Comments Thread For: Andre Ward: Boxing Fans Should Appreciate All Fighters, Styles

[NEETzsche]

Ward has a major chip on his shoulder

[MikeRo1972]

It's a weird thing with Ward. I've enjoyed Mayweather's style for as long as I've been watching boxing, yet have never warmed up to Ward's... even though they're essentially the same. I can't explain that one. Maybe it's Mayweather's hype-building skills I enjoy too.

Also, what Ward said about blood-and-guts fighters being forgetten after they're done at the top level... I can't agree. Plenty of fight fans will remember the slugfests by the guy in my avatar, or even Brandon Rios, but in all honesty who is going to remember an exciting Ward fight?

Ward and Mayweather are very similar. Both supremely skilled fighters

The difference is:
Ward wants to be liked.
Mayweather doesn't give a damn who likes him.

[PittyPat]

I echo what a previous poster said about enjoying Mayweather's style, but only appreciating Ward's. Indeed, Ward is the best at what he does – and he does a lot of things in the ring – but I dislike watching it, no matter how many times I make an effort to do so (my first exposure to him being the Kessler fight).