Low blows or not

Kovalev was done. The way some people talk Kovalev was winning every round and got sledgehammered square on the nuts. Ward hurt him with a right and followed up with many legitimate shots, he had Kovalev backpedaling and he had nothing left.

 

No, Kovalev, up until he got hit with the solid right was controlling the fight. Then Ward hit him with a low blow and then, when against the ropes, hit him with what appeared to be 3 low blows. This fight appeared to be fixed and the ref appeared to be in on it.

 

This was basically what I saw, except that I thought that the first punch that hurt Kovalev to the body was on the belt rather than clearly low. Would need to see the punch again on replay.

Based on the judging, however, it looked like it was going to be another good night for Ward. Right or wrong.

 

The right to the head came after a low blow.
The final shot was a low blow, a W cannot be awarded to Ward if they actually obey the rules of the sport.

A real boxing fan should be gutted that we've had 2 fights, and are still no closer to finding a 'clear' winner....and now we have virtually no chance of a trilogy.

It's a shame for the neutral.

 

I didn't see it that way. I would give Ward the nod if I thought the stoppage was legit. It wasn't. Kov had Ward backing up most of the fight, was catching him with solid jabs. Kov was solidly up in the fight by the time of the stoppage. Weeks should not have done what he did. He should have given Kov an eight count. If Ward had Kov in that much trouble, as some of his fans are saying, why not end it legitimately? I think Weeks was instructed to call the fight, given the opportunity, if he felt Ward was behind in the later rounds.

 

Fanboy cultures ruin boxing.

Tonight i'd have loved to have seen any guy win in an epic GOAT match.....but instead guys like yourself want a guy to win any which was possible.

That isn't a 'boxing fan'.

 

you know, the ref could have stopped the AJ-Klitschko fight in the 6th round and raised Wlad's hand, and you could say "AJ was gonna lose anyways, look at him"

Let the fight play out. Enough with the hometown bias bull****.

 

yeh he was ready to go, he did a stanky leg from wards shots

 

The tide was turning for sure, but that is irrelevant to what happened. The last shot was clearly low and should have been called a foul and SK given five minutes. Would it have made any difference? Who knows. All I want are the rules and fairness upheld and tonight the rules and fairness weren't upheld.