first off im not biased towards any fighter, and i actually like kovalev. but that was some of the worst reffing ive seen in a long time. this guy was threatening to take a point from agnew everytime he threw a body shot. he hit kovalev unintentionally with one by accident and the ref said hes going to penalize him the next time. stuff like that can make a fighter timid and afraid to throw in fear of getting DQ'ed or penalized, especially when it happens very early in the fight. notice how agnews work rate dropped after all the ref warnings. it was like he was afraid to throw. i counted at least 3 separate times where the ref warned agnew for throwing a body shot and kept telling him to "keep em up" ...it was really disgusting and hindered agnews performance. im not saying agnew wouldve won either way, but a ref like that can ruin your night. they shouldve got smoger to ref the main event.
its bad enough he has the krusher in front of him to worry about, then he has the ref also? thats bull****. then the ref called the 2nd knockdown a knockdown when agnews knee's or gloves clearly did NOT touch the canvas. more bull**** right there. the other thing that was stupid was how the ref asked agnew "are you going to do it again?" ..agnew accidentally responded "yes" and the ref almost DQ'ed him on the spot thinking that he was intentionally trying to low blow kovalev ..agnew had to correct him and say "NO!" ..what kind of ref asks a question like that? so stupid.
He clearly landed 1 bad low blow early. He got warned like 3 more times. Hes lucky he didnt get a point taken away. Not including that headbutt which caused a cut.
With the way NSB is now, it would be pretty funny to see most of the Pac/Golovkin/Matthysse bandwagoners be on here posting about how bad Ottke desroyed the cheating lowblowing Reid.
^^^ SDF(floydgimp division) in the house!:lol1:
Initially I thought this was about the first fight .... I'm still waiting on Combox's clinch stats.
Yup, it definitely threw Agnew off .... and he needed all the help he can get but even the ref was not helping
With the way NSB is now, it would be pretty funny to see most of the Pac/Golovkin/Matthysse bandwagoners be on here posting about how bad Ottke desroyed the cheating lowblowing Reid.
Poor Agnew -- no low blow... no headbutt...
Kov threw all the low blows and he headbutted Agnew all the fight long...
... Kov is a dirty fighter all around... He must be banned...
... Or Kovalev should fight Ward -- for a good match up...
I knew the ref was going to be a bit off the moment I saw him. Just had some look to him. Agnew did hit low a few times, but the ref sounded crazed in the first round.
Agnew could have had his best friend referee that fight and he still would have been totally outclassed. Agnew still would have ran and covered up all fight. Kovalev still would have thrown and landed 4 times as many punches. Kovalev still would have easily won every round and knocked Agnew out. That is probably why nobody is talking about a bad referee.
Because Agnew fought so scared it wouldn't have mattered anyway. If the fight was competitive or if Agnew was at least trying to win, then you'd might have a few more people complaining.
he was fighting well enough till the ref gave him non-stop lowblow warnings
seemed like his strategy was dependent on going down then back up
The ref was a tvvat. At least two of those was perfectly legal bodyshots, not even borderline.
Noway, noway do I think Agnew wins but he did seem to stop going to the body, well throwing altogether after the unwarranted warnings.
Fans complaining he isn't throwing enough, refs threatening point deductions and DQs when he does throw :lol1:
After the first KD, he sternly asked Agnew if he was going to do it again and wouldnt stop until he answered "no". :lol1:
The ref was a tvvat. At least two of those was perfectly legal bodyshots, not even borderline.
Noway, noway do I think Agnew wins but he did seem to stop going to the body, well throwing altogether after the unwarranted warnings.
Fans complaining he isn't throwing enough, refs threatening point deductions and DQs when he does throw :lol1: