Comments Thread For: Andre Ward Drops, Dominates Sullivan Barrera in 175 Debut

[Kagami Taiga]

Good to see him back. For those speculating on a Kovalev fight, hard to tell anything from this one. Totally different fights. It's absolutely possible Ward out boxes Kovalev. But it's totally possible Kovalev score big power on Ward. All this told me was Ward is back and still elite. Kov vs Ward is the best fight to be made in boxing.

[Metho_4u]

Good win for Ward. I saw the fight much closer but the right man won.

You must have been watching another fight then...it wasn't close. Ward controlled the pace, the distance, the aggression, landed the much cleaner punches...how was it close in the least?

[NaijaD]

Good performance by Ward.

That is not his ceiling, he can definitely work on some things with another fight in July.

To be honest, the better Ward's performance the worse people would say Barrera is. But that was good enough tonight, would like to see him in with someone in the rings top 10 next time out.

[Real Talk85]

I don't understand how Kovalev has a chance of winning against Ward outside of a flash K.O. Ward has taken on heavy hitters and eaten shots, I doubt Krusher will be able to hurt him that bad.

No one mentions how Krusher will have to deal with Wards jab, the man has the most ferocious jab in boxing, its a head snapping shot and he throws it like a power shot right through the guard and backs up everyone he fights with it. Not one person he faced stood down his jab without backing up after the first one. You simply cannot walk through it.

The speed difference will be laughable because Kovalev is about as quick as Barrera and has far less movement. He only moves backwards and does not move his head. He is a catch and shoot defender and Wards timing will wreak havoc on him. How will he hit him with counters from a full guard?

He has to physically overpower Ward or he has zero chance to beat him. If he can't hurt him he has to box him and then its no contest.

[Pigeons]

If that makes him the guy that Ward "has to fight", then the bar is set entirely too low. The guy he just beat was a #1 contender, this Shabranskyy guy's claim to fame is based on triangle theories.

Ward's not gonna fight a killer in his last fight before Kovalev. I think Shabranskyy is perfect. He's undefeated so it works for promotion, he's orthodox like Kovalev, and he also comes from the Eastern Euro school. I don't think it will happen, but that would be my choice as a fan.

IMO if Ward gets another fight in before Kovalev, it will be a Shelby Pudwill type of fighter which he used to tune up before the Super Six started.

[richardt]

Barrera vs Gonzalez would be a good scrap for sure.

[JJRod]

Nope, he said he wants [B]at least[/B] one more time-up.

In the interview he said he was going to leave it up to his promoters. So who knows?
I don't know if HBO is going to want to fork up any more cash for a fight that is not Kovalev, so we'll see.

[MrRolltide91]

[gmc_rfc_06]

In the interview he said he was going to leave it up to his promoters. So who knows?
I don't know if HBO is going to want to fork up any more cash for a fight that is not Kovalev, so we'll see.

The BoxNation commentators (I believe it was Bob Sheridan) said Ward told him personally that it's not happening next, a minimum of one more tune up.

[KingTito]

Very happy to see Ward back in the ring.