Andre Ward is not only the best 168 pounder in the world today - by far - but he is also arguably the most talented P4P boxer in the entire world, Floyd included. :smoke
Not according to the Ring magazine, it is Arthur Abraham. From what I've seen of Badu Jack, which is not much (2 fights, winning against Dirrell and getting stopped inside 1 by a journeyman, and I also see that he drew with Periban), he is not exactly world level. He has decent skills, but he has flawed defense and can't keep up the pace, plus he doesn't seem to take punches well. A fringe titlist/contender would probably be the right description. Andre Dirrell beats him easily, DeGale too. King Abraham knocks him out, and there are a couple of other SMWs that would be considerably favored to beat him. Groves will likely stop him.
1. James DeGale, 2. Andre Dirrell, 3. George Groves, 4. Arthur Abraham, 5. Badou Jack Andre Ward is a light heavyweight, his last fight against Smith (joke) was at 172lbs... He hasn't fought or defended his 168lb title for nearly 2 years. It's time he moved up in weight to take on the guys at 175. Also, didn't Ward win Gold in Athens at 81kg/178lbs, so he's been boiling himself down to 168 anyway.... Time to move up Andre!
