Andre Ward's resume

[Nay_Sayer]

Drained Dawson you mean? Headbutted Kessler?

Drained Dawson is better than *50* year ole' Hopkins and anyone on Bumlovkin's resume...

[Nay_Sayer]

Not average, Froch and Kessler are quality wins, but nothing special, not the making of a great resume. Dawson was a garbage win, it's a grade D version of PAC vs Oscar

And yet Dawson was coming off the Hopkins win. Isn't Hopkins the best name on Kovalev's resume? So, are you saying beating Hopkins was a "garbage" win?

[_Maxi]

And yet Dawson was coming off the Hopkins win. Isn't Hopkins the best name on Kovalev's resume? So, are you saying beating Hopkins was a "garbage" win?

At 175, not 168. Fooooool.

[daggum]

And yet Dawson was coming off the Hopkins win. Isn't Hopkins the best name on Kovalev's resume? So, are you saying beating Hopkins was a "garbage" win?

pretty sure dawson-hopkins happened at 175 and not 168. ward wouldn't even drop 4 pounds yet you think dawson dropping 7 had no effect on him?

[BrometheusBob.]

Andre Ward is not just an olympic gold medalist and a fighter who haven't lost since he was 12, but he's also a proven world champion and got one of the best resumes in modern boxing.

1: Carl Froch
Froch is a guy with everything from good size, respectable power, a legendary chin and great stamina. Froch's victories includes guys like Kessler, Bute, Pascal, Abraham, Groves, Taylor, etc. In other words, Froch is a proven elite warrior. Froch has always had a stylistical problem with fast-handed opponents, which could be seen in his fights against Pascal, Taylor, Dirrell, Groves and Ward. The stylistical advantage shouldn't take anything away from this win, though. This was a great win and only an idiot would think otherwise.

2: Mikkel Kessler
Kessler only ever lost to 3 elite fighters: Ward, Calzaghe and Froch, who he went 1-1 against. Besides that, Kessler has proven to be a dangerous mix of good size, extreme power and good skills, even better basic skills than the ones of Froch, but just with less ability to adept. He has defeated some good opponents, with Froch being his best win, and no one can deny that this was a true quality win for Ward.

3: I could go on and on with quality names like Abraham, Bika, Rodriquez, Barrera, etc., but the point is, Ward's resume is full of good wins.

[daggum]

you didn't highlight barrera? that's another why is he fighting this guy name during his 5 year bum parade. couldn't fight undefeated bute because he needed to prove himself though! brand=proven and bute=unproven

[BrometheusBob.]

you didn't highlight barrera? that's another why is he fighting this guy name during his 5 year bum parade. couldn't fight undefeated bute because he needed to prove himself though! brand=proven and bute=unproven

Barrera was a consensus top 10 contender and mandatory to Kovalev. The fight proved Ward could hang at 175 and made him Kov's mandatory.

[Larry the boss]

you didn't highlight barrera? that's another why is he fighting this guy name during his 5 year bum parade. couldn't fight undefeated bute because he needed to prove himself though! brand=proven and bute=unproven

wasnt Barrera Kovalev's mandatory?? would you have slammed Kovalev for fighting him?

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

without the super six guaranteed fights andre's resume wouldn't be as it is today. froch and kessler wouldn't have fought him on u.s. soil, ward rejected rematches in england and denmark.he fought a drained 168 dawson that hadnt fought at super middle in 7 yrs, a win is a win but at 175 it would have been different. he ducked stevenson after he called him out and proposed a 2 fight deal 1 at 168 in oakland,1 at 175 in montreal, he said stevenson doesnt deserve the fight months later he fights a edwin rodriguez(ugh).
in 4 yrs he hasnt fought any top quality fighter: rodriguez,smith,barrera,and brand. if it wasnt for goosen hookin this guy up he wouldnt be where he is at today but in the end he kicked goosen to the curb with a lawsuit. ungrateful bastard

But it happened so the rest of your post really hold no weight

[12TRIBEsRiSe]

pretty sure dawson-hopkins happened at 175 and not 168. ward wouldn't even drop 4 pounds yet you think dawson dropping 7 had no effect on him?

he asked to go down, signed the contract, got in the ring and LOST...