Andre Ward is my new favorite fighter.

[S.G.]

Ward actually has the skills to get inside and stay inside and make Dirrell uncomfortable from start to end. I definitely favour him.

Dirrell will make it difficult though by moving around the ring and catching Ward on the way in.

[them_apples]

It will be a glorious occasion to see him outclass, destroy, and retire Dirrell from the tourney.

WAR WARD!!!!

Oakland up in this *****.

i got ward winning this tourni, it seems like he's got heart, skills etc, the entire package. The others all have big flaws.

Froch has 0 defense, Abraham doesn't throw enough and seems to gas, Dirrell has no heart, Kessler is one dimensional..etc

[ballgamessuck]

I think Ward is going to be too tough for dirrell and he's going to get down and dirty and rough dirrell up a bit.

Ward by UD in a tough fight.

I see Ward breaking Dirrell down late in the fight and Dirrell quits. If Dirrell keeps fighting top fighters, look for this pattern to emerge, he boxes great when things are going great, when the going gets tough, Dirrell looks for a way out. Ward is the future, after he wins this tourney by beating AA in the final, I would like to see him fight Lucian Bute if HBO and showtime can work it out, then move up to fight Dawson at 175.

[-Rab]

I'll bet 100K that Ward headbutts Dirrell at least once or more times during the fight.

anyone?

[Allucard]

Styles sometimes make fights, Ward could make Dirrell look like **** like you just stated. That doesn't automatically mean Abraham wouldn't cause Ward any problems.

Abraham will cause anything on 2 legs problems. He can't be stopped, everything was tried, body punching, going up, down, through the guard... Dirrell needed his all time best fight to win (by points). I have faith Ward can win vs Dirrell and go on to emerge the winner in the tournament. The only fighter i really don't like is Froch, the rest of them are ok for the winner. I hate robberies like Dirrell-Froch and that **** will make me always resent the fighter who benefits from such event.

[NachoMan]

Ward doesn't fight cleanly which is the only reason I can't really admire him.

Well, based on your goofy-ass avatar pic, I very much doubt that Ward gives a ****.

[NachoMan]

Abraham will cause anything on 2 legs problems. He can't be stopped, everything was tried, body punching, going up, down, through the guard... Dirrell needed his all time best fight to win (by points). I have faith Ward can win vs Dirrell and go on to emerge the winner in the tournament. The only fighter i really don't like is Froch, the rest of them are ok for the winner. I hate robberies like Dirrell-Froch and that **** will make me always resent the fighter who benefits from such event.

I feel pretty confident that Ward would KO Abraham. He's not as fast as Dirrell, of course, but he is definitely craftier, more focused and more seasoned. I could easily imagine Ward picking AA apart and busting him up pretty bad before KOing him late. To be honest, the thought of Carl Froch remaining (officially) unbeaten for another fight drives me nuts (actually, I think he'll lose a close decision to Kessler), but I really think that he would handle AA too. AA has shown over and over that he can do nothing unless you give him space to lunge forward and throw haymakers. He doesn't punch if you back him up and he doesn't have a clue about infighting either. If Froch just stays glued to the guy's chest and swings away, I think he has an excellent chance of roughing AA up and possibly KO/TKOing him. I don't dislike Abraham, I just think is vastly overrated.

[NachoMan]

Dirrell always looks like he's in over his head in this tourney.

Falling all over the ring, stumbling over himself, getting ktfo, getting tossed around by a real man like Carl Froch.

Gary Shaw must've paid Showtime to let him in....

I'm starting to think that maybe you wouldn't mind getting tossed around by a real man like Carl Froch. Never have I seen so many fans so upset about their guy "winning" a fight. The incessant trash talking about such a supposedly ***** fighter speaks volumes about what Froch fans really thought about the Dirrell-Froch fight. If they keep screaming about how much of a ***** Dirrell is, people might just forget about how truly pathetic their boy was.