Am I crazy for thinking that Andre Ward would be a SERIOUS PROBLEM for Joe Calzaghe?

[The_Demon]

What he cheated and clinched over 160 times, Hopkins is was an embarrassment in that fight. Then in his next fight against Pavlik he barely clinched at all.

he did what he thought was best and that was try too make calzaghe look bad,he couldnt handle the pace,cant hate for that he was 43

[Freddy Krueger]

he did what he thought was best and that was try too make calzaghe look bad,he couldnt handle the pace,cant hate for that he was 43

Pavlik is known to have high-workrate of throwing 800 punches a fight, yet Hopkins didn't have to do that cheating **** in that fight. Or is it different when you're fighting a fighter who moves up from two weight classes to fight you.

[Dragon Punch]

Calzaghe and Ward would give eachother serious problems.....although Joe is the better man and would win by close decision in a messy fight.

[Mikhnienko]

It seems to me that Joe couldn't hurt Andre (or anyone) and that Ward would be able to match/exceed Joe's pace. Also, SOG doesn't have his AARP card yet.

And Ward hits harder than Joe does.

Would someone please tell me if I smoked too much of the wacky weed.

lol Yes, Joe could hurt Andre
No, Andre doesn't hit harder than Joe

The fact that Andre could land his right hand with impunity against Kessler and not a fuc.king thing happened should demonstrate how feather fisted Ward is.

[The_Demon]

Pavlik is known to have high-workrate of throwing 800 punches a fight, yet Hopkins didn't have to do that cheating **** in that fight. Or is it different when you're fighting a fighter who moves up from two weight classes to fight you.

ye but calzaghe > pavlik
pavlik comes forward in straight lines,whereas calzaghe throws all sorts of punches from weird ass angles
im not trying too justify bhops ridiculous antics in the fight,he really made himself look ****** in that fight

[MACAQUEINBLACK]

Everybody seeing the truth that is Andre Ward all a sudden.

Hahaha, love it.

[GG Marquez]

Didn't we say the same about Pavlik after he Ko'd Taylor, I think Ward needs some more wins before we he's hyped up as the next best thing. Kessler could have had an off night etc etc, If Ward loses to Taylor this win means ****.

I think we all identified Pavlik as a 1-2 fighter. It's just that his "2" was so damn dangerous that we thought the old man couldn't deal with it.

But (and I'm not saying this in hindsight) I've never been that impressed by Pavlik.

...damn, i just sounded like Manny Steward.

[GG Marquez]

Everybody seeing the truth that is Andre Ward all a sudden.

Hahaha, love it.

I was impressed by his Jerson win. But JR isn't high level. And I had no idea how much Miranda had left. Pantera's punch resistance is pretty much gone.

So, I just couldn't trust what I was seeing before. Ya know? It's like me saying that Hatton stopped Tszyu and Castillo, so he must be the truth.

I'm a believer now.

[Freddy Krueger]

Everybody seeing the truth that is Andre Ward all a sudden.

Hahaha, love it.

He won me 200,000k I been following Andre for awhile. His fight against Rogers is what lasted an impression on me. And that fight was probably back in early 2007.

[Ryn0]

I think its too early to say, but he definately gives Joes problems.

I don't think Ward would have been able to exceed his pace though, and I think Joe would have won a UD. Its always hard to fight a guy with a decent chin and a high workrate. Even for slick fighters look at Mayweather-Chavez, Mayweather was winning all the rounds but it took him a while to figure out before he got him out of there, Chavez was throwing huge punch numbers and that bothered Mayweather because its hard to think whilst constantly working against an opponent.

Calzaghe is no Chavez and Ward is no Mayweather. Ward might be a hair faster but its not enough to make a noticable difference I think Jones even at 40 was faster, Calzaghe would win a close but clear decision IMO.