Andre Ward vs Victor Galindez @ LHW

Probably unpopular on the Classic forum but I don't care, Ward was a special fighter and I think he wins a clean decision. I'm big time Galindez fan but Ward just simply has too many tools in his arsenal.

 

Ward by decision. Too slick for Galindez.

 

Galindez mugs Ward.

History would be far less kind to Son of Judges if he was around in the 70s/80s.

 

History would be far less kind to Hands of Quit if he was around today. Cry more. Ward UD.

 

What is your point exactly?

 

The point I made that there's now too many children in Classic is being backed every minute....

 

He'd have you here to train him though, wouldn't he, bright spark? GOAT beast who would've never needed a sh*t against Ray and a shoulder roller to boot. Don't see what could go wrong meself.

 

Oh really ? Please explain more about the insane promotional push Ward received only in your imagination. I'm sure no fighter in the 70s or 80s ever won a fight where the scoring was met with controversy from fans. Ah yes the great 70s and 80s where everyone was honest and truthful. Miss those days

 

Probably a close decision, either way.

Galindez won his share of close ones, and was considered one of the WBA's favorite sons for a while. He caught the eye of the judges. That said, I think Ward was probably more talented that just about anyone Galindez faced aside from EMM, possessed an underrated inside game, and was also smart enough to catch the eye of the judges.

Lean Ward, but Galindez is tough and tricky enough to ensure that it's no sure thing.

 

Yeah, Galindez rode his luck with the judges sometimes Drew, you're right on that. If Kates and EMM had been less one-paced for spells....

I'm not convinced that Ward was necessarily better than someone like Kates at 175 though, even though I expect it's what a lot might just automatically assume due to Ward's p4p exploits in a weaker era and flashier record. Him being awkwardly bullrushed and wrangled for spells by a strong but limited fighter like Bika is enough to give me serious pause for thought. I always got a Hopkinsesque vibe from Ward in that he was very good at locking down and old school rough-housing/bullying fighters who were greener to the dark arts, but a bit of a spiteful frontrunner and flat-track bully in that sense. Hard to know how he'd fare against someone equally strong, bullish, cagey and dirty. Bika was the only opponent like that who he faced.

 

If you can't possibly see the painfully obvious fact that Duran quitting today would have been regarded as a monumental, cowardly disgrace instead of the mythical fable it has become over the decades, then you need to go back to school.

 

1. There *are* too many children. Don't complain about children when your grammar pales to that of a 9-year-old.

2. Why would being younger impede understanding classic boxing? People have the Internet now and no longer need to rely as much on crusty artifacts suffering from dementia and nostalgia. Is there something cognitive that you've gained from being on the older side? You've never quite shown it.

3. Were gift decisions nonexistent in the past when the mafia controlled boxing and bouts were still made or broken based on race?

4. Follow-up to #2: Why can't younger people be plenty good at understanding boxing or classic boxing? Andre Ward, Shakur Stevenson, and Michael Hunter are far more knowledgeable about boxing skill and technique than you will ever hope to be. Agree?

 

I'll be honest, there's nothing I could have taught Duran. He just shouldn't have quit! Or, at least, he should have quit in a fight today so as to receive the same amount of undue hate that today's fighters receive!

 

Now Ward will be playing with fire and before you know it he's engulfed in flames.
Headbutt? No problem with Victor who will end up just getting madder.
Hold on the inside. Good luck trying that and when you pick yourself off the floor from being tossed their I'm going to say I told you so.
Fought in the 70s Victor mugs him bad and then mauls him.
Fought today someone is getting disqualified I promise or break records for losing the most points in a bout.