George groves destroyed Paul Smith in 2 rounds

The guy never opened up. What's ward supposed to do? Not to mention the long layoff. Don't be mad cause he beat froch. Just be happy froch got to rein as king while he was gone.

I didn't think Ward looked that good against Smith TBH. I'm assuming that's a result of the rust. Just hope age hasn't taken something away too. he looked pretty good by the end of the fight by my eyes. if you watch the first round in particular, you can see him explictly working his way back into things. i was a bit worried after round one, but by the end of the fight it looked like he was andre ward again. i saw him bust the rust off as the rounds went. i didn't see all of the footspeed, but that's not saying it's not there. smith really didn't try and turn up the heat. ward even spent much of the fight trying to find smith / get him to open up.

I didn't think Ward looked that good against Smith TBH. I'm assuming that's a result of the rust. Just hope age hasn't taken something away too.

Ward beats groves and degale on the same night. Who cares Great post, hope you keep up the in depth analysis That's about as much analysis as is required if you've been following this sport for any length of time. What would you add to it?

Good for Groves.......Ward also KO'd Smith....now what

http://share.gifyoutube.com/KzXDLb.gif Yep, he sure looked "fine" collapsing backwards in the referee's arms like a sack of sh1t after being dropped hard for the second time. English stoppage :lol1: i'll need to review a different angle. it looks liek he was off balance because of the ref, not because his brain was scrambled. looking at it again, he looks fully aware as he's falling back and into the ropes. he looks around to try and brace himself, etc, the same way you'd do in that situaiton if you hadn't been hit in the head.

Groves is one of my current favorites but um yeah, Ward didn't get stopped twice by Froch so I think it evens out.

Ward is not a puncher, Smith was heavy, Ward had 19 months away from the ring, and 13 months between Rodriguez and Dawson. Groves knocked down Froch, while Kessler, Ward, Abraham, Bute, Pascal could not, so Groves can clearly crack. Though I don't know how legit you consider the English-style stoppage of Paul Smith, he seemed fine. Anyway, styles make fights. Ward could have gone 12 with Smith, it wouldn't have mattered. It was a ring rust shaking fight. Maybe next he can school Groves and DeGale to shut you up, but you probably won't be impressed I predict. http://share.gifyoutube.com/KzXDLb.gif Yep, he sure looked "fine" collapsing backwards in the referee's arms like a sack of sh1t after being dropped hard for the second time. English stoppage :lol1:

So Groves is a bigger puncher than Ward? Think we all knew that He was stopped in the 9th against DeGale

Ward is not a puncher, Smith was heavy, Ward had 19 months away from the ring, and 13 months between Rodriguez and Dawson. Groves knocked down Froch, while Kessler, Ward, Abraham, Bute, Pascal could not, so Groves can clearly crack. Though I don't know how legit you consider the English-style stoppage of Paul Smith, he seemed fine. Anyway, styles make fights. Ward could have gone 12 with Smith, it wouldn't have mattered. It was a ring rust shaking fight. Maybe next he can school Groves and DeGale to shut you up, but you probably won't be impressed I predict.

I don't think anyone was pretending that Paul Smith was anything other than a terrible opponent. Except some spastic like Pigeons or something.

Congrats OP.

I've never made a thread on groves stopping Smith in two rounds before... About 5% of this thread is about what it days in the title. The rest of it is about the teacher of your idol. Let it go, Andre Ward is a far better fighter than Carl Froch.

Degale destroyed him within 5 rounds. Bare in mind that those versions of Paul Smith were in shape,a disinterested and small supermiddle in Abraham beat him twice. Where am I going with this, well if we are going to mock deontay wilder for his performance against molina then we should mock ward for taking 9 rounds and getting his legs buckled (round 7) by a flabby joke fighter in Paul Smith. Andre ward is a joke, his best win is boring everyone with a 115-113 win over froch and a headbutt illegal stoppage over kessler. He would lose to Stevenson and kovalev and I think really struggle with degale and frock with that form. His father seemed a decent guy, but that's where the buck stops I'm afraid... The guys not top ten p4p material. You normally chat **** but you are right here, Ward looked like **** against a guy who hadn't trained at all.

Well Cotto destroyed Delvin Rodriguez and recently when lara went the full 12 with him everyone was praising Lara for a master class. dont get people! when cotto destroyed him in 3 everyone said how he was a bum :/ He wasn't getting praise for beating delvin.. We all know what lara can do. Cotto won't face him period

Don't you get sick of making the exact same thread every few weeks? I've never made a thread on groves stopping Smith in two rounds before...

Don't you get sick of making the exact same thread every few weeks?

Well Cotto destroyed Delvin Rodriguez and recently when lara went the full 12 with him everyone was praising Lara for a master class. dont get people! when cotto destroyed him in 3 everyone said how he was a bum :/

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Ward beats groves and degale on the same night. Who cares Great post, hope you keep up the in depth analysis