Are we all sleeping on Sakio Bika?

No. Ward has all the advantages here. He is what he appears to be, strong, rough and powerful but slow, crude and wide open as you say. The only way he wins is if Ward was to mentally collapse under a barrage of dirty tactics and rough inside fighting, but he's already shown that he's not adverse to leading with his head back and roughing guys up inside.

The only way he wins is if he cuts Ward from a clash of heads and it's mistakenly ruled as a cut from a punch and Ward gets stopped by the ringside doctor. That is literally the only scenario I can think of and how likely is that to happen? The only worry in this fight isn't that Ward gets beat, it's that he sustains a bad cut through a clash of heads.

 

Bika is indeed a live opponent.
If you also look at the DQ loss, if he would have held his head together it probably would have been a 1st on 2nd round T/KO win.
But it's freakin' Ward were talking about here, and in his hometown (again) like you mentioned so he will probably get away with everthing but hitting Bika with his stool.

Ward will probably get away with an UD, but I also don't think it's going to be an easy fight for Andre.

 

this is a tougher fight then green
http://www.ringtv.com/blog/2540/ward_would_be_wise_not_to_overlook_bika/

 

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If Billy Goat Ward tries any of his ram-raiding antics, expect Bika to give him it back with aplomb. This will be a battle of cranium durability.

Bika will win by Headbutt TKO1 without a punch being thrown.

 

Bika needs to divorce that nasty shat.. He can afford good looking hoes now..

 

You ment well BigBone, But this thread took a weird turn... lol
(I forgot what I was gonna say, Now I just feel bad for some reason...)

 

ward will decision him decisively.

 

yeah she's ugly, but she's probably horny

 

if this was judah i would agree we are sleeping on bika but i don't except ward to take him lightly

 

I feel bad for Bika's wife. She did nothing wrong yet some people on here roast her just because of her lack in the looks department. This thread is about Bika, not his wife. To give my opinion, I only worry how Ward will react to someone he possible can't bully. Bika may be what Robert Allen was to Hopkins. If that's the case, Ward still should win in a very good fashion but he won't be able to manhandle him as he wants to.

 

Wards way too smart to overlook Bika

Calzaghe overlooked him and got a hellish night. Ward knows exactly what to expect, and can get dirty himself if he has to