Just watched Ward vs Bika...Ward was Impressive

It was a dirty fight.

 

Ward admitted himself that he could have outboxed to an easier victory but that he wanted to fight for a KO and mix it up for the fans. I agree and believe him based on the progression of the fight. Bika was a tough matchup for Ward; he's a dumber version of Ward with good stamina and athleticism, just as dirty and a little bigger to boot. It was gonna be tough going on the inside and Ward still won.

He showed the skill, athleticism, and attitude to be a top tier fighter. Even if he did run it close it was still a good performance, and it was a fight that he didn't have to take. Coulda coasted on with a bye but he decided to take on a live dog. Props.

 

Ward is the goods. He will never get credit though, Europeans will hate him regardless of what he does and others will say he cheated in every fight with dirty tactics etc.

 

To tell you the truth, Ward wasn't impressive overall in the fight, but he was impressive with the inside figthing against Bika who is known as a great inside fighting.

Ward could have been more impressive if he fought more on the outside, using his jab and counterpunching Bika. He could have dominated Bika this way, but instead he chose the hard way fighting inside against a great inside fighter. We have to give him props for this even if he didn't look impressive overall.

So, basically not an impressive overall performance but an impressive inside fighting.

 

the fight was a tough fight. Bika's prob tougher than some of the Super6 contestants. He's went 12 rounds with Bute & Calzaghe, both undefeated fighters. He's KO'd Peter Manfredo jr. He picked up a new legendary trainer for this fight and at the peak of his abilities.

Im SOOOO tired of these "Dirty Fights" bullcrap. Sound like a bunch of ****ing panty-wearing primadonnas out there. So what if they dont stand out 2-3ft from each other and make things look visually easy for you. This is a "grinding" style, **** the was done back in the days to break down each other. Funny thing, some of these top elites never ran into a "grinder" till Andre Ward came their way. They didnt even know what the **** to do except to get beat the **** up and be mentally broken down.
Bika's the very few who's mentally strong enough to be a "grinder" himself. Bika's will eventually dropped and let Ward get the best of him in the 9th round.

guys who phonebooth/fight in the trenches, i'd call them "grinders"
guys who call this "dirty fighting" & complain about mauling/beating up/fighting in the trenches i'd call "***** ass pussies". Is this a ****ing fighting sport or not?

Put on your ****ing pink-ass powderpuff gloves and wack off

 

Ward would be a great mma fighter, he fights almost like Randy coture .

 

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Ward would get DQ fighting like that anywhere else than home.

Headbutting, clinching, elbowing, pushing then bitching to the ref.

 

What did he do to impress you? Almost nothing happened.

 

Andre 'Ruiz' Ward

 

wasnt dirty as much as it was rough. bika always fights that style and he is more borderline dirty than ward ever will be but ward handled it well.

 

Hendo you're getting dumber by the minute. So let me guess Kessler and Green also started the dirty fighting vs Ward too? Lol. Come on man.