how come nobody is talking about the terrible ref from the agnew/kovalev fight?

[gratz_the_king]

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 ****** 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 ******.

[Russian Crushin]

Maybe Agnews should have actually been fighting instead of low blowing, elbowing and head butting

[Rezelby]

It should have been stopped in the 4th, Agnew was getting massacred and not throwing back. Now he's got a broken nose and broken ribs.

[jas]

I did think the ref was being harsh on the b-side fighter.

Refs suck. Only good ones are bayless and weeks

[MisterHardtop]

He was a bad ref, far too biased towards one fighter, especially considering Kovalev does not need it haha

[SN!PER]

The ref bet his paycheck on Kovalev.

[Derranged]

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.

[dan_cov]

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

[Russian Crushin]

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

After the first KD, he sternly asked Agnew if he was going to do it again and wouldnt stop until he answered "no".

[SplitSecond]

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