
Accidental headbutt: goes to the scorecards after the fourth round.
Maryland
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Referee or doctor can stop the fight
10 point must system
3 judges score
Accidental headbutt: goes to the scorecards after the first round.
Mashantucket Pequot Indian Reservation, Connecticut
Standing 8 count is not in effect
3 Knockdown rule is not in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Massachusetts
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in any round
Referee or the doctor can stop the fight
No facial hair
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the fourth round
Goes to the scorecard after the fourth round
Michigan
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Mississippi
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Missouri
No Standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Nevada
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Technical draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
New Jersey
No Standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system
3 judges score
If headbutt occurs, goes to the scorecards if half the fight is completed.
New York
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
Doctor or referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
10 point must system
Ohio
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter cannot be saved by the bell in any round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Oklahoma
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Pennsylvania
Standing 8 count is in effect (only one per round)
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell only in the last round
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Saginaw Chippewa Tribe
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Only the referee can stop the fight
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
Goes to the scorecard after half the rounds have been completed
Tennessee
Standing 8 count is in effect
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Cannot be saved by the bell
Only the referee can stop the fight
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Accidental foul:
No Contest up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round
Texas
No standing 8 count
3 Knockdown rule is in effect
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
10 point must system is in effect
3 judges score
Only the referee can stop the fight
Accidental foul:
Technical Draw up to the end of the third round
Goes to the scorecard after the third round

International Rules
Britain
No standing 8 count
No 3 Knockdown rule
Fighter can be saved by the bell in the last round only
Referee scores the fight

Do you have Chris Algieri in your current favs list?

[Nomadic]

Paulie must've lost a lot of money on this fight, he seemed a bit agitated after the fight stoppage.