I dont think Ward is a top boxer. That doesnt mean not a top fighter.

Sure, and I am the king of England.

 

Take another look.

 

Okay, I am not the king of England, I am David Beckham. Thanks.

 

Uhhhh... actually there was low blows and there are multiple videos with different angles to prove it. WTF are you talking about?

 

As Bernard Hopkins often says: a win is a win is a win. I don't see no DQ in Ward's record, so whatever tactics he's using, he's well aware how to stay within or on the border of pro boxing rules. Don't blame him, blame the sport that allows him to get away with stuff.

I prefer a clean fighter, which Ward is not, but he's a legit HOF-er who's exposed several fighters to have no actual knowledge of the inside game and going to the trenches. Doing whatever to win without getting DQ's is an art similarly to painting a textbook masterpiece, and the opponent must be prepared for something very different to a tinkling contest.

 

If you aren't bending the rules, you aren't trying.

 

There is no video in existence that shows Andre Ward landing numerous clear low blows.

In the shots that culminated in the stoppage, only the last one was borderline.

 

This is becoming like KTFO6. The tears are abundant and the sweetest of nectar. The butthurt is sublime and persistent. Please, do carry on.

 

Let's imagine that it was Joe Calzaghe that had pulled of that same win.

Bailey would be on here telling us how Joe had beaten one of the greatest LHW's of all time, where all of the shots were legal with no controversy.

 

ward is not a boxer, there is a reason he surrounded himself with gangsters and refuses to fight away from his home commission.

boxing fans cottoned onto this a long time ago which is why they simply stopped watching him or paying him any attention. he is an utter irrelevance to the world of boxing.

 

True, remember Primo Carnera? Ward is just another recipient of beneficial corruption.

 

I think the point here really with the KO, is Kovalev was not punched in the balls.

He bent over and feigned injury to try and buy time because he was clearly in trouble, you can't do that in boxing, maybe in soccer, but not in boxing, you have to protect yourself at all times.

The only controversy is whether the ref stopped it early, but I understand his position because, for me, Kovalev quit like a dog.