David Backes vs Keith Ballard

Oct 04, 2007 3pd 01:21

2007-2008 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Oct 04, 2007	St. Louis Blues	David Backes
3pd 01:21	Phoenix Coyotes	Keith Ballard
Comments: Ballard knocks Backes down with an open-ice hit. Backes gets up and challenges Ballard who accepts. They drop the gloves, remove the helmets, and square off near the side boards. Backes connects with two jabs before they even grab onto each other. Ballard flails away and finally gets a piece of Backes' jersey. Ballard throws three rights to the side of Backes' head. Backes answers with a right cross during the flurry. Ballard then pushes Backes to the ice and the linesmen are right there to break things up.

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Results

Draw		48.7%
Keith Ballard		33.6%
David Backes		17.7%
From 113 votes with an average rating of 3.6

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User Reviews

Posted by Juha82 on Oct 07, 2007 at 12:52 PM agree

Not a great bout.
It ended very quickly.
Ballard landed one or two.
Backed landed too in the square off part.
Backed turned his back and Ballard taked him down.
A draw.

Posted by Captain Crunch28 on Oct 06, 2007 at 1:09 PM agree

David Backes vs Keith Ballard

Ballard puts a hit on Backes behind the play, and they drop the gloves and start to square off. They eventually grab on, and Ballard throws a flurry of legs, knocking Backes off balance and falling to the ice.
Quick fight, Backes couldn't get it going in this one.

Posted by Riomouse911 on Oct 06, 2007 at 2:03 AM agree

Uhh, I never saw ballard hit anything but shoulder pad. At least he can take a jab or two.

Posted by shock on Oct 05, 2007 at 8:53 AM agree

Quick fight. No winner. Both got in at least one good punch but that's about it. Draw. No more. No less.

Posted by cabsf15e on Oct 07, 2007 at 2:14 AM agree

Backes got in 3 decent shots and Ballard got in 1 left...how does anyone give this fight to Ballard...YGBSM!! Just because a guy hauls someone down to the ice does not win a fight!! Not that these two "heavyweights" from the land of 10,000 lakes are going to earn a living as enforcers!! At least these two squared off like men, got rid of the lids and were locked and loaded...Nicky Boy, take a look at this video and observe how it's done correctly!!

Posted by Chaotic8 on Oct 05, 2007 at 3:10 AM agree

Incredible size difference and the underdog wins.

Posted by hncreature on Oct 05, 2007 at 8:22 PM agree

Only because of the jabs...Backes

Posted by Panther_66 on Oct 06, 2007 at 10:29 AM agree

I mean it was a close fight, but Backes did have the best hit, it goes to the Blues!!!

Posted by WildFan31 on Oct 06, 2007 at 8:55 PM agree

David Backes reppin from blaine,MN
started well and dragged ballard down with him.
he also has a hot ass wife.

Posted by rskavery on Oct 06, 2007 at 12:04 AM agree

OK fight...Good punch by Ballard

Posted by autosave32 on Oct 07, 2007 at 7:01 PM agree

Good Job Keith... SKI U MAH

Posted by FightsOnSkates on Oct 05, 2007 at 2:45 AM agree

Edge Backes...(2) nice (pre-hug) shots. Ballard looked sloppy.

Posted by Cendro on Nov 02, 2007 at 1:18 PM agree

Pretty weak fight, not many shots landing.

Posted by islandersfan39 on Feb 20, 2008 at 12:35 PM agree

idk what to say bad fight? lol

Posted by Kenney21 on Aug 09, 2009 at 10:12 PM agree

Not much of a fight, but Backes out pointed him.

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