Bivol vs. Ward

Pascal, Barrera and Chilemba - I guess that's all it takes these days.

 

Bivol is a demi god. He cannot be beaten. His ring IQ is unparalleled and his skill is impeccable. Andre Ward was good, but he would stand no chance.

Subzero will retire undefeated and go down as a lhw ATG

 

he looked awful vs chilemba and most of this forum had it close.

he won wide but didnt look great vs pascal

he won razor close vs Craig Richards


I wsee what people are doing finding Bivols best moments and Wards worst and saying thats why.


Well I'll do the reverse, ward wom the super 6.
and bivol looked like crap vs chilmba and richards.

 

Ward won the super 6 barely breaking a sweat. remember - Frochy beat up Pascal - and Kessler like a decade ago.

Then made Frochy look like a fighter without any limbs.

 

if by beat up pascal you mean won a close fight with him then sure..

for what it's worth I pick Ward over Bivol.
people werent singing his praises until he beat Canelo.

He was getting a lot of hate for Chilemba and richards performances which were lack luster.

 

Anyone who said Bivol wasn't very good probably DKSAB.

 

Ward would win as he is more skilful particularly on the inside and could pull the equaliser. Bivol should probably have stopped Canelo I think.

 

Bivol by a wide UD.

He's got a similar approach to Kovalev in that he likes to fight at range, and as we know, Ward isn't the greatest ranged fighter. But his feet are lighter than Kovalev's and his hands are quicker. I think that he could shoeshine Ward from a distance for the entire fight. Yes, he's nowhere near the puncher Kovalev is but on the plus side his stamina is superb. He's not gonna gas and allow droopy dawg to tie him up and work the body. If Ward has success it will be in spots. The main flow of the fight will be all Bivol.

 

I'd favour Ward to win on points, I'm still not sold on Bivol...too many performances where he's disappeared for me to be all in on him.

 

Bivol is every bit as skilled as Ward but he doesn't use Muay thai to win.. or PEDS... & fk me even threads about ward are boring let alone his grab fests.. this one's terrible

 

I consider Bivol "skill for skill", to be the best light heavyweight I have seen, and perhaps the best fighter I have seen in my lifetime. I have never seen somebody box as accurately as him. The only thing holding him back, in my mind at least, is that he doesn't have exceptional power. If he were to lean up some and begin a more lift intensive routine, I believe he would be unbeatable to the past and present of his division. He doesn't have the athletic gifts of Inoue or the versatility of Usyk, but he is a machine at what he does.

 

Unrelated, but I really like your avatar