Comments Thread For: Hopkins: Kovalev Stoppage Was Legit, Ward Wore Him Down

[jas]

Another voice of reason ignoring the right hand that hurt Kovalev and had him retreating to ropes. He didn't go down because Weeks stopped the fight. It wouldn't have been much longer. Kovalev doesn't have the heart to get off the canvas and stage a comeback.

Was responding to all the false claims that stoppage was jusitifiable because kova was too hurt to the body.

He was throwing punches back. Actually landed an uppercut just before the 3 low blows at end of the fight.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Ward punches like agirl so there's no way he's stopping kov fairly.

If ward 'punches like a girl' then Kovalev obviously takes it like a bish. That was a foolish quote made by Kovalev in the lead-up to the rematch, so it's funny that his fans are still repeating it after watching Kovalev get worn-down and stopped.

[HarvardBlue]

Was responding to all the false claims that stoppage was jusitifiable because kova was too hurt to the body.

He was throwing punches back. Actually landed an uppercut just before the 3 low blows at end of the fight.

He wasn't fully recovered when he bent over. He made an attempt to fight back but Ward kept coming. Ward isn't really known as a finisher so seeing him coming probably zapped the fight out of Kovalev.

I had no problem with the stoppage. We can debate low blows forever, it's still no excuse to stop fighting and stay in that awkward position.

[jas]

He wasn't fully recovered when he bent over. He made an attempt to fight back but Ward kept coming. Ward isn't really known as a finisher so seeing him coming probably zapped the fight out of Kovalev.

I had no problem with the stoppage. We can debate low blows forever, it's still no excuse to stop fighting and stay in that awkward position.

"You can't hold your opponent and hit him at the same time, or duck so low that your head is below your opponent's belt line."

Ward did this during both fights tons of times

Kova was not bent below his or his opponents belt line

[BoxHec]

Some of you guys sound like FKing idiots when you talk about russia. Russia is, and has been, moving toward freedom, while the ******* left tyrannical SWJ croud is moving America toward facisim.

If you listen to FOX, ABC, NBC, CBS, AND ESPECIALLY MSNBC and CNN, and believe their BS, then you are most certainly a FK TARD!

LOL! you know a lot about Americans TV! you past your time on it or what? Hahaha, and all the russian TV & media don't do propaganda right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

But it's more than clear that russian live in lie and fear...

[HarvardBlue]

"You can't hold your opponent and hit him at the same time, or duck so low that your head is below your opponent's belt line."

Ward did this during both fights tons of times

Kova was not bent below his or his opponents belt line

The problem wasn't that Kovalev was bending over. The problem was he wasn't fighting back. It's equivalent to him just dropping his hands in the middle of the fight when the action was never stopped.

There were a lot of fouls on both sides that weren't called. Weeks is known for letting things go in a fight. I can't argue one way or the other about which fouls were called or not. I can say some people are placing too much emphasis on fouls and not the actual way the fight played out.

[hugh grant]

Did you see the right hand that rocked him the 8th round? Weeks actually saved Kovalev from being knocked out legitimately.

That was wards equivalent to jmmm punch landed on PAC. Yet all the result was a little wobble similar to the hayemaker haye landed on valuev and vasluev wobbled.
Ward always goes 12 rounds against anyone decent

[uppercut510]

One of the dirtiest boxers of his era, who got his ass beat by Kovalev and who is racist against white people said Ward's win was clean?

I can't think of a worse person to say that kind of thing.

ull be okay bro

[ShoulderRoll]

https://********/xZQlJsjSkO4

That video is over 18 minutes long. Can you narrow it down a little to the damaging low blows, maybe with some specific minutes and seconds time references?

[HarvardBlue]

That was wards equivalent to jmmm punch landed on PAC. Yet all the result was a little wobble similar to the hayemaker haye landed on valuev and vasluev wobbled.
Ward always goes 12 rounds against anyone decent

Well I can't really argue with anything you're saying...

Except to say what the heck does that have to do with anything? You said Ward punched like a girl and couldn't finish Kovalev fairly. He was wobbled, forced to the ropes, and crouched over in pain from a body shots.

I just realized it's absolutely useless talking to some of you about this fight. It went from Kovalev was hurt but only from a low blow. Someone else saying he was never hurt at all. Now you're saying it was a little wobble and didn't matter at all. Yet he somehow ended up sitting on the ropes looking like a defeated figter.