Absolute proof Ward blows weren't low

[sicko]

OF COURSE this forum will let his thread fall to page 2 and ignore it

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[BrometheusBob.]

I was totally with you until the punches that ended the fight. In this video it's hard to tell whether the point of impact was low or not. From other angles it appears that they are low. At the very least, the last punch appears to be clearly low. Not a nut shot but clearly below the allowed area.

But this thread clarified for me that the punches earlier in that round and in earlier rounds were not low. Including shots Kovalev complained to the ref about and shots Ward backed off to check were OK. And in these videos you can hear Tony Weeks telling them it's good it's good, it's on the beltline, which is consistent with what he told them going into the fight.

I think it is a reach for the Kovalev fans to suggest that the last low blow unfairly ended the fight when Kovalev was already getting handled that round by clean shots and bent over not defending himself even before the last blow lands. Weeks was not reacting to the effect of that last punch, but rather to Kovalev's consistent weak body language.

[TRTboy]

I didn't catch it when I was watching live but I think you're right.

Liver shot. That's what sapped Kovalev's will.

Oh yeah just the liver not the 5 low blows that weeks didnt call lol

[BrometheusBob.]

How does this thread keep falling off?

I have a good idea why

[USMCer]

Body shots were legal/borderline, but the stoppage was still a bit bogus.

Why no standing 8 count?

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How is a count appropriate for a low blow

It wouldn't have been appropriate but its a better cop out than stopping the fight especially if the punch was questionable...maybe Weeks didn't see where it landed...the LAST thing I would have done is stop the fight...a standing 8 would not have been the worst thing in the world, no way am I stopping it there

[ShoulderRoll]

Body shots were legal/borderline, but the stoppage was still a bit bogus.

Why no standing 8 count?

Standing 8 counts weren't in the rules for this fight.

[Motorcity Cobra]

weeks was not reacting to the effect of that last punch, but rather to kovalev's consistent weak body language.

ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

[USMCer]

Standing 8 counts weren't in the rules for this fight.

Well then, that's too bad for Kovalev.