Comments Thread For: Sanchez Will Have Barrera Ready For Andre Ward's Clinching

[Redd Foxx]

No he won't. Ward doesn't just hold on like most fighters. He actively fights in the clinch, like a muay thai fighter. Uneducated fans on the forum here tend to overlook that.
Barrera is a very solid fighter but this will be a big learning experience for him.

[j0zef]

Everyone has a plan until they get headbutted. - Andre Ward

Fixed it for ya.

[Motofan]

Everyone has a plan until they get clinched. - Andre Ward

[Mike_R]

Ward doesn't just hold guys and wrestle them around, he gets a lot of work done before and after (punches). There's a lot more going on than meets the eyes with a lot of Ward's approach, and he certainly isn't limited to that clinching tactic.

Should be a great fight. As long as he still has his same physicality, I think Ward's bag of tricks runs too deep for Barrera here.

[petegrif]

Ward is a great inside fighter but he does clinch excessively and he isn't always working.

Watch his fight with Kessler: 88 clinches without penalty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDEBCoaR_lU

[Can'tHoldMeBack]

Ward is a great inside fighter but he does clinch excessively and he isn't always working.

Watch his fight with Kessler: 88 clinches without penalty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDEBCoaR_lU

So you post a video that attempted to show ward clinching and not throwing punches but failed in cutoff attempt about 80/88 clinches lol

[Tobi.G]

I see to manny flaws in Barrera and i doubt he can improve enough to realy be a serious problem for Ward. He is just half the fighter that Kovalev or GGG are.

[Mr.Fantastic]

Why is Ward considered so good if he has to rely on clinching?

[aboutfkntime]

Sanchez Will Have Barrera Ready For Andre Ward's Clinching

That's fine Abel, Hunter will have Ward ready for your big mouth.

#sanchez=overrated

[aboutfkntime]

Looking forward to this fight.....

I hope it goes the distance, and I really hope that Barrera can rise to the occasion and provide some stern opposition.

This is all about what Ward can take from the fight looking forward.