audio stream available @ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=154888 starting 57:30 excerpt transcripts @ http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=24317&more=1 Covering~ *Post-fight viewpoint on his win vs Allen Green *Having to fight against his friend Andre Dirrell *Maintaining focus after much success & praise *His views on Lucian Bute and his previous fights "I think Bute is a great talent and I would love to fight him one day to clear up this mess about whos the best, but obviously I got a lot of work to do here in the Super Six" *possible Bhop vs Bute fight *views on Mikkel Kessler's performance and his fight vs Green *views on the PacWeather situation -he picks Mayweather- *Not fighting in hometown, getting hometown advantage in S6 *views on lack of american heavyweight dominance *views on Chad Dawson, and possible matchup One question omitted out of the Transcripts, pertaining to Carl Froch... OTR - What fight are you looking forward to the most in the tournament? (with any possible matchups) Ward - I think one fight may be interesting is Me and Carl Froch. Carl Froch seems to have alot to say about me. And about my fights before they happen and he seems to have alot of negative things to say about my fight AFTER they happen. So he seems to be one who wants to get in there. I think that would be a very interesting fight for the fans and thats something im looking forward to...... I dont kind of, run off with the mouthe about guys specifically, and about how their styles are, and you know, he seems to do that alot. So, i think he wants to fight me and i'll be happy about that. I think it would be an interesting match-up. Hopefully Ward gets to run into Froch in the brackets....
Froch is very confident and I certainly has the ability to outbox Abraham; however, as we all know Abraham is a huge puncher, can withstand a great deal of punishment, and stays covered up. Froch cannot afford to slip up, MUST keep his punches sharp, and whenever the opportunity presents itself, go to Abraham's body, which appears to be his weakness. Or what I'm basically tryin to say, Froch vs Ward could definitely happen.
All I got to say is ( Whole Brakes.. ) would come off of Froch if he were to meet Ward.. Ward is not a ***** like Dirrell and wont go in the scared.. He will bring the Drama to Froch's front door and aint no commming back from that ass whoopin.. stylisticly its ugly.. Froch a come forward plodding ackward man with a bit of power.. He is all right for Ward.. Picture Froch getting beemed on by pot shots cause Froch walks around with his damn hands by his sides.. and if he trys to brawl he gets caught with something nasty (uppercut, hook to tha body, nasty inside work) Ward's D is too tight for an ackward Froch.. only question is.. Will Ward KO him..??? umm from what we have seen so far.. probably not.. but against Froch Ward can sit down on his shots, and I can see a stoppage from the amount of punishment taken by Froch.. hell If Dirrell landed all the meaningful shots in a running, shitty performace.. then Ward dominates with all his tools..
ward would just box the hell out of froch and will be barely touched. he would win and be dominant but froch would complain in frustration that ward ran the whole fight when in reality is he couldnt and wouldnt be able to land any clean shots on ward. but we shall see time shall tell
It would be an interesting fight, I would fancy Ward winning by quite a wide margin, but still I would love to see the fight happen.
I would love to see this fight happen. And thanks to the round robin style of the super six we just might. Ward dismantles a limited but very game froch for twelve shout out rounds.
I'm not a fan of ward's fighting style either (though I enthusiastically acknowledge that it works), but he should be lauded more for being respectful of his opponents. he hasn't really even been challenged yet in his career, but he never belittles anyone. the sad thing is that i don't think people notice it enough-it's a good thing for ward that the's so good, because being respectful doesn't exactly put asses in seats in boxing unfortunately.
nah people will always be quick to criticize before bringing up the positive elements. its coo im sure he doesnt care . he will continue trucking and working hard
Did anyone ask Ward why he refuses to fight anywhere except his home town? What about Ward's head butts?
he will fight outside of oakland im sure. but the same can be said for bute. bottom line is both of his wins were convincing
He seems a nice person but like froch he makes it all about himself a bit to much, just look at where they ask him how the dawson vs pascal fight will go. He goes onto to talk about himself vs dawson and doesnt even mention pascal (unless it just wasnt in the transcript)
lol The hometown situation is wholly dictated by his promoter vs other promoters in S6.... Head butts? What do you mean "What about Ward's headbutts?" I would like to counter with another open and meaningless question - "What about Ward's yak ties?" Was this an issue with his last fight vs Green? Didnt seem to be, though im sure a Headbutt Conspiracy Theorist would claim a Ward victory because of headbutts.... i believe your the president of that club, right?