Well you better buckle up, cuz the more Ward wins the worse its will get for him around here. Its already starting. Should he be Froch or Bute who his people are talking about for his next fight, the haters will go ****ing nuts.
I see Direll as a dominant power in the division for years to come. Direll is fast, intelligent and it will take a very special fighter to beat him.
Good performance by Ward. In flashes he looked superb, but i saw flaws that he needs to iron out to. His hand speed and counter punching was on the money. However i was a bit alarmed at how disorganized Ward was getting when he was backed up on the ropes. I think Ward holds his feet too far apart when he backs up and leaves him vulnerable. I know he is trying make himself smaller sometimes in order to evade punches or dip down to shoot his straight right hand, but he does put to much weight on his backfoot when he is backed to the ropes. Ward is an excellent fighter when he fights from centre ring ALA Roy Jones. However he needs to shorten his stance up when he is backed up. Great guy Andre Ward is. I hope he goes all the way.:good