has Andre Ward EVER been in a good to watch fight??!!!

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by podgorica, Jan 10, 2014.


  1. Doc Everlast

    Doc Everlast Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    That's because he was actually able to put a hurt on a fighter for once. Kessler fight was boring and dirty. Abe and Froch were both exposed by Andre Dirrell before Ward got there.
     
  2. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Horrible style and dirty as hell.

    But being a black American it must pure boxing skills ...
     
  3. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    I have to admit, although he was undeniably the most skilled SMW, I could never stay awake when trying to watch one of his fights live at 4am
     
  4. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    I like chess. I used to play a lot when I was younger. I must of played thousands and thousands of times. However, during all that time I spent playing, I don't ever recall seeing any of the pieces headbutting each other or grabbing a hold of each other and holding on like a limpet to prevent them from being taken or being on the wrong end of a checkmate. I also recall that no player has the luxury and advantage of playing white all the time as well.
     
  5. DKD

    DKD Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I consider Ward to be among the best boxers out there right now and I don't see anyone beating him at the weight. I'm not really criticizing him, he's very good at what he does.

    But that doesn't necessarily mean he is entertaining or even interesting to watch.

    The holier than thou "I know more about boxing than you because I like watching guys like Ward" crew need to get a grip.

    I like to see skilled operators myself and I take it for granted that world class boxers will all have a decent skill set of sorts, but if you cannot use your skills to put on entertaining fights then why would anyone want to watch.

    Boxing is suposed to be entertaining, you should want it to put you on the edge of your seat.
     
  6. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes, his technical skills are awesome to watch.

    If you want to see brawling, go watch UFC or MMA.
     
  7. iceferg

    iceferg Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I find him boring. He ties people up and always gets away with it.
     
  8. box4life11

    box4life11 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree 100 percent great post.
     
  9. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    Andre Ward = Stoke City f.c.
     
  10. Kingkazim

    Kingkazim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I genuinely, like physically fell asleep during ward vs allan greene...
     
  11. Ctrl_Alt_Defeat

    Ctrl_Alt_Defeat CtrlAltDefeat Full Member

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    Lol andre ward is a true primadonna and crybaby *****. A) SoC never took on a challenge outside his homecountry, outside his comfort zone without handpicked officials AKA not a road warrior, all champions fought other champions outside their country in the past.- Makes his own rules ,B) ducking below the waist. C) sucker punching when the ref steps in, D) elbows to opponents face mayweather style, E) ducking below the waistline to avoid getting hit and frustrating opponents F) headbutts like a battering ram (like the notorious leaping headbutts in the kessler fight) when we saw andre get his own medicine against bika it was hillarious seeing him cry after the fight complaining about the headbutts, double standards hypocrite. Froch is the real 168 champion,road warrior he took on all corners , and like i said he always comes back stronger in the rematch. Fx in the first kessler fight (in mikkel kessler backyard) I had froch winning and this is coming from a dane no bias (viking from denmark) it was a draw at best and froch wasnt even giving it all. In the rematch however we saw how froch took kessler apart with relative ease, keeping him at bay with the long jab troughout most of the fight and also hurting mikkel with venomous powershots. Same with groves Carl weathered the storm in the first fight and tko'd groves in the 9th. In the rematch froch annihilated groves without problems knocked him out colder than ice. Paddy ran for the antivenom when he saw how the cobra venomously knocked his fighter back into last century. Im sure froch would solve the ward puzzle if he got a rematch w a proper rereree that enforce the rules of boxing.Andre can drag dawson down no problem but face golovkin at a catchweight? Hell no . bring fighters to his comfort zone to get ****ted on w the scorecards and frustrating them w dirty illegal tactics sure no problem but going to nottingham and rematch froch? Out of the question. He is a smalltime primadonna fighting in small half empty arenas giving away free tickets to random people passing by on the street ,meanwhile froch sells out stadiums w 80.000+ spectators at the edge of their seats. Andre says he will do this and that but always prices himself out when it comes down to a challenge. I doubt we will even see him fight kovalev . probably gonna pull out w a bogus injury unless they can slip some kind of poison into kovalevs system before the fight, causing sergei to be a shell of his former self. He wont even do olympic style drug testing. Kinda like floyd with his paid off secret commission doing it for him Btw if andre is reading this i will gladly take you on anytime anywhere. :deal (Just allow me a 3month training camp) Im undefeated so probably its better then dragging paul smith up to 172 who already lost twice to shellcrab abraham '.;.;.` u ****ing poser Lets see if Virgil ****er and S.o.**** has a response. Im sure his diet contains mainly squids and goatmeat since he did perfect his octopus billygoat style of fighting
    forgot to mention ward had postponed the original super6 final fight date due to some bogus cut on his forehead (that he received in sparring while wearing full headgear??) and then he jump in the fight a few months later (with one broken hand?BS) when froch homefanbase no longer was in the country and his motivation wasnt anywhere near what we saw in the bute fight , i cant make up excuses but i can point to facts like fx the referee didnt enforce the rules of boxing and let ward grab like an octopus , punch on the breaks, elbow and all that other nonsense , if the fight was in UK then froch would have spanked wards cheating ass andrea would surely get point deductions for all of his excessive fouling

    :deal
     
  12. Beouche

    Beouche Juan Manuel Marquez Full Member

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    Lmao hard on the eyes but spot on

    Carl would have killed Andrea Coward in the UK
     
  13. The Shockmaster

    The Shockmaster SOG has 4 children...he pulls out of nothing banned Full Member

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    nobody wants to go to the uk to fight froch after seeing dirrell easily outclass him and still get an l.....but it was froch who said theres no point in fighting ward again....cause hed lose.....

    ward could have been in a good fight...but triple quack ducked his way out of it to fight billy Baldwin aka david lemieux
     
  14. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    I had barely seen ward before i heard his name being smeared here for being boring but i think he cops way to much hate. His last 2 fights were entertaining. Dawson and the super 6 for the most part was as ebtertaining as it was impressive resume wise.

    I would have been one of very few that wat his fight vs smith because ndam v lemi was on the same time. I found something missing since mayweather had gotten over the hill. He lost alot of his surgical like precision and could no longer dismantle a fighter in such a clean cut an crisp fashion. Ward displayed alot of that in his fights (particularly v smith).

    Mark my words hel move to LHW an take on kova within 3 fights. Win or lose that demands respect (notable that bookies an myself both favor ward to win)
     
  15. keenly

    keenly Active Member Full Member

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    :patsch

    :-(