There seems to be a lot of people on here who see andre ward as a p4p top fighter, even with his recent inactivity over the last years, based on strength of his CV and past exploits. But is his opposition really that good?
Brand- old man coming up to 40 who was 168 pounder, took ward the distance
Barrera- old unproven cuban, a nobody really, took ward the distance
Smith- limited UK domestic level fighter, groves demolished him in 2, ward took 9 rounds
Rodriguez- another nobody who ward couldnt finish off
Dawson-pascal beat him fairly easy before dawson fought ward, stevenson put him away in 1 round, it took ward 10. Not a great fighter at all tbh, karpency beat him later too
Froch- wards best win and a good name on the record, although close fought, 115-113 on two cards. Plus froch not too hard to outbox, andre dirrell and jermain taylor both managed it for large chunks of the fight
Abraham- big stiff classical european plodder, lost every round to froch
Bika- a walking human punchbag who can take a good shot
Green- useless, completely useless, took ward the distance. 70 year old Glen johnson coming into ring with a zimmerframe managed to put green away inside the distance. one of the worst fights of all time
Kessler- technical decision, stopped on cuts due to wards headbutting. Frequent head butts throughout the fight. A good but not amazing fighter who calzaghe beat fairly comfortably (117-111 on one card as hbo scored it too)
Miranda- limited fighter with a big shot and not much else, bute put him away, pavlik put him away, he took ward the distance
Am i being harsh or is wards CV really not that impressive? Discuss...
woah man. woah. i suggest you re-watch this fight. i've scored it a draw every time.
Who do you think has a better resume? And is better p4p? Ward's only major flaw is the inactivity over the best few years, but that really has no bearing on his career wins he has achieved or his ability.
Who do you think has a better resume? And is better p4p? Ward's only major flaw is the inactivity over the best few years, but that really has no bearing on his career wins he has achieved or his ability.
I could name a whole host of fighters who have fought in the same time period with not only a better resume but a more in depth one but all you would do is "no that's not true" without backing it up. Stop being a blind fan of a guy and become a boxing fan.
I could name a whole host of fighters who have fought in the same time period with not only a better resume but a more in depth one but all you would do is "no that's not true" without backing it up. Stop being a blind fan of a guy and become a boxing fan.
Lmao.. Nice duck.. Outside of the living legends like marquez, floyd, manny, etc there really isn't a lot of fighters with better resume than Ward.
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