Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Stops Sergey Kovalev in Eight To Retain Belts

[Ake-Dawg]

I thought Kovalev was winning the fight but was either getting tired again or showing the effects from the multiple blatant low blows. Tony Weeks should not be allowed to referee another prize fight and I guess there is now no longer any doubt how crooked fights are in Vegas. As for Ward he'll go down in history as just another dirty fighter. I feel bad for Kovalev who was robbed the first time and more crooked officials helped Ward win the second fight. Disgusting

Which low or borderline low punch was intentionally low?

[MC Hammer]

Would that make the last punch any higher? Would it negate the fact that Ward hit him in the B in Hublot?

Kovalev shouldn't have bent over well below Ward's beltline. He put himself in the position to be hit

[Ake-Dawg]

It's here:

The last one definitely was low. I don't think that's the ONLY reason why Weeks stopped the fight. I'd ideally like to see better refereeing.

At that stage if the fight did you believe Kovalev to be in trouble moving forward. I felt that he had little left and was not likely to either survive the 9th or win another round. Ward looked fresher, sharper, and more confident at that stage of the fight.

[GGG Gloveking]

Kovalev shouldn't have bent over well below Ward's beltline. He put himself in the position to be hit

It's Kovalevs fault Ward hit him in the balls? I don't care what position the man put himself in, there is no excuse for repeated low blows like that

[BoxHec]

Yeah, Ward was warmed up. Kovalev had nothing for him after awhile.

Great quote! hey Kova'lovas (kova's fans) did you hear that? Ward was just warmed up when the fight was stopped! Hahahaha

BAM!!! "THAT'S FOR YOU $UK£R!!!"

[Ake-Dawg]

The irony being Kovalev wasn't even hurt by the head punches, he was winded from the repeated low blows.
A homer ref turned this fight into a joke stoppage.

This is a joke comment. You can't disqualify the many legal body blows and the repeated air punching that Ward forced Kovalev into. You also can't dismiss the right hand that clearly had Kovalev hurt and on shaky legs.

[MDPopescu]

The last one definitely was low. I don't think that's the ONLY reason why Weeks stopped the fight. I'd ideally like to see better refereeing.

At that stage if the fight did you believe Kovalev to be in trouble moving forward. I felt that he had little left and was not likely to either survive the 9th or win another round. Ward looked fresher, sharper, and more confident at that stage of the fight.

... of course... OK, OK... Ward fought beautifully!...
... but one cannot stop a fight because one "thinks" that a fighter won't survive the following round!

[IMDAZED]

I admit that Kovalev looked like he was out of gas in that last round. But Ward landed low blows and Weeks stopped the fight early. Kov shoulda been given a count at least. Is that so unreasonable?

Just so you know, this was a 50/50 fight for me and I was expecting a close decision like last time.

Unless Kovalec had his balls moved higher, those punches were borderline. Especially since his trunks damn near touched his belly button.

You can't administer an eight-count and since Kovalev was too damn tired to do anything else but sit on the ropes and eat shots, he gave Weeks little choice. Especially since he wasn't throwing back, had body language the last couple rounds, was complaining about everything, trying to get quick rests and was fatigued, Weeks did him a favor.

[OneHittaQuitta1]

It's you're, not your. When calling someone a dumb fuçk, try to avoid grammatical errors that will make you look like you're a dumb fuçk

Always tell when someone has nothing left to say other than the "Grammatical"errors argument and on boxing scene of all places.


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[Derranged]

Unless Kovalec had his balls moved higher, those punches were borderline. Especially since his trunks damn near touched his belly button.

You can't administer an eight-count and since Kovalev was too damn tired to do anything else but sit on the ropes and eat shots, he gave Weeks little choice. Especially since he wasn't throwing back, had body language the last couple rounds, was complaining about everything, trying to get quick rests and was fatigued, Weeks did him a favor.

That last shot Ward landed was low as hell and I think Kovalev thought the ref was stepping in stop the action, not stop the fight. Oh well....