SERGEY KOVALEV vs. ANDRE WARD (2) PPV  

Description : Here we have an original full-size HBO boxing pay-per-view closed circuit fight poster for the unified light-heavyweight world championship, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada USA, 17th June 2017.

Andre Ward stopped Sergey Kovalev with a masterful performance in the grudge light-heavyweight rematch here in Sin City, but the denouement was mired in controversy when the champion, after hurting Kovalev with a huge right hook, finished his opponent with three low blows in the eighth round.

Referee Tony Weeks took no action as Ward, who had Kovalev on wobbly legs from that thumping hook, proceeded to back his foe up on the ropes and land once, twice, thrice, under the mid-section...It was a poor end, as Weeks should have stopped Ward and taken a point, but Kovalev should have been given time to recover. But Ward had taken over the fight and Kovalev seemingly was in a bit of trouble, but the end will be debated long and hard. "I wasn't hurt, I could have carried on," pleaded Kovalev.

The Russian's promoter Kathy Duva complained afterwards about an unsatisfactory finish and insisted that there would be an appeal to the Nevada Commission for the fight to be overturned and declared a no-contest. An impressive performance from Ward was marred by the ending to the fight, with a succession of borderline low blows securing the stoppage after he had initially rocked the Russian with a powerful straight right to the head.

"I couldn't believe it, he said. "Only a low blow (hurt me)," he added, before watching video of the end of the fight and observing: "Low blow - and I felt this. Again, another one. The first one was on the border, and the second one a low blow."

These HBO & Showtime PPV posters are not made available for public consumption & can only be sourced from a participating PPV outlet hence the scarcity as once the televised event if over, then these posters go straight to skip.

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