Is Andre Ward overrated by any means?

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  1. Birmingham

    Birmingham Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    pmsl, quote me saying kov v a packistani shop owner please ? I said hes business man, kov isn't, he just wants to fight. You brought the packistani corner shop into it. You really shouldn't generalise that every corner shop is owned by a packistani.
     
  2. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    So do I, I've always favoured Ward but it won't be easy.
     
  3. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Anyone who has ward top 5 p4p vastly over rates him. Back half of top 10 is arguable, the kovalev fight proved how over rated his talents are. Kovalev conditioning was clearly exposed in his last 2 fights. I fully believe we'll have a correctly conditioned kovalev, that can fight hard every round.

    If that was how it was vs ward it's a complete mismatch. Conditioning is 1 off the most important and if not fixed 100% kovalev will remain as a B fighter that's already reached his ceiling. Kovalev comes in able to fight at the peak of his talents for 8/10 rounds this fight will prove again how large the talent gap is between the e e two
     
  4. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He's not overrated, if anything he's consistently underrated
    a fighter and ring general, he keeps accomplishing things
    pundits say he won't and they keep trying to put an asterisk
    beside his accomplishments.

    Now his trainer is overrated.
     
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  5. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    We ALL just witnessed him (in hi-ref) clearly lose to a very flat kovalev. I knew smg was up with kovalev, he was ****ing terrible vs Aw
     
  6. carlingeight

    carlingeight Active Member Full Member

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    What often sets Ward apart is his frame of mind. He'll give you a 9/10 performance most rounds, and especially when it counts the most. You could definitely see him beating more naturally gifted boxers.
     
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  7. JL Fighter

    JL Fighter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Winning the Super Six, I would say he is as good as advertised.
     
  8. Brad Tocque

    Brad Tocque New Member Full Member

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    Clearly lose? It was a close fight. Think you watched the wrong fight pal. Laughable
     
  9. Staminakills

    Staminakills Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Fyi: you can clearly lose close fights. 7/5 close but adding the kd, that is a clear win
     
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  10. Brad Tocque

    Brad Tocque New Member Full Member

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    You watched the wrong fight mate
     
  11. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Kov is another pfp fighter and Ward was the smaller man in their fight. How is he overrated? If Kov beat Ward clean how is Ward overrated?
     
  12. Matt Petley

    Matt Petley Active Member Full Member

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    so ward comes up a weight division and beats kovalev yet ward is overrated and kovalev isn't haha makes sense,
    the hate and bitterness is real.
     
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  13. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    It's the diehard Kov fans.
     
  14. Matt Petley

    Matt Petley Active Member Full Member

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    or the ward haters who despise him for no reason
     
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  15. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    At what weight did Ward win his gold medal?