Andre Ward vs Alexander Brand on Aug 6th

A fight against a durable, aggressive and fairly tricky guy is a good way to get some rounds in a respectable tune-up against a guy who was initially considered as an opponent for Ward in the past. Ward already put in 12 good rounds against a LH who was rated in the Top 10, so this is acceptable as long as he faces Kovalev next.

 

:good

 

Safe fight and bit of shaking off the ring rust before the big dance in November. Anyone expecting anything else were misguided they're not going to endanger the November clash.

 

Yeah, I'm happy enough with it, but I just wanted 1 more afterwards. But like Pimp says, he must feel as though he only needs this fight.

:good

 

Great fight, although of course there was zero chance this would happen

 

This is the definition of a sparring match

 

Yes, that's a fair point. But the fight is signed and he had to find someone and he got Brand.

 

Yep, I have been watching Gvozdyk a bit lately and am really impressed with what I see. Great power, tough, and supremely skilled. Nobody beats him easily.

There was some talk of Skoglund, apparently he was on the shortlist of Ward's potential opponents. Guess they couldn't make the fight at short notice and had to fall back on Brand.

 

Brand is better than Cleverly, as potential Ward match-ups if not in general h2h terms, IMO.

 

Yeah, he's a handful. I still favor Ward very heavily but happen to believe he would do a demo job on Clev 10/10.

 

He's right up there p4p with Rod Salka on your list isnt he?:think

 

This isn't nearly that bad. :roll:

Smith if anything was the Rod Salka in Ward's comeback.