i saw the fight, i couldn't see any nutshots but that may be because of the poor resolution of the vid, they looked like regular bodyshots to me and kov didn't like them. boxers been wearing their shorts up to high for decades now, halfway up the abdomen usually, those aren't low.
Here is a good angle of the punch that ended the fight.
Yeah, thats why I don't think we should call foul too much on how it turned out. Kovalev was looking for a way out and all the manhood sank out of him...Andre was relentless and dug in those guts, trying to drop Kova's arms, I assume, and set up the big powershot to the dome and drop Kovalez for good. Sergei didnt want to go out like that. Have we seen any complaints from him or his camp since?
I honestly believe it was mental fatigue that got it started. Lets be honest, Ward is close to Mayweather level RIQ. He had Kovalev working hard to figure out what he could do next and what Ward might do next. After a while your brain starts to tell you, "fuck man, this isnt going too well, he's handled everything." The big right that started the beginning of the end is perfect evidence. Kova threw a half assed lazy combo and stood right there flat footed looking/hoping to see if anything touched Ward dropped his hands like "did anything happen?"....
Its a bully thing. Theyre tough guys from tough backgrounds, and get comfortable being the tougher dude....Theyre badasses until they face a guy that doesnt wilt and brings it just as much as they do, maybe more. They're used to brute strengthing a mofo into making a mistake and knocking them out or overpowering them. But every man has his limits, and if its not tested enough before hand, they cant deal the first time it happens to them. This was Kovalev's first real experience at the highest level...
Ok hadnt been looking. Thanks
they say cornelius boza edwards shat his pants when he fought arguello. you should have toughed it out though, a little shit never killed anyone.
you're right, i was thinking of the guys when i was younger, and the reasoning went that white boxers stopped showing up because there weren't white ghettos anymore. still, guys like cooney weren't really strong upstairs. there were a few tough ones though, pazienza never quit that i know of, tommy morrison had balls but not much chin unfortunately, I like Mancini but I think he kind of showed signs of surrender in a couple fights, hard as that may be to believe. He turned his back on arguello, which is somewhat forgivable being that he was probably groggy as hell but i still remember him looking like he's telling the ref to stop the first bramble fight. sure, as we know today, many great fighters have actually quit at some point but many more know that they would never do such a thing, as much as i hate sugar ray leonard, i still remmeber the look on his face the last round against camacho, he knew he was going to get his ass stopped but he went out there anyway, gotta admire that.
