I think Joe's fight with Bernard, was quantity vs quality. I've only seen it once, but I had it as a draw. I can't understand the thinking behind anyone who thinks an Andre Ward fight would have been easy for Joe. :good
Ward would rough Joe up and when he has frustrated him enough, he'd outbox him from the outside. It would be a good competitive fight. But, Ward is just too talented, IMO.
True. I don't recall Joe being very strong in the clinch. And that's where Ward excels. He'd likely seek to smother a lot of Joe would do there. But, it's hard to say, Joe had very fast hands.
After witnessing Kovalev soundly outboxing AW and hurting him multiple times, I have no doubt what so ever that Calzaghe whips both Kovalev and ward in the 10/2 to the 9/3 range. Calzaghe should be talked about on the ggg level, levelS above Kovalev and ward, that's for certain