Miranda is shot, damaged goods....Ward is nothing special

[ottoevans]

ward is fast but doesnt have any power and he bores the **** out of me.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Miranda was absolute gash in the first place

[Dirk Diggler UK]

its funny how knowone was saying miranda was shot befor the fight.

I said he was **** before the fight, does that count?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

froch has a SLIGHTLY better chin, less speed, less power and about equal boxing skills as Miranda.

Ward would have a field day with froch. I would say an early ko for Andre.

Speaking of lacking tremendous amounts of boxing knowledge....

[-Antonio-]

Correction. Abraham was lucky that he was in his home country and had a ignorant ref on his side or he would have lost to Miranda.

That said no one is shot. This is Edison Miranda. One dimensional slugger. Ward was always going to beat him with ease. I only saw the last four rounds, but from what I can tell he had no problems. He's not a puncher, but he can keep guys honest. Similar to Dirrell.

[Alibata]

Pavlik destroyed Miranda in 7 rounds

Abraham destroyed Miranda in 4 rounds


Ward couldn't even knockdown or stop a shot Miranda.

Styles. Ward dominated Miranda. Abraham and Pavlik traded with him. Aside from the headbutt, ward came nowhere near getting hurt. I like the kid and I am on his bandwagon. Class act. I look forward to his future fights.

[Spray_resistant]

It was the best won of Ward's career thus far no doubt, but ehh it was done in a merely satisfactory fashion. He held and ran way too much, and proved that his ko ratio is a product of the opposition he was fighting. He is good, but nothing special.

[-Antonio-]

Ward's lack of power is what is keeping him from being special. But he's still a good fighter, potentially could be very good.

[Hisoka]

I've been waiting for Ward to step up for a long time and the fight tonight made me a fan. He's got the potential to be really, really good. I'm a little surprised by the overall reaction that I'm seeing in this thread. I saw a guy doing a little bit of everything and taking control of the fight in just about every aspect. I thought the fight was going to be much closer than this one. Miranda isn't shot (lots of people were picking him to win), Ward just made him look rather foolish and exploited the fact that Miranda is so one dimensional. A great victory and hopefully the start of many enjoyable fights to come.

[Libido Sanchez]

I was impressed by Ward tonight. Was never really checking for him (seemed kinda bland before), but he put on a demo, switching stances, fighting close on the inside, ring generalship, etc. The first couple of rounds were pretty entertaining.

Also, this has nothing to do with boxing, but Oakland... old school Too $hort all day every day.