Ward is very good but....

Ward is an embarrassment

 

I just got done watching the fight for the first time. I can't say the head butts were intentional, but Ward clinches routinely as part of his defense, and doing so comes in with his head low. In the future the referees need to give him proper warnings for all the clinching he does.

I noticed that during the Miranda fight as well, he's like a combination of Roy Jones and John Ruiz, maybe with a tad bit of Holyfield and Hopkins to boot with the use of his head and the effective hitting during the clinch.

If you can reduce the clinching Ward uses, and if Kessler would learn to shorten his punches and fight on the inside, the rematch would make for a lot tighter fight. That said, I'm sure Taylor and DiBella are already looking at their chances of beating Ward.

Ward has great skill, but I think he might be compensating for his chin with all his clinching.

 

Kessler is an embarrassment...regardless of Wards UNINTENTIONAL FOULS, you cant tell me in your right mind that Kessler would have won that fight. You say Ward was the better man, yet you say the fight would have been very different if there werent any headbutts. SMH

 

It's impressive to see a young fighter employing the kind of cagey veteran tactics that Hopkins does. Hopkins fought a very similar match against Pavlik, and it was wonderful to watch. People applauded him. I'm just glad that one of the two Andres, as talented as they both are, demonstrated that he has some true grit inside. I'm hoping Dirrell will pull it together, because if he does, 168-175 is going to be amazing for a while.

 

Ward was clinching excessively and was allowed to do so by the home town ref....but Kessler couldnt fight for **** on the inside.

 

Are all Euro's stupid enough to belive that you are not supposed to hit until the ref instructs you to stop hitting and break? This is a joke.

 

:|

 

Who is the girl in the avtar?

 

deal:deal
Kessler's one of my favorite fighters but Ward schooled him. Everyone should stop looking for excuses and just accept the fact that Kessler got beaten, and beaten badly.

 

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Ward fought a very smart fight and won . . . but that's dirty figthing. :-(

What a shame. :-(

 

I have yet to have it explained to me why Kessler could not see after the 5th when he did not get the first cut above his eye until the 8th. Perhaps because Ward kept hitting him in the eye with the jab and straight right?

Or did Ward just headbutt him so hard that he went temporarily blind?