Ward is done at SMW. Step up to LHW?

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  1. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He is clearly the best SMW on the planet TODAY.

    He beat a slow-mo 34 Froch like we all expected.

    He should now step up and fight the likes of Nathan Cleverly ! :happy
     
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  2. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    Bute is a more competitive fight than Cleverly though.
     
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  3. Samurai's Slice

    Samurai's Slice ESB Legend Full Member

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    No Way! He can fight Bute and Maybe Anthony/Andre Dirrell first.
     
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  4. Cellz831

    Cellz831 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    ah stfu. now all of a sudden froch is slo-mo 34 year old? nope wards gonna stay at sm and handle that fraud bute first
     
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  5. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You think so?:huh:huh:huh

    Bute glass jaw Romanian? Better than a 175 6'3" true LHW, young fast calzaghes protege?:patsch
     
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  6. GrizzyBeard

    GrizzyBeard Guest

    What about at 160? Could he make the weight and take on Martinez without being to drained? Is he big enough to make 175?
     
    GrizzyBeard, Dec 17, 2011
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  7. Post Box

    Post Box I'm back too, bitches Full Member

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    Cleverly's height is insignificant he fights like 6 footer and has no defence. None.
     
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  8. PR BOXING

    PR BOXING Boxing Addict Full Member

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    ward/bute/dirrell. these three have to fight each other to erase all the question-marks ay 168
     
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  9. BeastsideBoxing

    BeastsideBoxing "The Thrill" Gavril Full Member

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    Ward at 175 has only Cloud(who isn't getting any attention) and Pascal.
    Ward said as well as Hopkins that they won't fight each other. Cleverly and Shumenov are nothing special, and they look more like prospects than champions.
    The fact that Pascal who lost to Froch was the DIVISION Ring CHAMPION and that Eduard Gutknecht who lost to Stieglitz is ranked very high tells us much about the talent in the LHW division
    Ward at 168 has Bute, Kessler, Andre Dirrell all of them much better than Cleverly.
     
    BeastsideBoxing, Dec 17, 2011
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  10. Hozumi's Hook

    Hozumi's Hook WHO NECKS!?!? Full Member

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    I say 2 fights at 168, then he moves up.

    The two fights being Dirrel (Andre) and Bute.

    Then Pascal and Dawson up at 175. For some reason I see Pascal's style giving him trouble, but he must improve his stamina.
     
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  11. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Why would he move up? There are much better fights available at 168, and he's a small super middleweight to begin with. I suspect he'd be better off moving down to 160, if it makes sense, than moving up to 175. Ward doesn't have much power, reach or chin. Moving up can only be a bad thing.
     
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  12. PowerHoock

    PowerHoock Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he has to duck bute somehow
     
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  13. timeout

    timeout Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    bute has the punch and the punch technique to give ward problems.

    but the fight would be in joke land and he would lose a points decision.
     
    timeout, Dec 18, 2011
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  14. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    Bute Ward anyone!!!!
     
    sdsfinest22, Dec 18, 2011
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  15. Paulie

    Paulie Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ward will not fight Bute at 168 lbs...
     
    Paulie, Dec 18, 2011
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