One thing I have not seen or read here is Ward's ability to fight dirty. Kidney shots, below the belt stuff, ect.. With a high-level fight like this, I hope he keeps it clean.
There's a very long thread on just that: Throwing Elbows: The Filthy Unabridged Tale Of The Cephalopodic Billy Goat AKA The Son Of God. Personally I expect him to fight dirty if he's struggling.
Yes. Although Ortiz, Salido vs Loma, Ward vs Kessler both went further in that department in my opinion.
He used his wrestling, grabbing, holding, head butting tactics against far lesser opposition than Kovalev is. You can bet he will.
He was smothering Floyd due to his over aggressiveness. But if you actually view the fight looking specifically for INTENTIONAL fouling, Floyd uses his forearms and elbows and holding tactics far more deliberately than Madaina threw rabbit punches, which were actually in part due to Floyd only showing him the back of his head on the inside.
As for the OP......billygoating or elbowing causing a cut on Sergey is Andre's only path to victory tomorrow. So will he use illegal fouls in the fight????? Ummmmm...kindof a dumb question.
So fouls happen right? Expect them to happen. Don't ask Ward to change his style. Ward fights to win. So far he's been successful.