If Kovalev would of stopped Ward in the first fight....

[Deeznuts]

Do you think Kovalev would have received credit if after he dropped Ward he finished the fight with consecutive beltline/below the belt shots? Would Ward fans have accepted the loss?

[Vlad_]

They would be out in the streets smashing **** up, like Hillary supporters after the election...

[Lester Tutor]

But it didn't happen!! Reality vs hypothetical bliss on dat ass!!

[LockardTheGOAT]

How could they have not?

[Deeznuts]

But it didn't happen!! Reality vs hypothetical bliss on dat ass!!

Na it didn't but many acting like the right hand is what finished him not the questionable below the belt shots. Same could have been said of Ward after getting dropped.

[Larry the boss]

Would Ward had been running around the ring bent over defenseless?...if so then yes

[BrometheusBob.]

Well if:
-Ward was as hurt as Kovalev was in round 8 (which he was not in round 2 of fight 1 in my opinion), and appeared basically finished before the low blow
-Ward bellyached about belt line bodyshots earlier in the round
-Ward was in a position at the ending prior to the low blow that made it harder for the ref to judge whether the shots were landing clean, and which suggested Ward may have had all he can handle to body
-Ward was not defending himself meaningfully, and did not go down or take a knee
-Ward was not really throwing much back

Then yes, I would have to accept it. I probably wouldn't love it, but yes I would accept it.

But if it was something like this:
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And then the ref stopped the fight, I would b1tch like no tomorrow. Here Kosta Tsyzu was not done by any means, not looking like he wanted out by any means, and then Hatton just socks him with a blatant low blow that brings him to his knees. If the ref waved it off after that shot, I would be unconsolably pissed.


To be clear, I'm not saying Weeks' stoppage was the best decision. It wasn't. But to act as though the only thing he considered was the low blow from the very last shot is dishonest.

[Larry the boss]

Na it didn't but many acting like the right hand is what finished him not the questionable below the belt shots. Same could have been said of Ward after getting dropped.

a Cotto fan crying about low blows???

[-Kev-]

What does "would of" even mean?

Why do people make this silly mistake? It's 'would have'.

With that said, shoulda, woulda, coulda but he didn't. Kovalev is 0-2 vs Ward and that's that. What the two fights showed was that 10 times out of 10, Ward beats Kovalev and probably gets better as the fights go on, while Kovalev stays the same.

[pretty ste]

We will take the L like a men you have grown men crying and being sore losers like the kovalev fan but would of could of should of but didn't lol take that L like a men