Comments Thread For: Andre Ward and Carl Froch put their 14-year feud to bed

[BoxingUpdates]

"You beat me fair and square in a fight," Carl Froch told Andre Ward on his YouTube channel. "It wasn?t close."
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[steeve steel]

So they kissed and made up. But did they get down on their knees... and start praying? Ward's righteousness is so unbearable, and now we have Froch walking everywhere with a bible in his hand. Jesus Christ... This is too much.

[Nash out]

Froch's legacy is now complete. Since he has now admitted he lost this, and wide, he has now been awarded the victory by Nash Rules, which might seem harsh on Ward, but Ward keeps his victory over Kovalev 1, in a fight he lost, to balance things out, and Kovalev gets a victory over Sirwan Safar, as even 20% Kovalev beats him, and Safar just takes a loss as that doesn't really matter to anyone. Nash out - His Majesty

[PRINCEKOOL]

The feud was one sided, Carl Froch could have easily made a rematch with Andre Ward II 'but he seemed to never really back himself against Ward's style of fighting. Which was very interesting because? Froch has always appeared to me like a fighter, who would back himself to somehow and someway beat any fighter'.

Note: Although Andre Ward did beat Carl Foch, quite easily in terms of winning rounds 'it was not a super dominant performance. Carl Froch was never at any point in the fight seriously hurt, and he came out of the fight without sustaining any real heavy damage'.

This is one of the reasons why I have always found it surprising that Froch never chased a rematch vs Andre Ward at 168 or 175 pounds 'even if he would have lost the rematch, I think the effort to avenge that loss would have increased the prestige in his already great boxing resume'.

To conclude: The interview between Andre Ward and Carl Froch was a good to view and listen 'Andre Ward is an all-time great fighter, and one of the best fighters of his generation. And In retrospect I believe he could have fought on for a few more years at top level'.

Although Andre Ward achieved the pinnacle in the Amateur and professional ranks 'his resume was not really packed with that many intriguing match ups. Chad Dawson made a tactically mistake challenging Ward at 168, and was 50% beaten before he even stepped into the ring. So the biggest fight and win on Andre Ward's resume was against Sergey Kovalev I & II' etc.

[MarbleFallsMauler]

Two greats exchanging Christmas gifts. Nice.

[ELPacman]

The feud was one sided, Carl Froch could have easily made a rematch with Andre Ward II 'but he seemed to never really back himself against Ward's style of fighting. Which was very interesting because? Froch has always appeared to me like a fighter, who would back himself to somehow and someway beat any fighter'.

Note: Although Andre Ward did beat Carl Foch, quite easily in terms of winning rounds 'it was not a super dominant performance. Carl Froch was never at any point in the fight seriously hurt, and he came out of the fight without sustaining any real heavy damage'.

This is one of the reasons why I have always found it surprising that Froch never chased a rematch vs Andre Ward at 168 or 175 pounds 'even if he would have lost the rematch, I think the effort to avenge that loss would have increased the prestige in his already great boxing resume'.

To conclude: The interview between Andre Ward and Carl Froch was a good to view and listen 'Andre Ward is an all-time great fighter, and one of the best fighters of his generation. And In retrospect I believe he could have fought on for a few more years at top level'.

Although Andre Ward achieved the pinnacle in the Amateur and professional ranks 'his resume was not really packed with that many intriguing match ups. Chad Dawson made a tactically mistake challenging Ward at 168, and was 50% beaten before he even stepped into the ring. So the biggest fight and win on Andre Ward's resume was against Sergey Kovalev I & II' etc.

I feel like Ward definitely got out too soon. Though it lets him walk around with the idea that he left out on top and had this all powerful legacy that he left behind him. Not really. He did leave undefeated and on top, but there was plenty more challenges out there and being so young, plenty more upcomers that he could have faced. I'm glad he's put himself into other avenues whether it be the podcast, doing interviews or commentating because he definitely has a sharp mind and knowledgeable about what he says when commentating fights. Though yeah, I feel like he left a bit on the table concerning his career and don't see him as this crazy ATG incredible fighter. Just a dude that got out at the right time (for himself).

[Coverdale]

I feel like Ward definitely got out too soon. Though it lets him walk around with the idea that he left out on top and had this all powerful legacy that he left behind him. Not really. He did leave undefeated and on top, but there was plenty more challenges out there and being so young, plenty more upcomers that he could have faced. I'm glad he's put himself into other avenues whether it be the podcast, doing interviews or commentating because he definitely has a sharp mind and knowledgeable about what he says when commentating fights. Though yeah, I feel like he left a bit on the table concerning his career and don't see him as this crazy ATG incredible fighter. Just a dude that got out at the right time (for himself).

At the time that he got out there was only really Stevenson left for him. I think the bigger issue was the time lost due to contractual disputes after the Froch fight.

[Smash]

At the time that he got out there was only really Stevenson left for him. I think the bigger issue was the time lost due to contractual disputes after the Froch fight.

it was funny ward was the wba super champ & bivol became the wba regular champ so they would have fought if ward stayed on

as well as that badou jack was there as well i think he actually bailed on a bivol fight to go for the other belts

[jaylor]

clear win for ward..ward retired too early..He chose to go out with gift win over aging kovalev and avoided bivol and beterbiev..tough competition is why he retired..loved ward great fighter technically sound but he lost first kovalev fight and it's criminal the low lows he got away with in the rematch and won off a series of low blows. thought reff was gonna finally take points but he stopped the fight. we were all disgusted

[ShoulderRoll]

Froch needs to get Andre Dirrell on his show next, and apologize to him for the robbery gift decision in Nottingham.