Is Andre Ward a dirty fighter?

[The Hammer]

ward's head is his best weapon while his elbow is a close second.

only idiots will consider him a good fighter.

True, Ward is nothing without his illegal tactics and home officials.

[daggum]

I agree he's damned good but people don't have to like it. The thing is he has enough talent that he doesn't have to engage those tactics or am I being naieve?

yes he has to. look at his fights with bums like paul smith and brand. wasnt doing his illegal tactics much. when hes in there with someone giving him trouble he does it every time. some examples: that olympic fight where he was getting rocked-clinched the entire fight, when paul smith briefly rocked him-started clinching and bending over until he recovered, bika fight clinched and headbutted a ton-later blamed bika for being dirty when video evidence showed opposite. kessler was putting him under heavy pressure so he clinched 87 times as well as jumped into him headfirst over and over, kovalev was outboxing him so he jumped in and clinched so he could land some shots to the body while holding or wrestle kov around into position to land a shot.

[The Hammer]

[Dean_Razorback]

so, there was vada or not?

[The Hammer]

so, there was vada or not?

For Kovalev, yes.

Ward signed up for it in March, then pulled out of testing. He's a real con man.

[MDPopescu]

For Kovalev, yes.

Ward signed up for it in March, then pulled out of testing. He's a real con man.

... they said he was tested 7 times...

[Dean_Razorback]

... they said he was tested 7 times...

ward or kovalev?

[MDPopescu]

ward or kovalev?

Ward, of course.... (Kovaliov does VADA since long ago...)

[The Hammer]

Andre "Son of Gonads" Ward

[GhostofDempsey]

Of course he is dirty. For those who have the attention span to actually watch the videos they would also notice Tony Weeks and Joe Cortez as third man offering little if any warnings for his tactics. Of course all of the Weeks apologists were demanding his head when he allowed Maidana to fight his fig against Fraud.