Ward is to fast to strong and is all around greater fighter then Johnson Ward would beat the hell out of Johnson.
He has little chances but he has some. Ward won't ko Bika, so Bika will have 12 rounds to try to put his gloves, head and elbows on Ward. Ward has done the job though against Miranda and Kessler, so he will likely do it against Bika.
johnson could get to ward! Now i know i will get hate for this but i thought allan greens performance against johnson wasnt that bad! he boxed quite well for some rounds and most important he wanted to win that fight!
Ward wins, possibly via late KO. Johnson is still a very good fighter but he is not the same ferocious guy he was just a few years back. You can easily catch him coming in. Green did not of that, maybe a few times, although i think he had the talent to do so. Once you stop Johnson from coming in, you make him reset again. He can only take so many flush shots coming in from Ward. Ward is just a level above Johnson. I have no doubt he wins this one. He would make Johnson look silly.
Well, the guy is 41 and not a defensive minded fighter and he's facing a top notch guy. I would be surprised but not shocked. I see Ward just dominating him. He won't let Johnson just walk in like Green did. He'll make him pay for coming forward. And Ward is also a great in-fighter so Johnson won't just maul him. It actually wouldn't shock me if Ward got the upper hand in the in-fighting area also. I just see Ward landing a ton of flush shots on Johnson while he tries to come in.
I don't get how Ward is this huge puncher that is going to knock Glen Johnson out or make him reset? The guy was only stopped once after being pummeled pillar to post against Bernard Hopkins and this was years ago. Ward has never stopped an A-level opponent. Ever. Sure, Ward could emulate Hopkin's head-first dirty tactics style to win but he isn't knocking Glen Johnson out. No way. I would think that all the holding and headbutting Ward does would win him the fight but it'd a tough fight. Much tougher than Kessler was.
Ward beats the **** out of Johnson, if Johnson tries to get into a phone booth fight with him Ward will wear him down and break him late.
I don't see the motive behind people saying Ward will stop Johnson or saying Ward will be too strong for him. Johnson should be fine and at the worst he should lose by decision. Not even Cloud could ko Johnson though that was at a higher weight and he did hurt Johnson a few times. I would give Froch the best chance of stopping Johnson as he has a good workrate and can land his big shots often enough.
wouldnt that be something----ward looses to bika by KO, then lose to johnson by descision..... wonder where you guys would put ward.....