there were a lot of holding, the referee didn't do anything
there were constant head butting during the inside and a least 2 were intentional head-butts, the referee didn't do anything, even a warning.

it showed to the other Super six tournament fighters that they cannot hope for a fair fight in US with a fair referee ! not a home-town referee ! of they go there, they need to put the US fighter on a sleep.

Ward was the better fighter, no doubt and he deserved to win , but I still have the feeling that from day one, they did (WBA politics and boxing politics) whatever they could to ruin Kessler chance.

at this level, having 1 week before the fight ONLY US referees is not something that occurs accidentally !! I definitely think it was on purpose and look what happened with that referee, the guy let the Dane fighter being head-butted and clinched all night.

Kessler on the other hand was too respectful, when a fighter uses dirty tactic, just star to headbutt or elbow him....and again, ward was better, no question, Kessler timing was horrible and his combo were non-existent.