Is Andre Ward better/more skilled than Floyd was?

Hope4Better · Mar 27, 2016

Totally different levels of skill. But Andre thinks he can top floyds legacy. He done said it. Let's all have a laugh as he attempts 3-4 fights a year

Doc Everlast · Mar 27, 2016

Hope4Better said: ↑

Totally different levels of skill. But Andre thinks he can top floyds legacy. He done said it. Let's all have a laugh as he attempts 3-4 fights a year
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Ward wont fight more than 2 times a year.

punisher · Mar 27, 2016

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Mayweather stepped up enough to fight Oscar De La Hoya and Saul Alvarez though. De La Hoya was past prime and Alvarez was pre-prime but I can see them as similar types of challenges: two slightly bigger guys who were very good fighters in their own right.
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Both were still much better than Barrera. And that's not to discredit Ward. He fought and dominated a top contender last night.

bailey · Mar 28, 2016

Ovid***ile said: ↑

Was Floyd beating Berto, Guerrero, and Ortiz any different than Ward beating Rodriguez, Smith, and Barrera?
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Massively. even though you arent picking Floyds best comp and rather than taking his last 3 fights like I have done you have picked random fights, Floyds comp is still head and shoulders above.
Berto had been a world champ, Guerrero had been a world champ, Ortiz had been a world champ. Rodriguez hadnt done much of note, Smith was being beaten badly at British level and Barrera hasnt done much of note at all.
Tell me who were Smiths, Rodriguez and Barreras best wins and then compare that to Bertos, Ortiz and Guerreros best wins and you can see how ridiculous you asking me this question is atsch

A ****ty mismatched fight is still a ****ty mismatched fight no matter who is doing it. I think Ward's fights with Kessler and Froch are probably comparable to Mayweather's Hernandez and Corrales victories too.
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Its a laugh a second with your post. Had Ward beaten a top undefeated prime SMW I could agree, but he didnt even beat a top prime SMW. Kessler was a past best, faded, already beaten, double vision suffering fighter and he still beat Froch. Froch was not on an impressive run with some feeling he had lost to Pascal who was not a top SMW, down after 11 rounds against Taylor on a run of 1-2 in his last 3 fights and not a top SMW, some feel he lost to Dirrell who was not a top SMW, he lost to faded Kessler noted above, some feel he lost to faded boiled down SMW journeyman Johnson in his fight before, yet you compare that to prime Corrales

Although, come to think of it the Corrales victory was impressive for a lot of the same reasons that Ward's victory over Chad Dawson's was; so that might be the better comparison
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The comedy continues when Dawson had not been at the SMW limit for many years or ever again, whereas Corrales was a SFW again and even then Dawson was not a top SMW and was a fighter who had lost to Pascal and often fought fighters many years older and had not been a clear winner in all of those

You really walked into it there
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