Ward: I broke Kovalev mentally and physically

By Daily Sports on June 19, 2017

 

 Andre Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) gave himself credit for stopping Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) in the 8th round last Saturday night in their rematch. Ward denies hitting Kovalev low with 3 consecutive low blows in the 8th. Ward says Kovalev was merely acting like the shots were low, but they were really legal punches. Ward also gives referee Tony Weeks credit for a job well done in working the fight. Weeks appeared to blow the call in scoring it a knockout after Ward’s 3 low blows.

The final moments of the Ward-Kovalev 2 fight showed Ward appearing to hit Kovalev with three rapid fire low blows while he referee stood close by and watched. The last low blow Ward threw appeared to be very low, coming from down at the knee level and traveling upwards to land in the groin area of Kovalev.

The way that Kovalev was holding himself, it had the appearance that he’d been hit low. Referee Tony Weeks wasn’t having any of it though, and he immediately stopped the fight at 2:29 of the 8th.

“I think it was plain to see that I broke him mentally and physically,” said Ward in talking about his controversial 8th round TKO of Kovalev. ”At a certain point and time, you got to give a person their just do.

*Photo shows  Andre Ward.

 


Source Daily Sports

Posted June 19, 2017


 

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