As a Ward hater i have to give him a little credit

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  • RussB23
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    #1

    As a Ward hater i have to give him a little credit

    He seems like hes grown into 175. He physically looked alot bigger than the first fight and seems to have filled out more and actually looks like a 175 pounder now. Did not expect that , he also seemed to have alot more snap on his punches and lighter on his feet, finally threw the right hand again also he looked like the ward from the super six in moments. Ive been trashing him and calling him washed up but he looked alot better in the rematch.

    Still though i dont think the fight should have been stopped and the low blows were legit nut shots. Point should have been taken.
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    #2
    Originally posted by RussTBE
    He seems like hes grown into 175. He physically looked alot bigger than the first fight and seems to have filled out more and actually looks like a 175 pounder now. Did not expect that , he also seemed to have alot more snap on his punches and lighter on his feet, finally threw the right hand again also he looked like the ward from the super six in moments. Ive been trashing him and calling him washed up but he looked alot better in the rematch.

    Still though i dont think the fight should have been stopped and the low blows were legit nut shots. Point should have been taken.
    I'm not a fan of Ward either and you I agree with you. He's tough but there should have been points taken.

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    • Outwest Exp 355
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      #3
      Not to mention Sergey was 34 going on 65 last night.

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      • FLY TY
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        #4
        Originally posted by Pan-Africanist
        Not to mention Sergey was 34 going on 65 last night.
        Fitting.

        His biggest victory to date was over a 50 year old...

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        • BrometheusBob.
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          The ending was unfortunate, the best call imo would have been a point deduction and time to recover for Kovalev. If not a point docked, at least the latter. I don't know how Tony did not see that the last shot was low.

          But before that Ward was very impressive. I'm skeptical that Kovalev could do better in a rematch given his conditioning and his age. It's a shame that we were robbed of a more decisive ending moment, but I still think Ward would have won if it were handled properly.
          Last edited by BrometheusBob.; 06-18-2017, 10:45 PM.

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          • Robbie Barrett
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            #6
            Points taken? There was two low blows in the entire fight (show the proof if you disagree, nobody has been able to). How many rabbit punches did Kovalev land?

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            • ironmt
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              #7
              Originally posted by Robbie Barrett
              Points taken? There was two low blows in the entire fight (show the proof if you disagree, nobody has been able to). How many rabbit punches did Kovalev land?
              Only two? How many should have been allowed? The two low blows that you mentioned just happen to be the two that knocked Kovalev out. As far as rabbit punches both Ward and Kovalev were guilty.

              Regardless, Ward turned the tide of the fight with that beautiful right hand and It was only a matter of time before he would have stopped Kovalev.

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              • Hmabshir
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                #8
                Kov was exposed by Ward and would have been knocked out if the fight continued. Ward was just better. Kovalev was looking for a way out, in round 6 when Ward hit him on the body Kovalev bent over and tried to fake it off as a low blow. lil g string is next up.

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                • A-Wolf
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by RussTBE
                  He seems like hes grown into 175. He physically looked alot bigger than the first fight and seems to have filled out more and actually looks like a 175 pounder now. Did not expect that , he also seemed to have alot more snap on his punches and lighter on his feet, finally threw the right hand again also he looked like the ward from the super six in moments. Ive been trashing him and calling him washed up but he looked alot better in the rematch.

                  Still though i dont think the fight should have been stopped and the low blows were legit nut shots. Point should have been taken.
                  Nice sig. How do you feel about what Cotto did to Judah?

                  What Trinidad did to Vargas?

                  Those are examples of fight changing low blows. Tactical low blows. REAL low blows.. Thoughts?

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                  • RussB23
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Pan-Africanist
                    Not to mention Sergey was 34 going on 65 last night.
                    Didnt even know kovalev was 34 i thought he was like 30 at the most.

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