Andre Ward halted Sergey Kovalev in the eighth round of their world title rematch, but Paulie Malignaggi says the timing of the stoppage was ‘terrible.’
Ward had hurt Kovalev with a big right hand, but there was fresh controversy with the Russian complaining of low blows after referee Tony Weeks hastily waved the fight off.
Malignaggi felt that Kovalev should have been allowed to continue and questioned the official’s decision to suddenly stop the contest, with Ward retaining his WBA ‘super’, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight titles in Las Vegas.
