Kalan wrote: ↑05 Dec 2017, 15:28
[Right... He adapted by heaving low blows with impunity from a corrupt referee... When you bend over from a low blow that doesn't end the fight in your opponent's favor... Otherwise Larry Holmes would have lost to Gerry Cooney... Holmes was given 5 minutes rest and Cooney was point deducted. And that's the correct way to referee that particular event.
Yes, there were lows blows and the stoppage sucked, but his performance in general was better, he was actually able to stagger Kovalev with a punch in the head before a controversial low combo.
Kalan wrote: ↑05 Dec 2017, 15:28
[Right... He adapted by heaving low blows with impunity from a corrupt referee... When you bend over from a low blow that doesn't end the fight in your opponent's favor... Otherwise Larry Holmes would have lost to Gerry Cooney... Holmes was given 5 minutes rest and Cooney was point deducted. And that's the correct way to referee that particular event.
Yes, there were lows blows and the stoppage sucked, but his performance in general was better, he was actually able to stagger Kovalev with a punch in the head before a controversial low combo.