regardless of him being a new returner (which u already know so i'm not telling you something u know already), he was still a great scalp.
if u arent playing that game, thats fine. my apology if u arent ward hating. and dawson was a great win.
Yes I agree Kessler had a greater SMW resume but many on here didnt know the division before the S6 and fell into a hype trap. Going into the Ward fight - Kessler was a world champ who had beaten a world champ to get a title. Froch had Kesslers vacated title won off a fighter coming off a loss Froch is credited for beating Bute after the ward loss Kessler beat Froch after the Ward loss Froch was on a run in title fights of 5-1 Kessler was on a run of 8-1 in title fights Froch had never beaten a champion for a title Kessler had beaten 3 champs for a title Kessler had only lost to Calzaghe Froch had lost to Kessler Froch was coming off some debatable decisions Kessler was coming off some clear wins I think Kessler is Wards best win
Carl Froch is going to be a HOF fighter and I rate him higher than Kovalev so yes. Kovalev is a good win arguably his second best and he was a good champ and the real deal.
Why do you disagree? Kessler had a greater SMW resume but many on here didnt know the division before the S6 and fell into a hype trap. Going into the Ward fight - Kessler was a world champ who had beaten a world champ to get a title. Froch had Kesslers vacated title won off a fighter coming off a loss Froch is credited for beating Bute after the ward loss Kessler beat Froch after the Ward loss Froch was on a run in title fights of 5-1 Kessler was on a run of 8-1 in title fights Froch had never beaten a champion for a title Kessler had beaten 3 champs for a title Kessler had only lost to Calzaghe Froch had lost to Kessler Froch was coming off some debatable decisions Kessler was coming off some clear wins I think Kessler is Wards best win
I rate the Kessler win higher Kessler had a greater SMW resume but many on here didnt know the division before the S6 and fell into a hype trap. Going into the Ward fight - Kessler was a world champ who had beaten a world champ to get a title. Froch had Kesslers vacated title won off a fighter coming off a loss Froch is credited for beating Bute after the ward loss Kessler beat Froch after the Ward loss Froch was on a run in title fights of 5-1 Kessler was on a run of 8-1 in title fights Froch had never beaten a champion for a title Kessler had beaten 3 champs for a title Kessler had only lost to Calzaghe Froch had lost to Kessler Froch was coming off some debatable decisions Kessler was coming off some clear wins I think Kessler is Wards best win
I would rate the wins as 1st Kessler 2nd Kovalev 3rd Froch After that I think it can be debatable. Maybe Bika?
Kovalev is good fighter and was a dominant fighter and champion at 175 pounds. He lost to Andre Ward twice but then again Ward is an all time great and everybody lost to Ward he is that good. Froch was a very good win but not Ward’s best win. Froch is popular in the UK especially for his reckless macho style however those who understand boxing realized that Ward is better than Froch in every single facet of the game including the intangibles such as heart, will, desire and mental toughness. These are things Froch trades on but against Ward he met someone better technically as well as in these attributes. If anything Ward should have stopped Froch but for his broken hand. Froch is not the best fighter Ward has faced.
He fought a very high level of competition and beat them. One of his best wins at the time was against Edison Miranda at the time. Great great fighter and even better man. Always gave his opponents credit even Froch and Kovalev something both of them are incapable of. Froch still goes around slagging off Calzaghe when everybody knows both of them at their prime Calzaghe would beat him.