Kovalev Files Protest With NSAC To Make Ward Loss a No-Contest

[Ruthless-RKO]

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Sergey Kovalev has filed an official protest with the Nevada State Athletic Commission - to reverse the outcome of last month's TKO defeat to IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.

The former champion is looking to have the outcome changed to a no-contest. The bout took place on June 17 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Kovalev’s lawyers have stated to the NSAC that Ward closed the show last month, in the eight round, by landing numerous "intentional" low blows and referee Tony Weeks made the wrong decision by stopping the fight.

During the eight, Ward countered with a huge shot that caught Kovalev on the chin and had him in all sorts of trouble. When Ward pinned Kovalev against the ropes and started landed punches to the body, Kovalev began to bend over and sat down on the ropes in pain, which promoted Weeks to wave off the fight. Kovalev complained afterwards that Ward landed several low blows that Weeks missed in the final sequence of punches.

“It is very important that the Commission understand that a protest is not an attack upon the competence of the referee, any more than a video replay in the NFL, or MLB is an attack on the competence of the officials in those leagues,” the letter read, according to the paper. “It is an opportunity to ‘get it right’ where error may have been made. Mr Weeks is in our list of highly competent officials and nothing herein should be constructed as an attack on his overall competence.”

There is also a claim that every time Ward got into trouble, he would throw what Kovalev's team are claiming were intentional low blows to get out of trouble.

“From that misinterpretation of the rules, seemingly every time Mr. Ward got into trouble, he hit Sergey low. We are submitting video showing a large number of low blows,” the letter continued.

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[tiny_acres]

Get over it. The outcome will not change.

[boxing_rocks]

Get over it. The outcome will not change.

Yep, not with Nevada crooks.

[tiny_acres]

Get over it. The outcome will not change.

Yep, not with Nevada crooks.

Not anywhere. No commission would over turn this decision

[Bard of Boxrec]

worth a shot, if my balls were abused as much as Sergey's were that night I would try and put it right too.

[Enlightened-One]

Kovalev is wasting money making a futile attempt to get his loss erased from the record books.

[RScarf1]

I think it should be declared a no contest, so I agree with this attempt to change the decision no matter what the chances are that it will be changed.

[boxing_rocks]

The ref could testify that he stopped the fight because Kovalev's balls were getting excessive damage and he was concerned about Sergey's reproductive abilities.

[gilgamesh]

All he's doing is prolonging his own inactivity by continuing to fight this losing battle.

[gilgamesh]

worth a shot, if my balls were abused as much as Sergey's were that night I would try and put it right too.

It's too late to do what he should've done. What he should've done instead of bitching at the referee is hit Andre Ward BACK in the balls. He didn't, he lost. Now he needs to move on and think about what he learned that night in his future bouts.

[IKSRTFO]

According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Sergey Kovalev has filed an official protest with the Nevada State Athletic Commission - to reverse the outcome of last month's TKO defeat to IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.

The former champion is looking to have the outcome changed to a no-contest. The bout took place on June 17 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Kovalev’s lawyers have stated to the NSAC that Ward closed the show last month, in the eight round, by landing numerous "intentional" low blows and referee Tony Weeks made the wrong decision by stopping the fight.

During the eight, Ward countered with a huge shot that caught Kovalev on the chin and had him in all sorts of trouble. When Ward pinned Kovalev against the ropes and started landed punches to the body, Kovalev began to bend over and sat down on the ropes in pain, which promoted Weeks to wave off the fight. Kovalev complained afterwards that Ward landed several low blows that Weeks missed in the final sequence of punches.

“It is very important that the Commission understand that a protest is not an attack upon the competence of the referee, any more than a video replay in the NFL, or MLB is an attack on the competence of the officials in those leagues,” the letter read, according to the paper. “It is an opportunity to ‘get it right’ where error may have been made. Mr Weeks is in our list of highly competent officials and nothing herein should be constructed as an attack on his overall competence.”

There is also a claim that every time Ward got into trouble, he would throw what Kovalev's team are claiming were intentional low blows to get out of trouble.

“From that misinterpretation of the rules, seemingly every time Mr. Ward got into trouble, he hit Sergey low. We are submitting video showing a large number of low blows,” the letter continued.

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Ward was never in trouble in the 2nd fight.

[Tanzio]

Krushedner would be better served by destroying Barrera, rather than accentuating his bitch act.

[MachoTime]

Don't see this protest getting overturned. It's a big long shot at best. Every Where Kovalev goes his fan's will be showing concern and saying he got got jobbed anyways. That should ease some of the pain.

[tiny_acres]

Can someone name a fight where they over turned a decision this late after the fact?

[BitPlayer]

Wow he's butthurt.

[Enlightened-One]

Don't see this protest getting overturned. It's a big long shot at best. Every Where Kovalev goes his fan's will be showing concern and saying he got got jobbed anyways. That should ease some of the pain.

Jobbed?

[crow]

Ward introduced to the world what will be known as the "Ward finish".

Once a boxer gets his opponent in trouble, he might as well start targeting the balls, since he's on his way out anyway.

To be played in a boxing arena near you in the very immediate future.

[greg]

...legit claim with zero chance of success..

[victor-romeo]

...legit claim with zero chance of success..

right, but I am glad he and his people are doing it, let it be known they feel they been cheated.

[Bard of Boxrec]

Didn't Robin Reid tried to do a similar thing after the Ottke fiasco, it did indeed seem very fruitless, and that controversy was even worse than this one.

[KiwiRider]

Ward introduced to the world what will be known as the "Ward Finish"

It's like the Dominatrix version of a "Happy Ending"

[Bard of Boxrec]

Ward introduced to the world what will be known as the "Ward finish".

Once a boxer gets his opponent in trouble, he might as well start targeting the balls, since he's on his way out anyway.

To be played in a boxing arena near you in the very immediate future.

Presenting: The Ward Finish

Because When You Nail Their Ball, They Will Fall

[lazboy]

Ward introduced to the world what will be known as the "Ward finish".

Once a boxer gets his opponent in trouble, he might as well start targeting the balls, since he's on his way out anyway.

To be played in a boxing arena near you in the very immediate future.

Presenting: The Ward Finish

Because When You Nail Their Ball, They Will Fall

[Tomasino]

All he's doing is prolonging his own inactivity by continuing to fight this losing battle.

Exactly. Most of the shots were on his high beltline, which the ref had already pointed out was high at the start of the bout. He makes himself look like a cry baby with this shit.

[caldo2025]

Ridiculous, lame and pathetic are words that come to mind at this point with Kovalev and his classless poor losing reaction to a beatdown. But with that said, why not file and see what happens? Weeks did admit that he missed low blows in the final exchange so he has that going for him.

Had the big right hand from Ward not landing seconds earlier, Kovalev might have a shot at an NC. But anyone with a brain knows that punch was a game clincher and reason for the mess at the end and the end was inevitable. I didn't see any punches landing any lower than they do in every fight I watch. I didn't see any that didn't at least hit the belt line.