Kovalev / Ward 2. From a neutral perspective

But Kovalev didnt gas. He got caught with a good punch in round 8 that made him give ground.

 

Possibly at various times did pick for them but wouldnt at this point in their respective careers.
Almost everyone on here is a critic in some form, but that doesnt also mean you dont give credit and always give respect for what these brave athletes do

Why are you bringing up Calzaghe? Or a completely different fight. We dont know what peoples thresholds are when hit low several times. How many times was Calzaghe hit low? Also Calzaghe was given time to recover and the fight wasnt just waved off. Had Calzaghe taken that low blow and the fight waved off in favour of Bika, that could be a similar argument, but that didnt happen, so thats a ridiculous statement to seemingly justify a foul?
Look at how badly Hopkins reacted when caught by a shot that I didnt think looked massive against Calzaghe. Hopkins was given time to recover and rightfully so if hit low, which is what Kovalev should have been given as it wasnt as if Ward had been warned in the fight already

Not completely correct as Ward had been warned previously but also showing that with that comment that unless you can say otherwise with good reason, that fight should not have been decided by a foul

 

No argument

 

Man Machine? Saw Kraftwerk last night

Will look at your post and come back to you later

 

Im not for either fighter. I dont care who won and was looking forward to the rematch

 

Neutral in that I didnt care who won or lost

That was just my opinion of the first fight and many others felt Kovalev had won also

Read again what was written and how. I noted the jab because after wrote

As in the thought that Ward had worked the jab out due to doing better in the second half of the fight to the first half.
I didnt go on about Ward being wobbled or put down or outlanded, just noted the jab as many would agree the jab is what piled up points for Sergei and what many thought had been worked out

When did he do it without a cause? Also, if there are low blows landed, a fighter is going to try and highlight the issue to get the ref to stop allowing it to happen or to make him notice what he feels is wrong.
Do you think if Ward was being hit as low as often that he wouldnt note it? Ward mentioned to the ref about Kovalevs head when he didnt come off better when heads came together in the second round

So you havent mentioned where I have said on here about Wards big punch in the final round that had Kovalev giving ground

What??? What was the reason for the fight being stopped then? There were 3 punches where the first 2 looked low and the 3rd was low. The fight was still in motion. The fight was stopped due to Kovalev bending over from the final low blow and just waved off.
Do you need me to show you the finish again?

But that wasnt the case at all and you would know if you have watched the fight.
Ward landed a big punch that hurt Kovalev and had him back off, but Kovalev was still throwing back abnd Ward wasnt able to land a real big follow up to the head as Kovalev slipped many ofn the shots, then the 3 punches went in where I think from what I saw looked debatable.
If for some reason, say Kovalev landed a low blow at the end of round 2 of the first Ward/Kovalev fight, and the ref just waved it off, would you be of the same opinion, because I would say from the first fight, Ward looked every bit as troubled only was given a count which Kovalev wasnt even though he hadnt gone down at that point and bent over from a low blow.

A neutral can see that

 

How is a low blows beating the dog out of someone? Maybe in a no rules fight but not under the Queensbury rules