Floyd IMO. Floyd had plenty of skill and Ward does not have the power to bother him. Unless the ref allows Ward to get away with all sorts of dirty tactics, i can't see Ward bothering Floyd. Floyd has way quicker hands, hits harder etc. Floyd should win comfortably.
I think Ward has a lot of classic people completely deluded as to how great he was. But this might show why Floyd is, p4p, a much greater fighter than he is a heavyweight.
A MUCH closer fight than it has any right to be if Ward gets the Kova refjob. Still trust Patterson to outpoint him though.
So they don’t have to make a weight? Patterson would likely win, at 168lbs Ward, 175lbs Patterson was inexperienced, but if he made 175lbs in his prime, that would be interesting.
With day before weigh ins, Ward was probably at least around 182 on fight night. Him and Patterson would be similar in size.
I agree, but I think Patterson was more used to fighting guys his weight and bigger, Ward was bigger in the ring than most of his opponents except from Sullivan Barrera who was mediocre, and Kovalev, who I felt was robbed in the 1st fight and probably subconsciously dejected in the rematch because he probably thought ‘what more can I do?’ And Ward did often use his size against other guys because he did use clinch work, he’d tie them up and push them off to get punches off, so his size did help him against many guys.