Andre Ward Punishes Mikkel Kessler, Captures WBA Belt

[The Great Shark]

Note all the Kessler fans talking about the headbutt. Get over yourselves, even without the headbutts Ward still dominated Kessler. The Son of God was too fast for the ole' Viking.

[Tiozzo]

Ward victory will look even better when Kessler knocks Froch the goat looking chump out.

[NachoMan]

Ward is unpolished as a fighter, you seriously think Froch and Arthur are gonna let him do all that inside work and hold for 99% of the fight? His hands are always dropped and he always drops down low when he is hit, this all isn't good for him. I just can't wait till he is knocked off, his style sickens me. Trust me any strong SMWs will manhandle this guy.

Ward is far from perfect, but he is just about the most polished fighter in this tournament. You seriously think that Froch and Abraham are more polished?? Good grief! You don't know what a good boxer is when you see it. Btw, how in the hell did you see Ward holding 99% of the fight? Look at how many punches he threw and landed on Kessler.

[VERDUGO]

What a beautiful performance by SOG.
SOG is for real.

[slick23]

I would love to see Ward box the ears off of Carl Froch, but I think Kessler knocks him out first. I don't know how Froch even managed to push his career this far, definition of overachiever.

[Chase8400]

First off, big props to Ward. I thought he did great at what it took to beat Kessler and I might add that he did it way, way more impressively than Calzaghe did.

Now to the problems I have with the win. While it worked to a tee, Andre jumped in after jabs and hooks and held constantly. He led with is head repeatedly and while he did land a lot of good shots, those were not what caused Kesslers cuts. They were from head butts no doubt about it. I don't think Mikkel was going to beat him anyways, but he certainly deserved a better ref job than that. The ref allowed AW to jump in and tie up a million times and gave no warning at all. It was pitiful and I understand why he is upset. Why did Dirrell lose a decision basically doing the same thing Ward dominated doing? Was it because Froch didn't allow him to just tie up without retaliation or because the fight was on European soil.

You decide. I have.

[jmmfan]

Nice, a second win for us now.

Please though, can we get off God's nuts yet? And I thought Bradley's savior speeches were annoying...

[King Koko]

Have 2 give respect 2 Ward he executed his game plan and he was dominating Kessler who was a heavy favorite. I think Ward beats Froch outboxes him and frustrates him with all the holding. He is also a lot faster than Froch.
Ward can outbox AA as well but AA has that K.O punch capability his ace in the hole.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Didnt watched the fight. ut Wow, I didnt tought Ward was that good.

Still need to watch the fight to see whats up!!!!!

[MidnightSpecial]

What the hell happened in this fight? I see it ended in the 11th