Andre Ward is a dirty fighting sneaky opportunist.

[Motofan]

Im rooting for anyone besides Ward to win this thing. He is cheap as **** and always fights ugly. But I think he wins it unless he is forced to fight overseas with a ref that wont let him headbutt and hold all night.

[oaklandstephen]

I'm sorry I can't stay quiet on this any longer Andre Ward is an *******. Not only does he use his head as a 3rd arm he now having had two fights in his home town is fighting tooth and nail to keep his 3rd fight on home turf.

Frankly I think this is disgusting. Dirrel has fought once at home once abroad. Ward twice at home never abroad; the math is simple here.


I am English.

Ward is American.

Dirrell is American.

Therefore I have no bias.


Andre Ward needs to quit being a little bytch and be fair

damn u still mad he whooped kessler way harder then calzaghe did

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Andre Ward needs his home referee so he can hit while holding, and deliberately headbutt.

So he won't fight a world-class opponent outside Oakland.

He calls himself the "Son of God"...

Yet he can't win without cheating.

Ricky Hatton's hometown Ref Mickey Vann let him clinch and wrestle ect...

Not much different than Ward except he's got Hopkins head butt down to a tee as well.

[Bhopreign]

Ricky Hatton's hometown Ref Mickey Vann let him clinch and wrestle ect...

Not much different than Ward except he's got Hopkins head butt down to a tee as well.

You talking about butts with Bradley in your avi, go figure.

[BattlingNelson]

how is holding with one arm and hitting with the other a bad thing? Calzaghe and Whitaker both used that tactic to great advantage.

if the guy is just going to try and cover up/grab and wait for the ref to break you out of the infight, I say screw it and keep punching.

theres a big difference between flat out clinching and still being able to fight with your arms entangled. a good portion of Leonard-Duran 1 was spent in that fight style, and that was a beautiful display of boxing.

its just that nowadays people are totally spoiled and unfamiliar with that style and are used to refs breaking every single clinch the instant fighters get close, and dont know how to roughhouse fight on the inside...which takes skill to do, even if it isnt 'pretty' to some people.
its like people forget that boxing is a fight sometimes.

And so was Rosario - Chavez. Another beautiful display of infighting.

Ward just holds much more than those guys and he leads with his head going in. Not as blatant against Green as it was against Kessler though. And he can continue to employ those tactics only because the referee doesn't mind.

Most referees outside Oakland would call the leading with the head.

Andre Wards style SOG's.

[Magnifico!]

Andre Ward is not Black Enough to be considered a "Brotha" in my hood.


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[ATG Fighter]

Andre Ward is a great talent. He really impressed me against Kessler where he was the underdog going in against the supposed favorite of the tournament. Even before the headbutts and all he was whooping Kessler. He was putting on a clinic. The guy can fight on the outside and inside. He has fast handspeed and amazing footspeed to go in and out on his opponents. The most skilled fighter in the super six and likely winner imo.

Some might consider him a dirty fighter--probably the same people who would hate Bernard Hopkins. These people will continue to hate him because his philosophy is not to please the crowd but take care of business and get the win. Andre Ward is a winner, that is all he cares about.

I was listening to B-Hop talk on radio recently and he was saying "forget everyone and just look at Andre Ward." He reckons this guy will dominate and reign long. All the more reason for people that hate fighters like Hopkins to hate Ward

[wazaa.]

I hope Dirrel puts a beating on him.

[The_Demon]

He may not be good to watch but you cant deny his talent

[Crazylegs77]

Ward and Dirrell are two horrible fighters, one is a lowlife headbutting cnut, the other is a shameless chicken**** runner prepared to act his way out of a fight. No honour with either of them. I hope they fight to a draw, useless fkers.

You make some good points there