Should Ward have been disqulified against Kessler?

[negativegain]

If Kessler had done that to Ward in Denmark and not have been DQ'd, Americans would have been screaming bloody murder instead of "hurr moove on bruh".

exactly this.

[Light_Speed]

Those headbutts were not intentional, Ward simply closed the distance and clinched often to nullify Kessler's offense, Kessler couldn't do much to Ward between those headbutts, if he could he wouldn't have lost by wide technical decision.

[The Hammer]

The more I watch this fight the more I feel it was a disgrace. Poor Kessler was writhing in pain with those brutal cuts, and not one was caused by his feather fisted punches.

IMO in Denmark he would have been disqualified.

Who else agrees?

I agree 100%. With a fair and honest referee, Ward would have been disqualified.

[vacon04]

Yes, it was an absolute disgrace. I give credit to Ward for most of his wins (Froch, Abraham, Bika although it was close) but this fight was just absurd. Kessler had some massive cuts, all caused by headbutts, and the ref did absolutely nothing.

This isn't about "hating" Ward or stuff like that, but it's pretty clear that the referee in this fight was pathetic.

[lefthook2daliva]

Damn people going all out to discredit Ward.
He beat everyone he faced and could do it all again, just accept it and move on.

They can't. There are too few of their countrymen to root for at that level of the sport for them to be able to get past the denial stage easily or quickly.

[BattlingNelson]

Funny that seeing as Kessler has managed to move on from it?

That said if it was in Denmark it might well have gone down differently. I can't remember if he was warned in the Kessler fight but he would have definitely been warned in Denmark and possibly had a point deducted and with both the excessive clinching and leading with the head, he could definitely have been DQ'd in Denmark.

He wasn't warned. The perverted thing about it, was that it was Kessler who was told by the ref. that he was about to be DQ'ed.

That was the single worst referee performance in the last decade.

[Prince Mongo]

The more I watch this fight the more I feel it was a disgrace. Poor Kessler was writhing in pain with those brutal cuts, and not one was caused by his feather fisted punches.

IMO in Denmark he would have been disqualified.

Who else agrees?

If the referee was firm Ward would have had to cut the dirty stuff out or at best reduce it. He got away with it because the referee allowed it. If he was in Denmark with a firm referee he would have fought a different fight.

[Rapid Counter]

I don't recall Ward getting a single warning. Kessler's face was sliced to bits in that fight. A couple of warnings and a point deduction would have been enough to change the way the fight played out. I don't think Kessler would have won but Ward would of had to find another way other than using the head to win.

Was terrible reffing in my opinion.

[DeadLikeMe]

Imagine if Mike Tyson got his ass whooped even more horribly by Lennox Lewis...then some Tyson fans kept telling boxing forums how Lennox should leave Jamaica...errr Canada...err England.

[GoogleMe]

Imagine if Mike Tyson got his ass whooped even more horribly by Lennox Lewis...then some Tyson fans kept telling boxing forums how Lennox should leave Jamaica...errr Canada...err England.

What the ****?