Comments Thread For: Barrera: Ward Hits Low On Purpose; Kovalev Didn't React Right

[CubanGuyNYC]

I agree, but I think some of these fighters consider it taking the high road when it comes to returning fouls.

I agree. I also think it's a bad strategy when applied to a fight. I've got respect for a fighter that fights clean, but I've also got respect for a fighter that fights fire with fire. I think most fans do.

[New England]

I always hated the "i'll leave it up to the officials" thing. Officials are human beings, old human beings, who make mistakes, frequently.

So I agree with Barrera, that if Kovalev's corner thought there was fouling they should've complained.

Problem is there was some acting there, so if any fouls happened after that acting, Kovalev looked like a bull****ter even if he was in legit pain from a foul. Don't act like you got fouled, that doesn't sit well with refs and when you actually do get fouled that acting comes back to bite you.

ward hits low repeatedly, and finishes the fight on a low blow, and you blame kovalev for embellishing?

[New England]

I can understand why you say Ward might have won that second fight, but it was very far from a 100% guarantee. Ward was exhausted in the 8th, a lot more than he was in their first fight. And rounds 9-12 anything could have happened. Kovalev always has a puncher's chance, and Ward blew all his energy in the 8th. Here he is after the stoppage, and looks extremely tired.

100% guaranteed? no. fighters have come back from worse.

very far from a 100% guarantee? no. kovalev would have very likely been stopped in the coming rounds. if not, he was behind on the cards and had taken most of his punishment to the body. also add in that ward had him clearly figured out.

and finally, onto the gif, you are reaching. take a look at kovalev at the end of the fight. if breathing heavy counts against you so heavily you should recognize that kovalev was the far more gassed and punished fighter.


class over, dogs. yall need jesus.

[Ake-Dawg]

Last I heard, Sullivan Barrera is a fighter. SMH

You're right. He is.

“I feel the right hand Ward hit Kovalev with clearly showed that he was tired before that,” Barrera said. “That right hand kind of put the period at the end of the sentence.”

That doesn't sound like he is saying Ward won by low blows.

[Throwingbombs]

Wards a dirty fighter, much like Hopkins I find his style hard to watch and he is not entertaining. He is talented no doubt but I just cant get excited by a fighter like that. The ref had a shocker and was clearly biased too.

[aboutfkntime]

ward hits low repeatedly, and finishes the fight on a low blow, and you blame kovalev for embellishing?

how could you possibly blame Ward for Kovalev's embellishment?

he had other options

and I don't call that " embellishing "..... I call that taking a dive

how does the final punch slipping low cancel out the punishment, bodywork, and flush right-hand that staggered Kovalev and had him looking for embellishments?

that " embellishment "..... was Kovalev looking for a way out

well, he got his way out

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Kovalev and Lomachenko didn't know how to respond to bullying tactics from Ward and Salido! They better learn quick because this isn't the World Games or the Olympics!

Very true. They have to learn that referees in America no longer punish that behavior. Joke's on them, doe...

[aboutfkntime]

100% guaranteed? no. fighters have come back from worse.

very far from a 100% guarantee? no. kovalev would have very likely been stopped in the coming rounds. if not, he was behind on the cards and had taken most of his punishment to the body. also add in that ward had him clearly figured out.

and finally, onto the gif, you are reaching. take a look at kovalev at the end of the fight. if breathing heavy counts against you so heavily you should recognize that kovalev was the far more gassed and punished fighter.


class over, dogs. yall need jesus.

aaah ok, I get your point

[Ray*]

Kovalev and Lomachenko didn't know how to respond to bullying tactics from Ward and Salido! They better learn quick because this isn't the World Games or the Olympics!

Lomachenko I can excuse due to his experience in the pro game even though his amateur experience is vast, but Kovalev? Nope I can't excuse him at all. Ricky Hatton when he fought Tsyzu he returned the favour multiple time and he had left experience than Kovalev had at that level.

[Vlad_]

but then, who would we laugh at..... ?

you got busted dude

there is no way to explain/justify that reply you made

Robbie got ya

Robbie was following me around in threads that day and I trolled him.