The main issue is the justifiability of that stoppage. BTW Don't you find it strange that Ward refrained from hitting Kov in the head when kov was in that vulnerable position but looked over at Ref Winters instead?
The only time I have seen that happen is when Ken Norton hit Duane Bobick in the throat and Duane was speaking in a falsetto during the post-fight interview.
Not really, Kovalev was visibly in distress every time Ward went to the body. It was obvious he was in that fetal position to protect the body. It was smart of Ward to continue to go to the body when he has his man hurt in the body.
Put him in with Barrera, everyone is kissing his ass now and thinks he's vastly improved, let Kovalev violently deflate their balloons.
I read that Kovalev will fight Barrera next, don't know, but that's what I read. Kovalev clearly won the first fight with SOB and in the second Tony Weeks stopped the fight on a testicle blow. Weeks was an obvious criminal in that fight...............now SOB will wait several years to fight again, holding up all the titles that Kovalev won, SOB did not win the titles, he had to cheat...............