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

[ruedboy]

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.

Barrera says Ward will do anything to get an advantage and that he was hitting low. I think you have to read between the lines. Fighter's have to be careful what they say. Vegas is the place they want to fight. Most aren't going to bite the hand that feeds them.

[garfios]

So barrera did you duck beterbiev because he hits low too? Grow some balls lmfao

He didn't duck bertevieb, ask how much was offered to fight a guy nobody knows who he is?

[Bronx2245]

Yes, they better do because there are some creatures around I dare to call sportsmen who will do anything to get a so called and unrespected win.
How low they are. Agreeing to fight with your fists with a man and agreeing on not punching on certain areas and then just breaking the agreement and calling it sweet science. Bit2chery.

Low blows from a body puncher is as old as boxing itself! The great ones know how to respond, especially when the ref is not doing his job!

[Bronx2245]

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

There are a lot of rough fighters throughout history. Chavez Sr. hit low. B-Hop led with his head all the time! Roberto Duran won "by any means necessary." Mike Tyson used elbows! There's a reason that the thumb is tucked in modern boxing! Ward (and Salido) is not the first rough fighter, and won't be the last! What Kov and Loma need to learn is how to handle a fighter of that caliber!

[Bronx2245]

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.

Kov was looking for an exit strategy! I still think it was a bad stoppage but Kov was finished! I just can't understand how he wasn't prepared for Ward's style...TWICE!

[aboutfkntime]

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

oh..... you " trolled " him......




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[Ake-Dawg]

Barrera says Ward will do anything to get an advantage and that he was hitting low. I think you have to read between the lines. Fighter's have to be careful what they say. Vegas is the place they want to fight. Most aren't going to bite the hand that feeds them.

You don't have to read between the lines. Especially when a fighter says

“That right hand kind of put the period at the end of the sentence.”

That's pretty clear that he felt the right hand finished a tired Kovalev.

[Vlad_]

oh..... you " trolled " him......




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Being accused of being an alt by Larry three times on my first day here, then the following weeks I had people calling me Freedom's, Spoon's and then Maxi's alt.

No, I am nobody's alt. But you and the rest who think so, please, I dare you, all of you, to report me every day on every single post I make, report me to the mods and accuse me of being an alt until I get banned, which won't happen. But you're welcome to keep playing that game.

Quite frankly it's extremely annoying, because I would actually prefer debating boxing with you guys like grown ups.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

There are a lot of rough fighters throughout history. Chavez Sr. hit low. B-Hop led with his head all the time! Roberto Duran won "by any means necessary." Mike Tyson used elbows! There's a reason that the thumb is tucked in modern boxing! Ward (and Salido) is not the first rough fighter, and won't be the last! What Kov and Loma need to learn is how to handle a fighter of that caliber!

They handled the caliber fine. Just not the ball shots. It was wrong when the other fighters did it too. However, I agree that they have to deal with it. The dirty a$$ sport of boxing clearly doesn't **** about sportsmanship. So a fighter must do what he must do.

[SugarRaRobinson]

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.

🙄 How far and abstracted from reality do u have to be to suggest there was a glimmer of hope for Kovalev cause Ward depleted his tank in the 8th. The 8th was his most powerful/definitive round in which he stopped Kov.

So if you feel that works against Ward, then how bad of a predicament was Kovalev in , in the 8th round ? You do realize that u can't just gauge Wards tank without gauging Kovalev's too right ? So if Ward was spent, then Kovalev was:

"Dearly departed, we've gathered here today..............."

Do u proof read before u hit submit ?