Do you guys like Ward's style?

[Tony Trick-Pony]

how is it even clever?


it's basically like hey the ref is going to let me get away with fouling. so i'm going to keep breaking the rules.



are delinquent youths the most clever?

I think it's clever that he and others figured out down through the years that they could cheat like this and wouldn't be punished and exploit it to win fights. I'm not saying it's a good tactic or a skill. It's wrong all the way around and it ruins boxing. Cheating is always cheating, but clever isn't always nice either. Serial killers are clever, but they are not to be admired. Except for Dexter maybe. Ha.

[daggum]

There was a guy named Ricky Hatton who fought like Ward in his hometown.

Then he came to Vegas and got KOed left right and centre after a neutral ref enforces the actual rules of boxing.

I remember there were talks of Hatton being HOFer. LMAO dude is a bum. without hometown refs .

Ward would suffer the same fate if there was a ref that actually enforced the rules of boxing and rightfully penalized him for his illegal tactics.


or even broke up clinches immediately. so he can't waste a round by clinching and hugging.

ward has more levels to his cheating game though. he also has a nice bend below the waist move he does to escape punches(i suppose this illegal move is great defense for fanboys). hatton never had that and thats why his head kept getting bashed up.

[HeadShots]

I think it's clever that he and others figured out down through the years that they could cheat like this and wouldn't be punished and exploit it to win fights. I'm not saying it's a good tactic or a skill. It's wrong all the way around and it ruins boxing. Cheating is always cheating, but clever isn't always nice either. Serial killers are clever, but they are not to be admired. Except for Dexter maybe. Ha.

dude this is not on the level of serial killing. was Ricky Hatton's style intelligent fighting?


it's just a dude KNOWING he's allowed to clinch whenever he wants without any repercussions.


he's actually started shooting double legs in the last fight. he did it 4-5 times to stop Kov's onslaught.

legit bend down and shot straight for Kov's legs. lifted him in the air then body clinched him to stop action.







there's nothing clever about it. it's straight up buffoonery.

[HeadShots]

Mayweather and Hopkins brainwashed morons into believing breaking the rules is actually intelligent fighting.


it's absolutely mental how ******ed people are.

[HeadShots]

ward has more levels to his cheating game though. he also has a nice bend below the waist move he does to escape punches(i suppose this illegal move is great defense for fanboys). hatton never had that and thats why his head kept getting bashed up.

yup.

might as well plank on the ground so no punches can hit u.


ward's got the headbutt

double leg into upperbody clinch

straight body clinch

holding and hitting

[-PBP-]

I just love watching boxing at the highest level.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

dude this is not on the level of serial killing. was Ricky Hatton's style intelligent fighting?


it's just a dude KNOWING he's allowed to clinch whenever he wants without any repercussions.


he's actually started shooting double legs in the last fight. he did it 4-5 times to stop Kov's onslaught.

legit bend down and shot straight for Kov's legs. lifted him in the air then body clinched him to stop action.







there's nothing clever about it. it's straight up buffoonery.

Oh I know. He's as dirty as it gets. We're in agreements here, man. Really. I don't condone cheating ever. Hopefully with the rematch, we get a real referee who will call out what he does.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Mayweather and Hopkins brainwashed morons into believing breaking the rules is actually intelligent fighting.


it's absolutely mental how ******ed people are.

They definitely did. Both were dirty and got away with numerous fouls. That's a terrible thing for the sport.

[j.razor]

you really pretending that it was kovalev cheating...hmm k. not saying he did everything right but ward was the one barrelling forward right into him and initiating most of the time. ward was locking up one of kovs arms and hitting with the other. he was grabbing him behind the back and hitting with the other. he would clinch, push off and hit kov. yes kov tried his best to prevent those illegal tactics wtih illegal tactics of his own but dont pretend like ward was just standing there with his hands free and kov was grabbing him. also how many lowblows did ward land in that fight? 25? 30? more? all on accident im sureeeee. he landed like 4 in a row at one point. im sure those were body shots right? holding and hitting=inside fighting and low blows=body shots.

They weren't low-blows. And them gut-checks were landing especially while kovalev was holding. It's how he won, he bullied the boogie-man.

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They weren't low-blows. And them gut-checks were landing especially while kovalev was holding. It's how he won, he bullied the boogie-man.

bullying, you mean hugging Kov's torso right?

"PLEASE DON'T HIT ME"