No, because Ward did show great skills off the ropes in most his fights so one mistake isn`t that bad, I can think of fighters that have been credited for doing crappy stuff by commentators who weren`t anywhere near Ward`s level.
Jim Watt correcting Paulie Malinaggi when Paulie said of one of AJ`s opponents he`s got to jab his way in and that using the jab will stop AJ punching as much and Watt countered saying that AJ`s opponent can`t box with AJ he doesn`t have the skills to do it, he should just charge in! Paulie replied to what you can still throw the jab it doesn`t have to be Ali`s jab just put it out there. Watt said the same nonsense when Froch was struggling with Ward despite Froch having a great jab and it being a punch that can set up your other shot Foch was missing 90% of his punches in that fight but Watt didn`t have a clue about an answer.
