Was that the end of the sport of boxing?

[j.razor]

YES. i ate the sport and will never follow the same way, for one

Lol...okay, bye.

[Kosta]

Get off the crack pipe! Ward shut this dude out & then took him out.

Have u read my post? That's pretty much what I said

[FinitoxDinamita]

In america, boxing died long time ago. Watcha mean last night

[j.razor]

Have u read my post? That's pretty much what I said

I think you need to read your own post again.

[Kosta]

I think you need to read your own post again.

You seemed to be suggesting j somehow didn't acknowledge the fact ward completely had the better of kovalev and absolutely was on for a much worse ko than the tko that actually ended the fight. So not sure where we don't agree

Only point I was making was that, in order to silence boxing a many detractors, refereeing needs to improve. If u stop fights before allowing the boxer to go down and get an 8 count or if they won't go down at least give the illusion of trying to allow the fight to continue then ur screwing ward over the most and u give ammunition to his detractors. I really feel given the clear gulf in class last night that that fight shud have been given enough time to really show kov up and put it all to bed forever. Sadly, through stopping the fight so quickly now kov and his team will always say "told ya so, son of judges"

[BWC]

I mean...Ward that do not box but duck-grab-low blows all night, Kovalev that gasses after 4 rounds.

Referees that do not promote a healthy box but allow dirty tactics like continue grabbing, low blows etc.

On top of it, referee that not only do not see and penalyze low blows, but stops fight for no reason.

Kovalev was way ahead on the scorecards, but gassed out, he was probably going to lose the last rounds to a controversial decision or getting KOd, but jesus christ if that is the case let him get KTFOed and do not stop for no reason.

Ref should've just called the low blow and let them finish one way or another till the end of the fight or till Kovalev take a dive on the floor out of breath.

Not only this, but did you see what happened with Rigondeaux and the mexican?
Both of them should have been disqualified, together with the ref and other commission members.
The blow was way past the bell, and mroeover, the mexican looks like took a dive while he could have stand on his feet.

Shameful. Boxing is dead.

Good god man. A fight where borderline low blows stopped a done fighter that will probably sell 150k PPV (I was one) is the end of boxing. OK there. We're about to have Crawford, Manny, and Loma on ESPN/ABC joining PBC on network TV and boxing is dead. Please..

[ray moe]

Yes, you boxer was stopped, and that OBVIOULY mean that that's the end of boxing. Makes sense dude.

/facepalm.

[j.razor]

You seemed to be suggesting j somehow didn't acknowledge the fact ward completely had the better of kovalev and absolutely was on for a much worse ko than the tko that actually ended the fight. So not sure where we don't agree

Only point I was making was that, in order to silence boxing a many detractors, refereeing needs to improve. If u stop fights before allowing the boxer to go down and get an 8 count or if they won't go down at least give the illusion of trying to allow the fight to continue then ur screwing ward over the most and u give ammunition to his detractors. I really feel given the clear gulf in class last night that that fight shud have been given enough time to really show kov up and put it all to bed forever. Sadly, through stopping the fight so quickly now kov and his team will always say "told ya so, son of judges"

You said kovalev was winning.....I did not give kovalev any rounds in this fight.

[Elroy The Great]

I mean...Ward that do not box but duck-grab-low blows all night, Kovalev that gasses after 4 rounds.

Referees that do not promote a healthy box but allow dirty tactics like continue grabbing, low blows etc.

On top of it, referee that not only do not see and penalyze low blows, but stops fight for no reason.

Kovalev was way ahead on the scorecards, but gassed out, he was probably going to lose the last rounds to a controversial decision or getting KOd, but jesus christ if that is the case let him get KTFOed and do not stop for no reason.

Ref should've just called the low blow and let them finish one way or another till the end of the fight or till Kovalev take a dive on the floor out of breath.

Not only this, but did you see what happened with Rigondeaux and the mexican?
Both of them should have been disqualified, together with the ref and other commission members.
The blow was way past the bell, and mroeover, the mexican looks like took a dive while he could have stand on his feet.

Shameful. Boxing is dead.

good. 1 less overreacting fan boy.

[-PBP-]

Boxing has been dead for years. That's why millions would rather watch an mma fighter vs a boxer than 2 elite boxers.