Ward vs Froch revisted..

[IronDanHamza]

Kev are you on ya rag or something??Ya acting like a moody prick..Froch's stock did not drop because he pushed Ward..Something none of Wards previous opponents could say..This was a decent fight,Ward did clearly win but it damn sure was not easy..Take a peek at Wards face at fights end..Oh and that's not from elbows and headbutts,ala Bika...

Bika arguably pushed him more than Froch did.

Froch hardly pushed him it was an easy nights work with one hand for Ward.

[bojangles1987]

Yeah, how the hell did Froch's stock go up for this fight? As in he was beaten a 3rd time and Lucian Bute wants a piece of that ass now, to beat him a 4th time? I don't get it. How does your stock go up after losing a wide unanimous decision. Unless he got robbed, or lost in a valiant effort knocking down Ward a couple of times, or exposed some weaknesses in Ward. But he did none of that, he lost a wide UD like any boxing fan with at least one brain cell would have predicted.

I expected Ward to beat Froch much easier, which may sound crazy considering he won almost every round, but Ward really worked, you could see it in him the last couple rounds. That's why I gained more respect for Froch.

Froch was never a good boxer or going to adjust to Ward at all, he was going to have to be competitive through his grit and chin, I respect the fact that he was there for all 12 rounds, and never gave Ward a second to breathe and get too comfortable.

[Bushbaby]

I expected Ward to beat Froch much easier, which may sound crazy considering he won almost every round, but Ward really worked, you could see it in him the last couple rounds. That's why I gained more respect for Froch.

Froch was never a good boxer or going to adjust to Ward at all, he was going to have to be competitive through his grit and chin, I respect the fact that he was there for all 12 rounds, and never gave Ward a second to breathe and get too comfortable.

$h!t, IMO Froch came on strong in the championship rounds, Ward seemed to be tiring to me.

[Rome-By-Ko]

Bika arguably pushed him more than Froch did.

Froch hardly pushed him it was an easy nights work with one hand for Ward.

I totally disagree,Ward was far more tired and(imo)had to give more of himself against Froch then Bika...The last four rds shows how hard Ward had to work to be damn near perfect in there..I just did not see it as being easy for him..He won clearly but not easy,it did not look like he was fighting Green in there or Kessler..

[IronDanHamza]

I totally disagree,Ward was far more tired and(imo)had to give more of himself against Froch then Bika...The last four rds shows how hard Ward had to work to be damn near perfect in there..I just did not see it as being easy for him..He won clearly but not easy,it did not look like he was fighting Green in there or Kessler..

I agree he looked more tired in the last few rounds compared to the Bika fight.

But I think the Bika fight was more competitive.

Froch really did very little that was effective against Ward.

[Rome-By-Ko]

I agree he looked more tired in the last few rounds compared to the Bika fight.

But I think the Bika fight was more competitive.

Froch really did very little that was effective against Ward.

But Froch also fought Ward clean,Bika did every dirty move in the book(tbh they both did)...

[-Kev-]

Ward looked tired at the very end, the championship rounds. Those were the only rounds I saw him really being pushed.


Ward had to fight really hard against Bika, THROUGHOUT the whole fight. Against Bika, he had to bring his A-game.

[Walt Liquor]

Well he did say, this was the first time Ward "really" impressed him. I'm sure he was normally impressed by Ward shutting out the, then, Super 6 Favorite and WBA Champion 42-1, Mikkel Kessler.

At 28 years old, those two wins, Kessler and Froch are very good wins. Then he has wins over Arthur Abraham, Sakio Bika, and a still-dangerous at the time Edison Miranda. He's also top 5 P4P in The Ring's list[#2 in mine], Super 6 winner, and Olympic Gold Medalist. This guy's career has the makings to be All Time Great. He's accomplished so much for his age.

The first part is right. I was first really impressed by Ward in the froch fight.

Kessler win was ok and the other wins you mentioned were was less than impressive. Especially considering other guys defeated those dudes in a much much more impressive fashion.

There are at bare minimum 4 fighters with waaaaaay better resumes than ward (fact) but pfp is subjective so i wont argue position. I also cannot have a top 5 pfp guy that cant knockout anyone unless their skills are ungodly like sweet pea. He cant knock out/stop or kd anyone at all.

[vironaprile8]

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he was clearly losing to a jermaine taylor in severe decline before stopping him with seconds left