Ward has shrunk!

[Zandman]

Showtime has just released the tale of the tape for the upcoming Ward-Green fight:

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Now look at Ward's stats for the fight against Mikkel Kessler:

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So... Andre Ward has:
* Shrunk two inches in height!
* Grown a much larger chest and larger biceps.
* Shrunk two inches in reach!
* Grown much thicker ankles (retaining water?).

Either that, or I won't ever trust any "tale of the tape" numbers ever again...

[chatty]

I rember when Tyson was first kicking about and his stats changed from fight to fight.

[Kel1981]

Yeah it happens all the time in boxing where stats are concerned, especially the height. I think they fiddle it slightly to make fights seems more appealing, I dunno.

[Kel1981]

Originally Posted by chatty

I rember when Tyson was first kicking about and his stats changed from fight to fight.

Yeah he went from 5'9" to 5'11" often.

[repsaccer]

Originally Posted by Zandman

Showtime has just released the tale of the tape for the upcoming Ward-Green fight:

So... Andre Ward has:

* Shrunk two inches in height!
* Grown a much larger chest and larger biceps.
* Shrunk two inches in reach!
* Grown much thicker ankles (retaining water?).

Either that, or I won't ever trust any "tale of the tape" numbers ever again...

It's ALL PED's I tell you!! Remember where you heard it first!

[Zandman]

Originally Posted by Kel1981

Yeah it happens all the time in boxing where stats are concerned, especially the height. I think they fiddle it slightly to make fights seems more appealing, I dunno.

Yeah, it kinda baffles me, too.
What I would find appealing, is proper, accurate stats so that one could discuss them and ponder what difference height and reach, e.g. would make in a fight .
Lying about stats or being inaccurate with them actually neutralizes the whole point of having stats in there.

[Boxed Ears]

Andre Ward was never 6 feet gatdamn 2!

[Robney]

I guess it has to do with his fight against Mikkel, he rammed into him so hard with his head time after time his body shrunk 2" from the impact.

[Zandman]

Originally Posted by Robney

I guess it has to do with his fight against Mikkel, he rammed into him so hard with his head time after time his body shrunk 2" from the impact.

HAHAHA!
You're probably right! But to be fair - then he also must've punched Kessler hard enough to shrink his own wingspan by 2".

[Robney]

Originally Posted by Zandman

HAHAHA!
You're probably right! But to be fair - then he also must've punched Kessler hard enough to shrink his own wingspan by 2".

indeed

[roversbowers]

some chinese girl measured him up

[Zandman]

Originally Posted by roversbowers

some chinese girl measured him up

The length of an inch is different for Chinese girls, specifically, than for other people? Hm. Interesting.

[Badlok]

he got Mundine syndrome who's going down 1 catergory every fight!

[stefanoitch]

Originally Posted by Zandman

Showtime has just released the tale of the tape for the upcoming Ward-Green fight:

[IMG]***********.eastsideboxing.com/images/toft38.jpg[/IMG]

Now look at Ward's stats for the fight against Mikkel Kessler:

[IMG]********files.stv.tv/img/misc/tale-tape.jpg[/IMG]


So... Andre Ward has:
* Shrunk two inches in height!
* Grown a much larger chest and larger biceps.
* Shrunk two inches in reach!
* Grown much thicker ankles (retaining water?).

Either that, or I won't ever trust any "tale of the tape" numbers ever again...

hey er det otto von porat i bildet ditt?

[Zandman]

Originally Posted by stefanoitch

hey er det otto von porat i bildet ditt?

Visst pokker er det Otto!
Hvordan visste du det - er du en fan?

(For you non-Norwegian speakers, who may or may not be annoyed by our foreign-talk: I'm just confirming to Stefanoitch that the fighter on my profile pic is the Norwegian HW Otto von Porat).