roy jones reaction to ward vs kovalev 2

I dont need anyone to explain to me that when wards punch landed square on the B of kovalevs sponsors name on the front of his shorts, that it was acceptable and borderline because kovas trunks are high (as are most fighters)

The punch that made the ref call it off was a blatant low blow... period. Literally all you have to do is look at the replay

 

None of that changes the *fact * that the ref called off the fight from kovas reaction to a blatant foul.

The right call was to call break and warn ward... again.

The best bad call would have been to give kova a standing 8 count.

But he waved off the fight from a reaction caused by a low blow.

Thats not an opinion, its observational fact.

 

Fair enough if theres no standing 8 count... stupid rule but if its a rule then so be it.

Taking a knee also gives a ref looking to call a fight the excuse they need to wave it off. Many fighters have been 'stopped' because they were taking a knee.

Point is... ref should have called the low blow.

 

That being said its easy to say that with the benefit of slowmo replay. Im sure its s tough call in the moment.

 

Ill assume you haven't rewatched the replay if your saying it wasn't blatantly low. It hit him right in his sponsors logo on the front of his trunks the logo obviously being well below the belt.

 

Everyone knows CoWard is the dirtiest fighter in the game. Even if the shots did appear borderline the ref should've given Kov the benefit of doubt and they shouldn't have shot down the request to have it checked on instant reply given CoWard's reputation for being dirty. Fix was in.

You don't think Weeks didn't know in advance he had the reputation of being a very dirty fighter? GTFOA. Of course he did. They screwed Kov x 2. Fact. No way would he have waved that off if CoWard was in that position. Kov would've been deducted a point at the very least and CoWard would've been given a 5 minute break.