Ward is a way better fighter than Chad Dawson and would beat him.

[Beater_of_ass]

I can agree to a certain extent, the first being that Ward looked better and was far more entertaining. I can also agree with Pullcounter that Ward would fight dirty because tonight was NOTHING but at the very least a stretching of the rules. The headbutts weren't really an issue, though the second one most certainly was and I think it would have warranted a point being taken away, IF the first one wasn't accidental. But what most DEFINITELY should have earned him at least 1 or 2 points being taken away was his pawing with his jab. He left it out there and was moving it far too slow to be considered a punch, just pure crap tactics.

That being said, he still would have won but it seemed, to me at least that Kessler took this fight a bit too lightly and once he saw the speed of Ward he simply had no idea what to do. Is Ward better than Dawson, I don't know, he's beaten a GREAT fighter but lets be honest it wasn't a good version of Kessler by any means and Dawson has beaten Tarver and Johnson, twice each. Ward also seems to be a lot better offensively than Dawson, but again the Ward who showed up tonight has to be taken into account. I'll be the first to admit while Dawson has a lot of skill he doesn't take many chances and while I don't take that away from his skill it takes away from his entertainment value which always is taken into account during this type of debates unless you're as good as Mayweather which Dawson certainly is not.

Is Ward better... I don't know too early to tell but as I said he is far more entertaining and I'll watch a fight with him in it versus a bout with Dawson any day of the week.

[Hitman932]

Chad Dawson is much better than Andre Ward.

If you don't understand that then you are a complete moron.

Not even debateable.

[flyest1]

I guess some forget that Dawson whooped Adamek similar to the fight tonight. He would beat Kessler to.

[Iceta]

So some people probably think Dawson is more exciting just because he doesn't clinch that much or head butt. LMAO. Ward stands in the pocket and does some inside fighting at least.

[goldenglove2]

People need to quit hyping up Dawson as the guy to take Calzaghe's 0, which hasn't been done here lately too much and rightfully so. Andre Ward would beat Chad Dawson. And a Calzaghe-Ward fight is up in the air to me. I wasn't impressed with Ward in his fight with Miranda, but even Ward was honest with himself that night and said that he would perform better under a bigger stage. Ward is the truth. Abraham only has a puncher's chance against him, and his ear muff defense might make it hard for Ward to land. But Abraham would be more competitive than Kessler was.

The whole point of this thread though is to give praise to a fighter who deserves it and not a fighter who pitty pats to victories like Chad Dawson does.

LOL.. hecks no.. not at ALL...............

[Bushidō]

Dawson is better

[TheUptownKid]

He's more hype than substance. I picked Johnson to beat him at the last minute before the fight, but tried to get the idea out of my head that he had lost a step during his fight with Daniel Judah. Kessler has way more power than Glen Johnson does, and Ward wasn't even rattled when he had to take Kessler's punches on slim occasions during that fight.

kessler is slow and dawson is not... Dawson has more reach and would work the jab better and kessler showed he is clueless against fast southpaws. Kessler horrible example. Dawson has reach, speed, height and will not be bullied like kessler. Get off that

[Doctor_Tenma]

No matter what happens, you still find a way to insult Chad

Because Chad Dawson is hyped up bull****.

[Boxingwizard]

So some people probably think Dawson is more exciting just because he doesn't clinch that much or head butt. LMAO. Ward stands in the pocket and does some inside fighting at least.

Because Chad Dawson is hyped up bull****.

lol sometimes it's hard to understand your logic. You think Ward can beat Glen Johnson twice? You think Ward can put a boxing clinic against Tomasz Adamek? I doubt Ward can beat Glen Johnson and I doubt he can beat Tomasz Adamek. Stop hating guy's, you're making yourselves sound like a fool.

[Zarco]

they have the similar skillsets, but ward would win because he can fight dirty.

im sure thats what divides all fighters.