Comments Thread For: Kovalev Files Protest With NSAC To Make Ward Loss a No-Contest

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Kovalev may still remain a hero in your eyes and the rest of his fans' eyes but at least in the eyes of the rest of the boxing world he is and shall always be remembered as Andre Ward's b1tch and that's a fact that you cannot change.

thats the opposite of a fact.

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This is exactly how I see it. A guy doesn't have to be getting pummeled for a fight to be stopped, just not defending himself. Ward heavily outlanded him in that last minute or so before it got stopped and he wasn't throwing back or blocking the punches. So even though he wasn't getting killed in there, he looked like a defeated fighter at that point. At first I thought it was a hasty stoppage but even still, the fight was only going one way at that point, you could see that clearly.

yeah he can apparently be low blowed over and over. wards an innovator

[HarvardBlue]

yes after ward low blowed him 3 times in a row. you kind of ignoring that part for some reason.

I never ignored the low blows. I said the ref didn't call them so it had no bearing on his decision to stop the fight.

If the ref called the low blows, warned or took a point from Ward, gave Kovalev time to recover you and wouldn't be having this conversation. But he didn't. Something tells me you would still have a problem if the judges saw the fight for Ward.

[BoxingIsGreat]

oh ok and wards werent clearly intentionally low....see thats the problem. you are playing thought police. it doesnt matter if it was intentional or not. it doesnt matter who was winning or not. what matters is what happened. a fighter was fouled. he should have been given time but instead the fight was called off. no need to even give names to any of the fighters. it was a bad call.

That's the thing, it is YOUR opinion. The ref disagrees. I agree with Weeks. There was no foul.

Also, even before the stoppage, what was Kovalev doing turning his back to Ward? That's a clear sign a fighter wants to quit.

[Shadoww702]

I seriously wasn't sure what you meant. Didn't mean to assume you were part of the crowd that think there is conspiracy to make Ward a star.

I don't score fights but I thought Ward won the fight. I thought Kovalev had a good first half (including the KD) but I saw Ward taking coming on strong in the latter half of if the fight. They were atleast one close round in the first half and a few in the second. I also said this was a true fight that couid have gone either way so I never dismissed the people that had it for Kovalev. I did think the people that were dead certain it was Kovalev were being honest with themselves.

My bad!

I don't make any excuses for the 1st fight. And the 2nd I'm just annoyed it was between TWO P4P Top #5 Boxers on PPV for CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS/ P4P #1 and stopped a lil too early. Robbed Andre of a GREAT TKO or maybe KOv. could come back?? Who knows now...

Going forward I just meant Kovalov can't beat the best on his own with NO real boxing team.

[KillaCamNZ]

This is sad. Swallow your pride and move on.

[Shadoww702]

I never ignored the low blows. I said the ref didn't call them so it had no bearing on his decision to stop the fight.

If the ref called the low blows, warned or took a point from Ward, gave Kovalev time to recover you and wouldn't be having this conversation. But he didn't. Something tells me you would still have a problem if the judges saw the fight for Ward.

Don't forget Kovalov almost fell threw the ropes in the 1st fight around round 11??? He would of fell on his @ss if it wasn't for the ropes keeping him up.

[JK1700]

Reading all these Kovalev fans acting like he was gonna win and i'm just like...



Watch the last round again, he knew it was over for him.

[HarvardBlue]

This is exactly how I see it. A guy doesn't have to be getting pummeled for a fight to be stopped, just not defending himself. Ward heavily outlanded him in that last minute or so before it got stopped and he wasn't throwing back or blocking the punches. So even though he wasn't getting killed in there, he looked like a defeated fighter at that point. At first I thought it was a hasty stoppage but even still, the fight was only going one way at that point, you could see that clearly.

The crazy thing is they would have no problem if Kovalev won the fight exactly the same way.

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I never ignored the low blows. I said the ref didn't call them so it had no bearing on his decision to stop the fight.

If the ref called the low blows, warned or took a point from Ward, gave Kovalev time to recover you and wouldn't be having this conversation. But he didn't. Something tells me you would still have a problem if the judges saw the fight for Ward.

kov bendign over in pain had no bearing on his decision? why was he bending over in pain....cause he was low blowed. its like saying we found a dead man that got shot in the head and heres video of someone shooting him in the head. meh he could have died from a heart attack at the same exact time as when he was shot. not murder!