Froch, Kessler and Kovalev are all better than Joshua, Briedis and Gassiev. But clearly there's no argument for Ward, because he leads with his head sometimes and Kovalev has a great smile or something, I don't know.
Good question. Have to go with Ward. None of his fights at SMW were close and Joshua wasn't the figure in the HW division after Ruiz that Kova was at LHW at the time for the Ward fight. And Ward settled that with a KO in the rematch, while Usyk's margin of win was slightly smaller in the second AJ fight.
Only thing you are forgetting is ward DIDN’T beat Kovalev in their first fight. I mean these same idiots trying to say “Noooo you gotta beat da champ to become da champ!!” after this Loma fight are the SAME ones that insist ward actually deserved the nod over Kovalev in fight #1 to win the belts. lol Their stupidity really knows no bounds and the fact they expect us not to see right through it is comedic. And don’t forget ward needed corruption in the 2nd fight too. Have you seen ANY corruption surrounding Usyk???? No. Also let’s be honest… that back acne ward all the sudden developed in the 2nd fight is very suspect. Also the knew found power too. But that’s another conversation And again… WHO did ward ever beat outside the comfort of the US???? Usyk all day.
lol “Herp derp!! He has a great smile or something.” Usyk has a great smile AND has multiple championship wins without the aid of corruption, head butts, Low blows, take down attempts (See 1st Kovalev fight) and hometown decisions. Also, didn’t ward talk a bunch of **** about moving up to cruiser weight and fighting Usyk but changed his mind real quick after the Bellew KO???? Lol