King Arthur just got schooled by the man at 168. Fighting a cheating american hypejob is a slightly different proposition to fighting THE MAN. AA by mid rounds stoppage.
Maybe for the first 2-3 rounds, but AA was comfortable throughout the fight. Taylor fought the right fight by trying to keep AA at the end of the jab, but as you said was timid, wasnt physically strong enough to nudge AA. [qupte]a heartless Andre Dirrell and got shutout by Carl Froch, he was taking to deep waters in his first fight with Edison Miranda who possess no boxing skills at all and it's looking more and more like he's too small for Super Middleweight.[/quote] Dirrell kept AA at distance, but as the fight went on AA managed to get into mid range. As you said, heartless Dirrell. Froch did the same, but he kept AA out with the odd brawl, coz he was physically stronger. Im talking about come from behind KO style, AA can carry his strength to the last second. As the fight goes on, AA will eventually put him on ***** street. What I am saying is, basically, stylistically,Ward is a better fight for AA, than Dirrell and Froch. Because Ward comes into the inside, while Dirrell and Froch didnt want to do that as they had respect for AA's power.
I thought Abraham'd beat Froch. I believe Froch is far from a great boxer, and look what happened their. Ward puts on a repeat performance, except fights a lot less like the Klitschko's (Froch reminded me of them during the Abraham fight). You honestly think Abraham puts up a tougher fight than Kessler did? You are mistaken.
AA= the latest version of Kelly Pavlik, the blueprint to beat them has been laid out and he will be beaten by all the elite fighters at 160 or 168, they should fight eachother throw in P Williams and whoever comes out on top could get some clout back.
A long-stiff jab, a decent work rate, and a bit of thump on your punches keeps AA in his shell. Always has and probably always will. One of the few surprise for me was that I used to think you needed a good jab like peak Kessler or peak Pavlik to hold AA at bay. The Froch fight showed us that isn't true. I really do not like Ward, but I think he has more than enough ring smarts to beat Abraham. AA is just not a hard guy to figure out.
Dirrell kept AA at distance, but as the fight went on AA managed to get into mid range. As you said, heartless Dirrell. Froch did the same, but he kept AA out with the odd brawl, coz he was physically stronger. Im talking about come from behind KO style, AA can carry his strength to the last second. As the fight goes on, AA will eventually put him on ***** street. What I am saying is, basically, stylistically,Ward is a better fight for AA, than Dirrell and Froch. Because Ward comes into the inside, while Dirrell and Froch didnt want to do that as they had respect for AA's power.[/QUOTE] Thats the entire point, when Ward is more than capable of boxing from the outside which has proven to be the easy and safe way to beat AA, why would he fight on the inside, you do understand they will be watching tape of the AA loses and make a game plan on how to beat him which is again to outbox him not brawl, Ward is one of the smartest fighters out there,i'm sure he would employ this strategy.
I never said Ward is only an inside fighter, I said he doesnt have the substansial height and reach, aswell as physicall strength, to keep AA on the outside for 12 straight rounds like Froch did. Dirrell didnt do that for 12 straght rounds due to the following reasons. 1) Dirrell was ***** hearted 2) Dirrell doesnt have the physical strength to go toe to toe with AA like Froch did at times. 3) Dirrell is ***** hearted. Dirrell was crying like Katsidis? Katsidis had tears, but tried to keep them behind the eye lids. Dirrell was shouting, nonsense while crying remembering the Knockdown he suffered in Round 10. Katsidis remembered his Brother, his blood and flesh he can cry all he wants, its not a big deal coz thats an emotion a man can show without being disrespected. Dirrell was just crying coz he didnt want to go into the 12th round. Kessler is a 1-2 type fighter, that didnt have an effective left hook, also AA carries his power to the last second better than many fighter.
I agree with this post. I actually think that Ward will have a tougher fight against Abraham than Froch had, not because Froch is better, but because of their styles. Ward doesn't have the active long range jab that will trouble Abraham and his inferior power & workrate will allow Abraham to open up much quicker in the fight. I still see Ward winning but it won't be easier than the Bika fight.
I agree with you. Ward is more than capable of keeping AA at range, but eventually AA will try and force a fight. Like he did vs Dirrell, and Dirrell was begining to fold, and put on ***** street. He tried it with Froch, but Froch just answered back with solid shots. I personally dont think Ward can handle those explosions like Froch did. And he will go down the Dirrell route and be put on ***** street in the last few rounds. Ward UD is the safest bet, but a come from behind KO by AA is something that I think is very possible with Ward. This would be a better fight than Froch vs Abraham, or Ward vs Bika.