The myth that Ward was the one that initiated the dirty tactics in Kovalev fight

[Prince Madison]

right, yea sure. i reckon its a myth that ward initiates any clinch, or elbows, headbutts. its all a myth.

[Vlad_]

right, yea sure. i reckon its a myth that ward initiates any clinch, or elbows, headbutts. its all a myth.

It's all Kovalev's fault. Making him fight dirty and all. The Ward fanboys are like a bunch of ostriches in a desert with their asses up in the air.

[HarvardBlue]

Kovalev and Kessler are two fights that the "dirty tactics" talk come up most often with Ward. I don't even remember it coming up (this much) after the Froch fight. I know there was a huge cut from a headbutt in the Kessler fight however, it seems that fans of both will not accept that Ward was able to defeat these two.

[Real King Kong]

Do you have an argument that he didn't. Or do you just want to deflect?

You've never fought before.

[boliodogs]

Ward is a famous dirty fighter know for deliberately head butting and holding and hitting. He often gets away with it because over 90% of his fights are in his hometown of Oakland. Kovalev is a clean fighter and a KO artist. He wins his fights with good long range boxing, a long accurate and very hard left jab and real power in both hands. You can try to turn that around and make Ward the clean fighter and Kovalev the dirty fighter all you want. Ward earned his reputation as a dirty fighter while Kovalev has never been called a dirty fighter because he isn't a dirty fighter.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

This is what would happen everytime, it would be ward kessler/bika all over again, who wants that? The point of boxing is damage with your fists, not you head/elbows..

Floyd boys are incredible hypocrites doe, this was floyds go to move, abused so it was.

Exactly. Ward met a fighter who didn't walk right into his head butts and his fans continue to whine about Kov's "dirty" tactics. They were defensive tactics against a guy who is known to foul and never gets called on it. If the refs did their job, it wouldn't be an issue and Kov wouldn't be doing it.

[Mukuro]

Kovalev preempted Ward's dirty tactics by initiating clinches. Watch their other fights it is obvious he is holding to neutralize Ward's "inside game". It is simple and uncontroversial. If you don't see it as that, you are either lying or incredibly imperceptive.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

right, yea sure. i reckon its a myth that ward initiates any clinch, or elbows, headbutts. its all a myth.

Total myth! Ward never cheats. Cleanest fighter out there. That dirty old Russian bully needs to come clean. (wipes away tears)

[Dean_Razorback]

They both were clinching. But to excuse your guy doing it by saying the other guy did it first is childish.

Ward has a history of holding and headbutting. Kovalev doesnt

it really is a stupid argument. it reminds me of our government down here, "the previous government was corrupt so it's ok for us to be it too".

[A.K]

This proves the OP doesn't know what he's watching but we already knew that.