Dawson's Reach a Big Factor?

[Ganondorf]

Let me say that I believe Andre Ward wins this fight fairly handily.

My question for all you boxing gurus is: How does Chad plan to use his reach effectively against Andre Ward?

Conventional wisdom says you should use any and every advantage you carry with you to the ring, but I believe Chad's wingspan is JUST THAT. I could be wrong, but I don't see the longer man keeping Andre Ward on the outside and outboxing him with a solid jab and great boxing fundamentals.

I think Chad's best chance is to pick Ward up on his shoulders and somehow body slam Andre to the canvas. Despite being smaller, I believe Ward will have his way with Chad on the outside due to his speed, AND Andre will at least hold his own inside with headbuts, elbows, etc.

Does anybody see Chad's reach being a liability for him in this fight? If Andre stays in Chad's chest, Chad gets smothered by his own reach, IMO.

Please chime in!

[GrandpaBernard]

Let me say that I believe Andre Ward wins this fight fairly handily.

My question for all you boxing gurus is: How does Chad plan to use his reach effectively against Andre Ward?

Conventional wisdom says you should use any and every advantage you carry with you to the ring, but I believe Chad's wingspan is JUST THAT. I could be wrong, but I don't see the longer man keeping Andre Ward on the outside and outboxing him with a solid jab and great boxing fundamentals.

I think Chad's best chance is to pick Ward up on his shoulders and somehow body slam Andre to the canvas. Despite being smaller, I believe Ward will have his way with Chad on the outside due to his speed, AND Andre will at least hold his own inside with headbuts, elbows, etc.

Does anybody see Chad's reach being a liability for him in this fight? If Andre stays in Chad's chest, Chad gets smothered by his own reach, IMO.

Please chime in!

Southpaws are taught to maintain some distance if they want to utilize the atypical angles of their stance. Add in how chill Dawson is, and it'll be a bad night for him if Ward manages to swarm him inside.

[smifnwessun]

Dawsons reach will prove too much for ward who will fail to make the count in the fifth....remember i said it.

[brick wall]

dawson got a good jab so of course his reach advantage will be a big factor. we're not talking here of a paul williams type fighter.

[Ganondorf]

Southpaws are taught to maintain some distance if they want to utilize the atypical angles of their stance. Add in how chill Dawson is, and it'll be a bad night for him if Ward manages to swarm him inside.

Agreed, but let's not forget there are some who believe Ward is nearly effective fighting southpaw as he is orthodox, which takes some of Chad's unorthodox southpaw advantage away.

I'm not one of those people. I think Ward should ALWAYS fight righty, and only switch if he MUST. Andre Ward UD or late stoppage over Chad.

[razor.thin]

ward will be able to box with him using his foot movement, feinting and angles.

he will take away the reach

[#1Assassin]

ward will be able to box with him using his foot movement, feinting and angles.

he will take away the reach

one oculd argue dawson has better footmovement, feints and angles than ward and abdre has never fought a pure boxer who could use his reach before.

[smifnwessun]

Is it true that ward beats his wife?

[boliodogs]

I don't think there is enough difference in reach to matter. Ward could get around the small difference in reach with timing. I think Dawson has to use the fast accurate combinations he has used in some fights. He needs to move quickly and throw lots of punches. He needs to keep Ward on the defense and try not to let Ward hold and hit to much. I think Dawson is a better, faster and more accurate combination puncher than Ward and he takes a punch better. Ward is very strong and a master of wrestling, holding and hitting and infighting so he can't let Ward fight his fight.

[GrandpaBernard]

Agreed, but let's not forget there are some who believe Ward is nearly effective fighting southpaw as he is orthodox, which takes some of Chad's unorthodox southpaw advantage away.

I'm not one of those people. I think Ward should ALWAYS fight righty, and only switch if he MUST. Andre Ward UD or late stoppage over Chad.

I'm not so sure about switching stances when he's fighting Chad Dawson, who is a southpaw. Ward can catch him with some right hooks and even straight left hands since he's a converted, but Dawson should be the more effective one in the southpaw stance being that he trains with it.

I believe both fighters are actually converted. A cross stance battle featuring two converted boxers, this should be interesting.

You think Ward has what it takes to stop CHad?