Who was more impressive: Kell Brook or Andre Ward?

The man known as "The Special One" was more impressive.

 

Will they fight?

 

So on one side you have a guy who beat Jo Jo Dan twice, who turned up merely to get knocked out...and he did. On the other side you have an unbeaten technical Cuban with savage power gunning for s****om and a title shot whom you said would KO Ward. Now tell me, how is a guy proving you wrong less impressive than a result everyone knew would happen? Come on CST you're just hating on Ward now.

 

Is this serious?

Brook fights a guy who no one knows and clearly someone who shouldn't even be in the ring with him whilst Ward goes up in weight to fight an undefeated fighter well respected in the division.

Big fan of both but compare Brook with Ward when he starts fighting guys of his calibre, not Bizier for god sake.

 

Barrera was well respected only by Ward delusional fans. Rankings don´t lie that much. Both fighters were expected to be durable with decent skills. Brooks did the job better hands down.

 

Barrera came into the fight Hungry. He gave it his all and he performed well despite the enormous step up in competition. Bizier on the other. We've seen what he can do and it's nothing great. Bizier also looked like he didn't even want to be there. If a fighter can make a face that says "I'm here for the paycheck" then it would be the one Bizier made before the opening bell.

I would love to see Brook fight solid competition and do well but this seems like an excuse to hate on Ward. Barrera is the kind of fight a fighter needs to take to jump back into the sport. Also it's not like this fight doesn't help Barrera either. It shows Barrera where he is at in regards to world level and what he needs to work on. Having a loss against Ward this early in your career isn't going to hurt Barrera.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0wiwAM2Bvk

The comments say it all. Nobody gave a damn about this 'easy work' fight.

 

"Dear Kell Brook, no one gives a ****"

atsch:rofl

 

Unforutnately for MOST of us, we believed Barerra's extensive amatuer career combined with his aggressive style would equal SOME moderate success vs Ward, or if, simply make him something of a top 10 LHW....

But in spite of NOT possessing ANY of the attributes that make Cuban fighters great, ie RIGO, Lara, Casamayor, Gamboa.....he had the same Cuban GLASS those fellow fighters shared.

Let's be glad that Kovalev DIDNT fight Barrerra....it woulda been over in 30 seconds.

As for the OP....

A proven veteran contender in Bizier, coming off an IMPRESSIVE win over the powerful contender Lawson, or Barrera, a prospect, without a single top 20 win on his CV.:think