Ward, it's interesting watching how he adapts to his opponents. Equally skilled on the inside and on the outside, for me the most complete fighter in the sport.
Also, his level of competition is higher compared to Wlad even if he makes them look a class below.
I find it difficult to get excited or entertained watching a jab-jab Klitschko bout, I appreciate they're the best by some distance but they don't entertain me.
Neither is exciting but I'd rather watch Ward because the far better level of competition.
Kessler, Abraham, Dawson & Froch
vs.
Mormeck, Peters & Wach???
Wlad and it's not even close. His technique is perfect and his missile like right hand is devastating. Ward is very skilled aswell but his clinching and hometown fighting put me off tbh.
Wlad, not a huge fan of clinching and headbutting to gain an advantage
no he's a fan of illegally leaning and running away, anything other than trading blows with a decent opponent.
I like to watch them both.
Wlad because about 90% of the time the fight doesn't go a full 12.
And Ward, just a little more because unlike Wlad, he doesn't enjoy a size advantage. He isn't blisteringly fast, nor does he possess equalizing power. I've seen tape of him shadow boxing & even then his skills are amazing. Excellent balance & angles, fluidity, smarts, ring generalship. He's just the ultimate text book fighter with a little B-Hop bag of tricks, the sweet science, poetry in motion.
i get something from all their fights even the worst ones.
Ward picked it up lately. I think he's showing another gear in recent fights and he probably has another gear above that depending on how the fight goes. aside from the action...In his fights I get entertainment by how focused he stays 100% of the fight, he goes levels above sticking to the gameplan.
with wlad of course it's HW so all those rules apply...anyone can go out. there are some fights usually against better and/or taller opponents when he gets to move a bit and doesn't hold so much and I can appreciate how athletic he can be for a big man and wonder where all his fluidity went.
I wouldn't watch Wlad fight even if I was giving free front row tickets. I gone to watch Ward fight live s**t is crazy loud in Oakland.
It always looks and sounds good when Wlad fights, no matter how terrible the opponent. I bet it's a decent night out.
i like watching wlad when hes fighting decent oposition, which unfortunately is almost never. not his fault though.
ward is one of my favorite fighters to watch, dude is poetry in motion.
I respect Ward for his skills, and he seems like a very intelligent and interesting guy, but his style sends me to sleep
Wlad isn't the most exciting fighter in the world but he hits people really, really hard, and getting rocked against Haye and Wach (!) show that there's still some vulnerability there.
Wlad easily.
With Wlad it could end at anytime.
Ward is like watching Hopkins.
Nuff said.
This is true. Wlad almost always ends his fights. Its not close imo.