Froch: "There is a reason why people don't want to watch Ward"

im feeling hungry

 

Let me give you my opinion on Ward's championship fights, in term of entertainment:

Kessler- Good display of boxing and generalship, but very dirty and ugly.. NOT the type of fight you want to see..

Green- Basicly a hug fest, Ward never showed any intentions of REALLY hurting or stopping green.. Very boring fight.

Bika- Old school and very rough, wasn't clean at all.. But pretty fun to watch imo, atleast if you like old school "rough" boxing.

Abraham- Ward lost 1 or 2 early rounds, but otherwise he was just cruising.. Entertaining? Well, i wouldn't call it "boring", but it wasn't really interesting, not worth rewatching, but Ward did what he had to, can't blame him for that.

Froch- Complete clinic, Ward was faster, smarter and far better technically, he outboxed and out-roughed Froch in a very good fight.. Pretty entertaining fight, atleast it was/is worth watching.

 

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To be fair, I really didn't think Ward fought that dirty for the first half of the fight. . I thought it was pretty much a briliiant display of pugilism. Not much holding. . Pretty high punch output. . Fighting off the back foot with jabs, 1-2's, 1-2-hooks, 1-2-hook-2's, etc. . . Whether or not that headbutt was intentional, I don't know. . . But even without the butt, I think it was by far his best performance; regarding skills, and aesthetic viewing pleasure for sure. . .

Green fight was boring, but Ward showed he was a master inside boxer here. .

Bika was decent rough boxing like you said - not really my type of fight, though.

Abarham I agree. . He just "did what he had to do" to win. .

Froch fight was probably his worst display of "holding", especially in the championship rounds when Froch was coming on strong... I also thought he got hit the most cleanly he's ever been hit. . . But still a clinic.

 

Ward being an olympic champion and undefeated should be a genuine star but his style means he will never be a crossover star.

 

I also think that Kessler was hitting Ward more often than most peopel remember for the first half of the fight, but Ward was just landing more punches, and cleaner punches. . But Kessler snapped his head back a few times, and was landing effectively with his straight right. . .

I see you're a pretty big Kessler fan? Me too. . Off topic real quick, how do you feel about him at 175? And a possible fight vs. Cloud?

 

Ward or Hopkins or watching grass grow?

 

it's ironic considering how long it took froch to get a tv deal. ffs he's only been on sky twice. the way froch talks you'd think he was ricky hatton with his mainstream following.

 

That doesn't mean he shouldn't have a following liek Hatton, and he shouldn't have been on sky, and other mainstream boxing networks much earlier. . . He was England's most under-appreciated fighter for a long time. . .

I agree, he does talk a lot of smack, but if you notice, he also subtly gives a lot of boxers props. . .

I had to fire him up a little bit for talking about Bute, and how he was going to do this, and do that. . But what's he supposed to say? I know Bute hits harder than me, and is twice as fast? LOL. . .

Froch also has one of the top 3 hottest broads in boxing. . He done gave that sexy ass female a baby too! marked his territory for life! I thought it was funny that Ward's trainer, Virgil Hill said "you gotta respect a man with a beautiful woman like that"!

 

Not having A class power is the main boring factor. With Ward, you know 2 things in advance: he'll win on points... until he faces Bute.

 

I agree completely with this, this is hwo I have experienced all the s6 fights of ward, I hope he fights again soon.

 

To be fair, Ward held in the last rounds because he had an injured hand. That's what slowed him in that fight. Against Froch, not being powerful is a thing, not being able to hit at your max is another.

 

Good post.

 

Are you comparing Bute to Mr Mini-Wheats?

I agree completely with you, Bute is a nice mix of skills and excitement: he has become a real boxer-puncher.

 

In the UK, we've got a loaf of bread that is marketed as "best of both". Apparently it tastes of white bread but has the "goodness" of brown.

Must be horrible stuff.