The very prestigious school of the headbutt-clinch. One of the most effective moves in boxing, too bad it's illegal and in no way skill.
Right right, just ignore how Ward totally dominated Kessler.
bat, don't be biased here. Kessler couldn't see after round 4 are you kidding me? Was his eye swollen shut? Or was it wide open?
Haha. It's Kessler we're talking about right? I'm supposed to be biased. :)
Seriously didn't he say so between rounds? You know that cuts around the eye can damage the vision at least I've heard about fighters complain about that before.
You know me Natas. I think Ward clearly won that fight. The circumstances was not in Kessler's favour but it is what it is. He failed to overcome adversity. So be it.
they weren't intentional...it was kessler's stance and ward's entry that kept mashing their heads...
They where intentional for sure. An integrated part of Ward's style. He's a very dirty fighter. He still clearly won the fight though.
Ward schooled Kessler
The very prestigious school of the headbutt-clinch. One of the most effective moves in boxing, too bad it's illegal and in no way skill.
this board overrates the headbutts in that fight like crazy. The first real headbutt didn't even happen until the 7th round, and Ward was DOMINATING kessler the entire fight.
It seems to me some kessler fans and abraham fans are making some pretty crazy excuses as to why their guy lost.
Kessler's fans - Ward won because of headbutts. Ward fougth dirty. Ward is linked to the BALCO founder!
Abraham fans - The ref sucked and was biased. Dirrell faked getting knocked out. He was going to knock him out in the next round!
Excuses, excuses, excuses. Man up, take the defeat.
You guys should expect a loss, this is a very difficult tournament for all super six fighters and all of them should lose at least one fight. This is to be expected when you have this amount of talent all fighting eachother.
Look on the bright side, all of these guys have a chance to redeem themselves (kessler can still beat froch). Abraham is in fact currently leading on points. Dirrell was robbed against Froch but came back strong against Abraham. It's not over, not by a long shot.
And that's why I love this tournament, anything can happen!
Kessler couldn't see after round 4 so maybe you are underrating the impact?
Tyson wonders the same with Holyfield.
Head-butts are illegal but boxers know the game and if the ref isn't calling it they need to adjust. Tyson didn't adjust and he got ****ed up for it.
I think Ward won that fight no matter what. But the head butts may have given him a little bit more cushioning.
I picked Ward to win that fight. Kessler needs to greatly improve to even have a chance at winning this tourney. He himself even admits that he moves too much in straight lines. And that is one of the reasons I picked Ward over him, because I thought Wards lateral movement would be too much for Kessler. And I was right :D
Ward was outworking him but he still headbutted his way to victory.
Ward may have still won, but I think the fight turned out to be a little more one-sided because of those butts.