Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Advances To The Super Six Finals

[MarcianoFan]

Anybody else think this fight was a helluva lot closer than the official scores? I mean I thought Ward was by far the more impressive of the two, but round-by-round I thought Abraham did a good job of blocking most of Ward's shots, and that almost every time he let his hands go a few times, he stole a round. I thought Abe clearly won rounds 2, 3, and 12, and that he also somewhat clearly won 1 and 11. I only had Andre winning 115-113. I think some of the judges and sportswriters weren't prepared for Abe to do anything at all in the early rounds and missed the fact that he won the first three.

[Kagami Taiga]

Anybody else think this fight was a helluva lot closer than the official scores? I mean I thought Ward was by far the more impressive of the two, but round-by-round I thought Abraham did a good job of blocking most of Ward's shots, and that almost every time he let his hands go a few times, he stole a round. I thought Abe clearly won rounds 2, 3, and 12, and that he also somewhat clearly won 1 and 11. I only had Andre winning 115-113. I think some of the judges and sportswriters weren't prepared for Abe to do anything at all in the early rounds and missed the fact that he won the first three.

dude, i wat whatever ur smoking. no way abe won rnd 1 or 11. 2,3, 12 i can give u. but other than that, ward was pretty dominant. rnd 1 was a start up but ward was much more active.

[LeadUppercut]

To me,, ward had an off night and still won easily.

I'm not too sure about that, he came through a difficult fight with honors imho.

Abraham fought better than I thought he would, and did a good job of keeping Ward honest for the most part.

Ward took his time, never lost his focus, and once again showed that he can adapt to whatever his opponent brings.

[LeadUppercut]

Maybe its finally time for AA-Pavlik.

A shell of a fight that it could have been.

But it makes sense for both guys.

It would be a perfect crossroads fight for both of those guys.

[junior gong]

Froch has got a tough job against Johnson. I back him to come through it, but too close to call against Ward. Thats a real 50/50 fight imo.

[LeadUppercut]

Anybody else think this fight was a helluva lot closer than the official scores? I mean I thought Ward was by far the more impressive of the two, but round-by-round I thought Abraham did a good job of blocking most of Ward's shots, and that almost every time he let his hands go a few times, he stole a round. I thought Abe clearly won rounds 2, 3, and 12, and that he also somewhat clearly won 1 and 11. I only had Andre winning 115-113. I think some of the judges and sportswriters weren't prepared for Abe to do anything at all in the early rounds and missed the fact that he won the first three.

I think 116-112 is the best that you could score for Abraham, he did not win more than four rounds in that fight, and that is being kind. And I gave the first round to Ward.

[Biolink]

Anybody else think this fight was a helluva lot closer than the official scores? I mean I thought Ward was by far the more impressive of the two, but round-by-round I thought Abraham did a good job of blocking most of Ward's shots, and that almost every time he let his hands go a few times, he stole a round. I thought Abe clearly won rounds 2, 3, and 12, and that he also somewhat clearly won 1 and 11. I only had Andre winning 115-113. I think some of the judges and sportswriters weren't prepared for Abe to do anything at all in the early rounds and missed the fact that he won the first three.

Even being generous and giving AA the early rounds Ward still won comfortably.

[jbp23]

I gave AA 3 rds. 3 losses in a row is almost a career killer. He is done at 168, losing to the top 3 168 fighters leaves nowhere to go at his age. he can still have a few good match-ups, the Pavlik fight is a money maker and maybe he should fight Andrade.

The sad thing is that AA's style is his own worse enemy. He has an excellent jab, its quick, long, and powerful, but he rarely uses it. He throws great body shots, but he rarely goes to the body. He is afraid to get hit and he is not willing to take one to give one. Unfortunately, he does not have the mentality to change his style, so I do not see him making any extraordinary comebacks. My guess is he will return to Europe and start fighting strictly euro fighters or 2nd string American fighters who have no choice but to go fight in Europe. In Europe, he will rebuild his career (although I mean rebuild in a limited way) this way and become relevant to the boxing public in Europe. By venturing out of Europe he tried, but failed to become a great 168lb fighter.

Although, I am disappointed in the safety 1st way he fought I will give him tremendous credit for keeping his word and staying in and finishing the tournament when so many quit and made excuses ( Kessler, Dirrell)to get out of the Super 6.

[TaurusJ27]

I thought ward was more of the agressor. He was throwing more punches even though most of them were blocked.

[antrob]

I gave AA 3 rds. 3 losses in a row is almost a career killer. He is done at 168, losing to the top 3 168 fighters leaves nowhere to go at his age. he can still have a few good match-ups, the Pavlik fight is a money maker and maybe he should fight Andrade.

The sad thing is that AA's style is his own worse enemy. He has an excellent jab, its quick, long, and powerful, but he rarely uses it. He throws great body shots, but he rarely goes to the body. He is afraid to get hit and he is not willing to take one to give one. Unfortunately, he does not have the mentality to change his style, so I do not see him making any extraordinary comebacks. My guess is he will return to Europe and start fighting strictly euro fighters or 2nd string American fighters who have no choice but to go fight in Europe. In Europe, he will rebuild his career (although I mean rebuild in a limited way) this way and become relevant to the boxing public in Europe. By venturing out of Europe he tried, but failed to become a great 168lb fighter.

Although, I am disappointed in the safety 1st way he fought I will give him tremendous credit for keeping his word and staying in and finishing the tournament when so many quit and made excuses ( Kessler, Dirrell)to get out of the Super 6.

I still wouldn't mind seeing Abraham-Palvik. It wouldn't really mean nothing but it would be a fun fight.

BTW, Abraham didn't lose three in a row, he beat some bum in his last fight off a fluke knockout.