What Kovalev should have done if he thought he was being fouled......

[NaijaD]

At 4:13 of this video is what Kovalev should have done instead of slumping defencelessly against the ropes. Also the ref in this fight got it wrong too lool.

[SplitSecond]

He was already hurt and tired before the low blows, dont think he had it in him to gather up strength for strong enough low blows vs ward who was very strong at that moment. Kovalev isnt very durable. He was actually stunned by ward early in the fight, doubt many caught it. Unlike the first fight where ward didnt hurt him at all, he came in more powerful in the rematch.

[-PBP-]

That's what they teach.

But I think in Kovalev's case he was trying to get the ref involved to discourage Ward's body attack. That's why you saw him complain about the legitimate body shots too

[ray moe]

If he thought he was being fouled the first thing he should have done is not to eat a right hand on his chin and get wobbled and stunned and finally stopped.

[Kigali]

If he thought he was being fouled the first thing he should have done is not to eat a right hand on his chin and get wobbled and stunned and finally stopped.

[Shrap]

Taking a hit in the balls, let alone multiple, takes the wind out of you and is not something you build a resilience to or train for in boxing.

Kovalev was obviously in that slumped state because he took some hard low blows and hadn't recovered. It's natural to slump like that and it's also hard to stand when you get hit in the junk. He yelled to alert Weeks and sat back when he came in as he figured he was penalising Ward and giving him time to recover. He didn't realise until afterward that Weeks actually stopped the fight.

[SplitSecond]

Pacquiao vs sanchez btw

[SeekDaGreat]

You have to fight fire with fire, hit him back.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Kov should have punched him in the back of the head after the bell. Full swing

[NaijaD]

Taking a hit in the balls, let alone multiple, takes the wind out of you and is not something you build a resilience to or train for in boxing.

Kovalev was obviously in that slumped state because he took some hard low blows and hadn't recovered. It's natural to slump like that and it's also hard to stand when you get hit in the junk. He yelled to alert Weeks and sat back when he came in as he figured he was penalising Ward and giving him time to recover. He didn't realise until afterward that Weeks actually stopped the fight.

I think he should have retaliated, if you're the krusher aiming to end someone's career then you don't milk or overreact to belt shots and borderline low blows..... Kov's body language was wrong from the get go.