Can we agree that Ward's Lowblows changed the course of the Kovalev fight?

[BoxingIsGreat]

Fight Again! I think Ward beats him even easier in the 3rd Fight! He figured him out the second half of their first fight and it carried over in the 2nd fight in which I thought Ward fully controlled and was never in any serious danger. 3rd Fight would be even more one sided in favor of Ward and people will just say "The Low Blows For The 2nd Fight Ruined Kovalev"

Ward is the better fighter...LET IT GO! I see a lot of b1tching but I don't see nobody pushing for a 3rd match. Is Kovalev even calling for a 3rd Match himself?

[Raggamuffin]

Kovalev was able to take Ward's bodyshots fine until Ward threw a lowblow in a clinch in Rd7 which hurt Kovalev bad.

At the start of Rd8 Kov was still hurt from that lowblow. Then came more lowblows mixed with legit bodyshots. Then came the headshot and KO.

Did Ward land good shots to the head and body in Rd8? Sure. But they came AFTER Kov was hurt by the initial lowblow.



As someone who has been hit low in the ring before, I can tell you that even a single lowblow FCVKING HURTS and can destroy a fighter.

You would think that this would be common sense to guys but..... apparently not.

Lastly, fighters of Ward's precision and calibre don't accidentally go below the belt.... they do it on purpose and know what they are doing.

The only thing that we can all agree on is that you're a ****en cry baby.

[Raggamuffin]

The only thing that we found out was that in the first fight Kov did a great job at almost neutralizing Ward from getting inside. The second fight Ward got inside and the Krusher couldn't take body shots. Ward felt that Kov got tired in the first fight and that he would turn up the heat in the rematch. Now all I see is Kov's fans still crying.

[gauze]

on a related note, does anyone know of other fights where a boxer was stopped on his feet by body shots? off the top of my head, i got nothing.

[Larry the boss]

When you have to pull out alts to post in a poll you lost already....

[Regulus]

what are you on about? why would he train to fight a southpaw? ward fights orthodox, which is how he fought the entire first fight against kovalev. he switched to southpaw a few times in the 2nd fight.

...you think a fighter that jabs with the left hand is a left handed fighter, huh? your credibility has gone out the window. no need to talk about boxing with someone who doesn't know the difference between orthodox and southpaw. peace

Ward fights southpaw dummy.
He fought southpaw in the first fight dummy.

He didn't switch in the rematch for more than 6 seconds.

[gauze]

Ward fights southpaw dummy.
He fought southpaw in the first fight dummy.

He didn't switch in the rematch for more than 6 seconds.

you obviously have no idea what southpaw and orthodox mean. i thought you were an alt since it says you joined in december 2017 but its pretty apparent that you just started following the sport.

but if you wanna say that ward is a southpaw, whatever. moron.

[j0zef]

Ward was in a better shape in the 2nd fight and was winning it pretty clearly. Having said that, yeah, the multitudes of low blows changed the fight. He got warned for them in the 2nd (or 3rd? I forget) and in the 6th. The way Weeks stopped that fight was a ***en travesty too.

Kovalev screwed up a lot in that fight. Showed up in poor shape. didn't make any adjustments, didn't try to fight dirty back and more importantly, didn't think quickly enough to take a damn knee when he was getting hammered in the balls at the end. But none of the that excuses Ward's low blows.

And before any of you nuthuggers call me a fanboy of one or the other, I dislike them both and couldn't care less about them. Those are facts - deal with them.

[Regulus]

Ward was in a better shape in the 2nd fight and was winning it pretty clearly. Having said that, yeah, the multitudes of low blows changed the fight. He got warned for them in the 2nd (or 3rd? I forget) and in the 6th. The way Weeks stopped that fight was a ***en travesty too.

Kovalev screwed up a lot in that fight. Showed up in poor shape. didn't make any adjustments, didn't try to fight dirty back and more importantly, didn't think quickly enough to take a damn knee when he was getting hammered in the balls at the end. But none of the that excuses Ward's low blows.

And before any of you nuthuggers call me a fanboy of one or the other, I dislike them both and couldn't care less about them. Those are facts - deal with them.

Stop making excuses.

[Regulus]

you obviously have no idea what southpaw and orthodox mean. i thought you were an alt since it says you joined in december 2017 but its pretty apparent that you just started following the sport.

but if you wanna say that ward is a southpaw, whatever. moron.

Ward fought Southpaw in the first fight Donkey.