88 Clinches from Ward in the Kessler Fight

[Doctor_Tenma]

He's comparing it to the way Berto does it, Berto does it as a means to avoid contact, Ward does it to open up his offense. That's the difference here, I'm not trying to justify it but when you consider those facts, chances are the referee is gonna see it in a different light.

Also, one can't place the blame on the ref, it is up to Kessler to do something about it too. Mosley attempted to man handle Floyd a few times and Floyd quickly showed him that wasn't going to happen.

[BattlingNelson]

He's comparing it to the way Berto does it, Berto does it as a means to avoid contact, Ward does it to open up his offense. That's the difference here, I'm not trying to justify it but when you consider those facts, chances are the referee is gonna see it in a different light.

Also, one can't place the blame on the ref, it is up to Kessler to do something about it too. Mosley attempted to man handle Floyd a few times and Floyd quickly showed him that wasn't going to happen.

Kessler was actually the one being warned for holding.

[Best in Boxing]

I watched the entire fight in slow motion and didn't see one clinch.

[intoccabile]

Saw several butts in the clinch vid.

[BattlingNelson]

the only people who were crying is whoever made that video and kessler

Every single cut was caused by flying headbutts.

[-Hyperion-]

Ward's mad skillz are so overrated....

dont get me wrong , dude is the best at 168....but his athletic talent is not all that, and if he gets a joe cooper or a keith holmes ref, he will get 2 point dedustions and will be froced to fight without all these clinches.....guy would struggle to keep people off him without his clinching, since he has poor punching power

[Toney Loc]

People still can't accept that Kessler got his ass kicked by Ward.

Kessler was already a beaten fighter before the cuts happened.

[ИATAS]

Every single cut was caused by flying headbutts.

And a significant headbutt didn't occur until round 7 so how do you explain kessler getting his butt kicked for 7 rounds w/o any head clashes?

[The Hammer]

And a significant headbutt didn't occur until round 7 so how do you explain kessler getting his butt kicked for 7 rounds w/o any head clashes?

Watch the HD video from our video's section.

The initial cut on Kessler early in the fight was caused by a Ward headbutt.

In the Kessler-Froch fight, the referee Jack Reiss kept admonishing Kessler for no reason other than to confuse and distract him. And he allowed Ward to deliberately headbutt and hit off the break. At one point, Ward hit Kessler off the break and Jack Reiss yelled at Kesser about it!

And the blow that ended the fight was a blatently deliberate headbutt. It brought a smirk to the face of Jack Reiss as he saw Kessler wince in pain.

The limit for harassment

Mikkel Kessler: "I told Froch about everything outside of that stress me. When I had just peed on would I suddenly doping test just before the fight, so I had to drink two liters of water. It's not good when you are standing in the locker room."

"And when the last tape was put on bandages, came Ward's trainer, saying it had to be altered. They could have said previously."

"They came and said I was in the ring about five minutes, and then I struck on the pads, so they came and said" 10 more minutes. "How they did in 45 minutes. They tried to stress me, it was pure harassment, "says Kessler.

It would be poetic justice if Froch KOs Ward.

[BattlingNelson]

And a significant headbutt didn't occur until round 7 so how do you explain kessler getting his butt kicked for 7 rounds w/o any head clashes?

As I recall it headbutts was landing as round 2 and Kessler told his corner that hé could not see after round 4.