Andre Ward will knock him out no doubt.It's gonna be a rough fight and those wild swings wont even get thrown.
How will Abraham feel losing 3 in a row and what will you think of him?Can a great fighter lose 3 fights in a row or he's just good not great because when he faced the best he was found wanting?
Anyway, Bat posted a thread last night that said Abraham told the press that he was dropping out of the tournament. Hope he reconsiders but after that performance, maybe not.
Who can come into replace him if he leaves though? Might as well just make the Froch Ward final now.
Andre Ward will no doubt school Abraham, but a KO is very unlikely...although I thought Abraham was ready to go against Froch who isn't the biggest puncher around
Ward will not knock Abraham out. I'm confident that he will win but no way he's knocking Abe out.
Anyway, Bat posted a thread last night that said Abraham told the press that he was dropping out of the tournament. Hope he reconsiders but after that performance, maybe not.
I think that was just his emotions getting the best of him.
You can't just drop out of the tourney, there are serious financial penalties, along with the reputation of being a coward that he'll get if he drops out without a fake injury like Dirrell.
Ward couldn't even KO Green and hes going to KO AA? GTFO.
The Ward-AA fight should be in Germany so Ward knows how it feels to not have every possible advantage, including the referee.
AA made Froch miss, but never made him pay. Remember AA's biggest claim to fame is beating two nearly shot fighters Miranda and J.Taylor, I expect Glenn Johnson to make Froch pay for his mistakes, throwing uppers from too far away, leaving his hands down, throwing a lazy left jab that leaves you open to counter right hooks to the body, etc.
I was impressed with Robert Helenius perfomance in the undercard he is called the "nordic nightmare" and i think he is a little more advanced than the other two "tall and upcoming heavyweights" Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder(has possibly the biggest upside), but i still think he needs two more years before he can challenge and be the first scandanavian champ since Ingemar Johansson
Ward will not knock Abraham out. I'm confident that he will win but no way he's knocking Abe out.
Anyway, Bat posted a thread last night that said Abraham told the press that he was dropping out of the tournament. Hope he reconsiders but after that performance, maybe not.
What is the point. The only guys he can beat are green, kessler, maybe Johnson.
I know he was struggling to make weight at middleweight but can you see him moving division (up/down) at the end of this? Because in all fairness he's been poor at this weight class.
Ward is not knocking anybody out. It's highly likely that Abraham fades out of the super middleweight picture now though. His limitations were always going to fail him in the end, and he never worked on his apparent flaws.
He might connect and take him out, you never know. But he's too one dimensional and gets stupidly wild when things don't go his way. Dirrell and Froch have given him the blueprint though and he's got the skill to do what they did.
I think this tournaments exposed him but he is still a very good fighter at what he does but just can't seem to adapt and change as the fight goes on. Sure he'll be back though if loses his next fight as well.