Ward is BORING

In which dimension ? Go back to your padded cell.

 

WTF *******, this is about Ward!

 

Exciting if you like wrestling.

 

The reason people watch Ward, Wlad, and Floyd is because they are the best, period.

If these come forward action fighters could beat them.. we could watch them instead. The fact of the matter is though... Ward, Wlad, and Floyd all make everyone they fight look like novices in their with them.

When you watch a brawling who is winning, it is great... but deep down.. you know when he fights someone GOOD.. it is not going to work. Were as when you watch Ward, Wlad, and Floyd.. you know nothing the other guy is going to do.. is going to work.

 

Audience and ticket sales for Ward / Wlad & Mayweather are not comparable in the slightest. Ward is simply not a popular fighter.

 

The thing about these fighters that 'bring it', is that they mostly only do that because they don't have a choice. They don't have the option of being succesful with the kind of style that Ward, Mayweather, Hopkins, Whitaker etc. have been succesful with because they JUST DON'T HAVE THE SKILLSET.

Trust me, if all of these 'fan-favourites' and 'honest warriors' had any chance of being succesful at the world championship level without having to take so many damn punches, 99% percent of them would do it in a heartbeat.

You don't have to take my word for that, the evidence is out there. Gatti tried to box, move and jab more later in his career. MA Barrera, same story. I could think of more examples if i had the time and the interest.

As for Ward, he landed a LOT af clean, head-swivellingly hard punches. Too bad he was in there with a guy who looked 2 weightclasses bigger on fight night. In his previous fight, he was aggressive, let his hands go and KO'd a world-class opponent.

Much of the same is true for Mayweather. In the immediate aftermath of his fights with, say, Mosley, Ortiz, Cotto... nobody was calling him boring! Boxing fans seem to have worse memory than James Toney must have at this point. And let's not forget that Ortiz was 14 pounds heavier in fight night, Canelo 15, Cotto and De la Hoya probably something similar...

Hey at the end of the day, to each his own. I'm a big fan of Ward and i love watching him fight. Who ever doesn't, well, don't.

 

The other two are considerable more established, at much later parts of their careers. Ward will get there. Also, some divisions are hotter then other's with ticket sales/audience views... so don't forget to factor that into your grand mathematical conclusion.

 

Wlad doesn't belong in the sentance. Ward and Floyd fight high ranked, danger men who are often bigger than them. They get out skilled and out boxed by large.
Wlad fouls and gropes bums who who can't box back.

 

Donaire is so overrated it's criminal, but I see what you are saying about styles and yes I will always take a technical boxer over blood and guts.

 

Boring? I thought it was exciting.

 

Floyd and Ward don't foul? I seem to remember clearly mayweather hitting people off breaks, and in the nuts... Which I am actually cool with. Try everything to win the fight.

They are all three leagues above everyone else in their Divsion

 

Good post.

 

i love watching ward... it's like watching an art... complete masterclass and dominance of the opponent... you have to know and appreciate boxing to like how ward fights... stick to watching bar fights and ufc if you want to see a couple of unskilled bums throwing their arms around