I address this to those who think Ward beats Calzaghe

[boxasmash]

hopkins was in his mid 40s when calzaghe fought him, ward is in his mid 20's.

Location: oakland CA

uh oh.... another one.

[boxingking500]

Prime 4 prime, pound 4 pound, Ward beats Calzaghe, get over it. No amount of hype towards Calzaghe is going to change that.

Calzaghe never had a great win and never proved any thing with the few good wins that he had. Ward at the beginning of his career already has a resume a few steps short from the resume that Calzaghe had at the end of his career, he just needs to fight 2 40 year olds . Its all over if Ward adds all the names of the Super Six to his winning resume.

your an idiot... and i can see that your from america, why you pick ward..

im american and calzaghe would own ward............

[oaklandstephen]

uh oh.... another one.

lol i gotta stick up for my friend, plus hopkins is one of my favorite fighters.

[Rosseboi]

A few good points for Ward here but some really biased ones too

I agree Ward is young and therefore there shouldn't be comparisons but this post was unfortunately a reaction to those comparisons.

I saw somebody mention Bernard was 40 when he fought Joe not 20; that's true but then @ 20 or 30 Hopkins wasn't mauling. The point I was making was at 40 with his decades of ring experience he still couldn't Maul Joe so how could Ward?

Also I don't think Ward is better than Joe in any of the below:

Workrate
Upper body movement
footwork
technique
experience
physcology
stamina
ring smarts
*and as I say and made an example of he can't maul Joe like Kessler/Green*

As I say agree its too early for comparisons. But at this point you just can't make the comparison imo. Ward is too green (no pun intended).

[jrosales13]

A few good points for Ward here but some really biased ones too

I agree Ward is young and therefore there shouldn't be comparisons but this post was unfortunately a reaction to those comparisons.

I saw somebody mention Bernard was 40 when he fought Joe not 20; that's true but then @ 20 or 30 Hopkins wasn't mauling. The point I was making was at 40 with his decades of ring experience he still couldn't Maul Joe so how could Ward?

Also I don't think Ward is better than Joe in any of the below:

Workrate
Upper body movement
footwork
technique
experience
physcology
stamina
ring smarts
*and as I say and made an example of he can't maul Joe like Kessler/Green*

As I say agree its too early for comparisons. But at this point you just can't make the comparison imo. Ward is too green (no pun intended).

Like I said earlier. It is too early to compare.. I don't think is fair to Ward right now. But, technique as of right now I think Ward has the edge. You might be right with everything else. But, Technique? IMO I like Ward in that department.

[oaklandstephen]

a few good points for ward here but some really biased ones too

i agree ward is young and therefore there shouldn't be comparisons but this post was unfortunately a reaction to those comparisons.

I saw somebody mention bernard was 40 when he fought joe not 20; that's true but then @ 20 or 30 hopkins wasn't mauling. The point i was making was at 40 with his decades of ring experience he still couldn't maul joe so how could ward?

Also i don't think ward is better than joe in any of the below:

Workrate
upper body movement
footwork
technique
experience
physcology
stamina
ring smarts
*and as i say and made an example of he can't maul joe like kessler/green*

as i say agree its too early for comparisons. But at this point you just can't make the comparison imo. Ward is too green (no pun intended).

bottom line joe fought hopkins when he was over the hill!

[Hitman932]

Ward is still a very young fighter and has already shown a desire to prove his greatness that Calzaghe never had.

Joe C. would have never entered a competition like The Super 6 at any point in his sheltered career.

Who is better? God only knows.

I just know that Ward at least has a desire to prove his greatness against top level competition whereas Calzaghe was content to fight a long line of nobodies before capping his career with victories over a couple of guys who were 10 years past their prime.

[Mooslim]

Hes a better fighter than Calzaghe on every level.

lolz. i don't think anybody takes you seriously

[boxasmash]

bottom line joe fought hopkins when he was over the hill!

Both of them were past their prime, your point?

Didn't Hopkins go on and completely kill a fighter tiped to be the next Middleweight legend and compared to Hagler and a young Hopkins himself in Kelly Pavlik?

[SirTomJones]

Ward is still a very young fighter and has already shown a desire to prove his greatness that Calzaghe never had.

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O against green and only fighting in his hometown out of fear?