Whatever his stock may be now, you can't deny that Ward could have benefited greatly from being the one to bust his cherry. In fact, it was seen then as the only creditable scalp for him at 168. Now that Ward has allowed his own victim to claim it before he got around to it, he is left in the current situation of having nothing left to do for which even the fence-sitters - let alone staunch haters - will give a shred of credit.
but it wasn't stopped. it went all the way to the end. so no it shouldn't have been a stopped for cuts in the slightest. you mean at least 5 of those 6 NOT better than Froch. so yes, he ducked froch. thanks for providing the proof. you fail to mention that Hopkins is a natural MW, that's two weight classes out for him, yet he nearly beat joe at age 43. still wrong on so many levels, alt.
It was stopped in the 11th round We are talking about 5 years ago here froch was not at the level of those fighters at that time Hopkins had not fought at mw for 2 years prior to that fight calzaghe a natural smw was fighting at that weight for the first time ydksab
HAve you seen Ward fight ??? did you see the Kessler fight ? 11th round stoppage on cuts my friend never went to the decison. Ref said unitentional headbuts jog on
fair play I've not seen it yet. Point still stands Ward was beating a stronger Kessler better and more comfortably. If the fight had gone on one more round do you think Kessler would have reversed things or even remotely caught up? and so yaawothy still stands too.
Kessler was equipping hisself well it was a close fight Ward was edging it I had him up 3 rounds , this was a opast prime Kessler Calzhage beat more comfortably and without the use of illegal headbuts. As I said should have been a NC without the headbuts everytime Kessler got inside the result could have been different. your boxing knowledge is writing cheques your keyboard can't cash
in contrast to joe getting edged out by Kessler for the first SIX rounds, so Ward outperformed Joe. 98–92, 98–92 and 97–93 compared to Joes 117-111, 116-112 and 116-112 , if you are so eager to consider scores. so.....you haven't even watched your hero's fight properly, and then you have the stupidity to say I don't know something, whilst I am quite happy to admit when I've not seen a fight in full.
Calzaghe fought a much better version of Kessler than Ward I saw both fights, also Calzhage was not smashing Kesslers face to bits with his head he fought him hard and fair. Calzhage won by 4 rounds on 1 card and 5 on the other thats pretty unanimous IMO pal Oh and Calzhaghe no hero of mine just respect where it is due. To call Ward the Greatest SMW of all time is a joke I can name 6 fighters who fought in that division who are greater than him
Calzaghe Benn Park RJJ Eubank Collins Toney There is 7 all better resumes possibly RJJ apart although H2H possibly the best of all time
Kessler had one hand, hardly fair. significantly, when the hand went, joe started winning. clutching at straws there, you still cant explain why the ward margin is bigger. you are a failed alt. I haven't claimed he is. Not only have you lost your argument and got frustrated about it, but you are arguing for nothing.
well thanks Pibsta, I do like to offer a balanced opinion on matters even though I happen to be English by birth like the great Brit Joe C.