The Ward Fans Damage Control

[Vlad_]

White stripe on shorts was legal, below was not. HUBLOT logo or even the black space between that logo and the white stripe was said to be low blow by ref, so why is anyone still debating that crap?

[Deevel916]

tko stand for technical knockout not tainted knockout. The win isn't tainted even though the stoppage was bad.

Well it's a tainted win as a result of the win coming via terrible stoppage.

Coming into the 8th round the fight was pretty even. 4-3 for either fighter is within reason. Maybe Kov would have recovered or maybe Ward would have stopped him. We'll never know because of a terrible call to stop it by tony weeks.

[Jsmooth9876]

We won is claiming victory. We winnin(g) is an urban colloquialism that means we are happy and celebrating because Ward won.

Ok cool... Stay winning then

[TOBYLEE1]

So many people crying that Ward is dirty and Kov was headlocking again, rabbit punching and hitting on the break.

[The Big Dunn]

Well it's a tainted win as a result of the win coming via terrible stoppage.

Coming into the 8th round the fight was pretty even. 4-3 for either fighter is within reason. Maybe Kov would have recovered or maybe Ward would have stopped him. We'll never know because of a terrible call to stop it by tony weeks.

I agree but the win isn't tainted. Kov imo was looking for a way to get out of there. I'm glad the ref didn't oblige him but I am also mad he stopped it.

[embryo]

How did Kova allegedly WIN?

Idk I didn't say he won. What I meant was anyone saying AJ should have been disqualified etc is being called racist, by certain boxing platforms.

[Fay]

Time to add kovalev to your quitters list LMAO

[travestyny]

Edit: Tony Weeks just shot the home boys on here in teh foot. HIs exact words "down here is good, even though IT IS LOW"

hahahah so ok, a lowblow is ok for this ref. Please explain.

Who gave him that permission to change the long standing law of boxing on the fly? That's ridiculous. Whats' worse is, the ref himself states "that's low but I'll accept it"...like wtf?

LMAOOO. Dude. That is NOT what he said. He always says something to the effect of, "Right here is good, ANYTHING BELOW THAT IS LOW." He clearly says that on the belt line is good, and below the belt line is low. He even said during the fight, when Kovalev was complaining about a blow, "On the belt line. On the belt line," meaning that it was good because the shots were on the belt line.

I agree that he slurs his words a bit when addressing low blows, but he seemed to clearly say "Right here is good, anything below that is low" for Ward, and for Kov it seems he says something like, "Right here is good, anything 'blat's' low." He slurred, but he certainly didn't say, "Even though that's low." He clearly showed what is good, and what is to be considered low.

Look at some of his other fights. He usually says just about the same thing.

You make it seem like he conspired to have Kovalev's body beat up. That's silly.

[allstar]

It was Dre's Day. OP is salty. Ward hit him with HEAVY shots. The Russian wasn't prepared and buckled.

Stop it.

[allstar]

It's easy to land a good right hand when you low blowed your opponent not even a minute earlier. But even though Kovalev was out of breath due to a punch to his balls, and he wasn't even thinking of defending his head, Ward still couldn't drop him with his strongest shot.

You guys sound like some females. Have you ever been hit in the balls before? It takes minutes to recover from a nut shot. Look at Kovalev's reaction. Dude should get an Oscar for his acting.