I get the sense he may still have pulled it out as it really look like kovalev was running out of gas fast. There were a couple of early low blows and you never know that could really take the steam out of them as the fight progressed. You know we always say that body punches very very early in the fight I like putting cash in the bank for the later rounds. So it could be that some of those early low blows starting to Tire him out. But some credit to Andre Ward he fought a much better second fight period however and that 8th around that series of three consecutive left hooks below the belt was the most disgusting and flagrant display I have ever seen of breaking the law besides maybe when Chuck wepner hit Muhammad Ali over 75 times with rabbit punches and was never warned once. I don't even want to see Andre Ward fight again he should be ashamed of himself. Who could be happy scoring a knockout with 3 low blows in a row?