Please name atleast one fight
Hopkins KOed De la Hoya with a liver shot.
Happens all the time. But this stoppage was more due to the fact Kovalev wasn't defending himself. The ref probably also remembered how he chose to stop defending himself several other times in the last 2 rounds also. Dude turned his back and walked away from Ward when nothing was even happening in round 7. He quit fighting earlier in round 8 from legal body blows and he had stopped a couple other times too. So when he got rocked and was staggering all over the ring being chased, and then got hit and chose to bend over at the waist the ref thought he had too much. And the fact that Kovalev sat his Butt on the ropes defenseless was a bad look too.
Those last 2 rounds Kovalev was a fighter in trouble. Turning away from your opponent and walking away mid fight is a bad sign. Quitting to throw and doubling over multiple times was a sign to the ref he wanted out. Ward won fair and square and Kovalev has only himself to blame for the way it was stopped.
Someone watch Travis Dickinson V Matty clarkson fight.
Travis was in awful pain by body shots. But he beat 10 count each time.
Ref stopped kov as ward asked him to after low blowing him? It doesn't getsillier than that
Yeah because you wouldnt fold up when youre getting repeatedly hit in the balls, Yeah i think youre right.
Or maybe he folded because he was in bad shape and was hoping the ref would save him.
The image of him folded on the ropes wasn't a good look either but I think you're right. Too much pride.
Yeah because you wouldnt fold up when youre getting repeatedly hit in the balls, Yeah i think youre right.
Was Ward always a good body puncher or has he developed it through his fights with Kovalev? Cant remember, if he has put such a big emphasis on body punches in his earlier fights.
Or is Kovalev just very open for body punches?
I think his pride is too much that he would never willingly retreat to his knees
The image of him folded on the ropes wasn't a good look either but I think you're right. Too much pride.
I think his pride is too much that he would never willingly retreat to his knees
LOL? Where was that pride in the 7th when he was turning around and running away from Ward?
The fight was stopped because Kovalev was seriously hurt about 20 secounds prior, stayed on the ropes, and took 3 shots without defending himself. People ask why didn't Weeks give him an 8 count... Why didn't Kovalev take a knee, then get up and make his case to ref that the shots were low?
I think his pride is too much that he would never willingly retreat to his knees
The fight was stopped because Kovalev was seriously hurt about 20 secounds prior, stayed on the ropes, and took 3 shots without defending himself. People ask why didn't Weeks give him an 8 count... Why didn't Kovalev take a knee, then get up and make his case to ref that the shots were low.
Because the fight got stopped there. Kovalev was massaging his balls for about 1 second when Weeks came in to stop it.
The fight was stopped because Kovalev was seriously hurt about 20 secounds prior, stayed on the ropes, and took 3 shots without defending himself. People ask why didn't Weeks give him an 8 count... Why didn't Kovalev take a knee, then get up and make his case to ref that the shots were low?
Please clarify your question, are you referring to a fighter getting a solid body shot?
Yea Obv Kovalev wasnt down after this shot ,we are not talking abouut KOs
When was the last time a tittle fight or any fight was stopped by body attacks?
I can't recall this happening
Please clarify your question, are you referring to a fighter getting a solid body shot?