Did anyone else notice the blatant 4 or 5 low blows by Pascal between rounds 1-5? Kovalev took 'em and complained to the ref only once I believe
I've noticed 1 serious low blow. Also he was 90 degrees for most of the fight and never received a warning.
True. Kovalev beat Pascal up in his house while Pascal was a little dirty. And Kovalev showed a good chin. Kovalev should be viewed as a pound for pound champion.
Those low blow were well calculated by Pascal he knew when the referee didn't have a good line of sight and popped Krusher in the wedding tackle and I think to a point they were effective albeit not effective enough.
I noticed about 3 or 4. None of them looked like they did any damage and none of them looked deliberate to me. Pascal isn't always the most accurate puncher especially when he is being hit with hard punches.
Kovalev isn't the kind of fighter to make a big deal out of it. He's not going to start rolling around the canvas holding his nuts and screaming, unlike some.
It was smart of him not to do that because if the referee doesn't see the low blow then Pascal scored a knock down.
Did not look intentional. Either he's masterful at "accidents" or they were just that, accidents. I doubt it was on purpose.