Video proof. Kov apologists its time to throw in the towel

I remember when Froch caught a second wind vs Taylor in the 12th round once and knocked him out with a few seconds to go. Kovalev even if gassed is still a hell of a dangerous puncher and if the fight did continue hypothetically and Ward was going to the body there is every chance Kovalev would land with something huge. This could happen, as much as Ward could happen to finish in the following round. Wards low blows stopped us seeing what should have happened.

 

And that is the only punch that matters as it was the one that brought about the stoppage.

 

Of course.

Anyone claiming that the fight was "done" doesn't know much about boxing or likely hasn't watched a lot of boxing.

Comebacks and miracle punches happen all the time. Coming into the 8th round, for example, there was no indication at all that Ward was going to seriously hurt Kovalev. Fights change on a dime.

The only thing we can be certain of here is no one knows what takes place had Meeks properly allowed the fight to continue.

Everything else is just speculation and narrative fulfillment (along the lines of "it doesn't matter if the fight ended on a foul, because Kovalev was finished already").

 

100% correct.

Everything else is irrelevant, unless you think (as Duva seems to) that the 1-2 blows before the finishing low blow were also blows.

 

If he punched him below the letters stitched on his trunks his glove would've went right between his legs.

Jesus Christ.

The KO punch wasn't ABOVE THE BELT was it?

All blathering aside, that's where they are actually legal. Above the waist.

A KO WIN was the last thing warranted in that situation. It was a foul.

 

Again, you don't get to FOUL a guy when you think he's pretty much done.

The punch that stopped the fight was a foul.

There's no rule in boxing that says: "If you have a guy hurt, feel free to punch him low. He's done anyway."

 

Of the last three shots. I don't think the first landed at all, I think it was blocked. The second one we don't good angle of but it certainly was very low, and that's the that caused Kovaelv to duck, which set up the infamous ball buster that ended the fight.

 

Absolutely, that appears to be the justification from the Ward side and it's completely incorrect.

Imagine if in Round 2 of the first fight Kovalev just blasted Ward's balls when he had him doubled over on the ropes after the knockdown and the ref waved it off as a TKO. I don't think they would be singing this "it's okay to foul if the fighter is done" rhetoric.

 

You could and no matter how many paragraphs you use it will still be just an excuse. He was already bent over as well taking punishment before the 1 punch that was a little low

 

The body language of kovalev showed a beaten man lingering on the ropes not throwing punches and not defending himself. Kovalev was done he did nothing to protect himself he was so weak he could not even hold.

 

So kovalevs balls are in his bellybutton?

 

How exactly did Kovalev react when the low blow landed? He didn't react at all, just another fan making excuses and things up to suit your narrative, Kovalev was already bent over and in trouble when the marginal low blow landed.

 

Again your wrong lol Weeks was outlaying the rule in place for all fights. Beltline has always been fine its below the belt line that's illegal it wasn't just weeks opinion its a rule and its a fact.Take your own advice and understand the difference

 

He makes the worst comparisons theres been like half dozen at least today that couldn't be more wrong just on this issue alone lol.

 

Can show me this footage of bending over after a low blow because it didn't happen the punch the bent him over was pretty clearly not low, it was pretty much the last punch that was the only 1 below the belt line