Ward v.s. Calzaghe who wins?

i would say ward by UD.

 

Calzaghe, with workrate, speed and stamina.

However, Ward still has time to improve. Who knows how good he will get?

 

Calzaghe close UD

 

It didn't hold up all that well against the much lower pressure level of Froch.

He was bushed in the later rounds.

 

Andre ward.....I would even say froch gives Calzaghe a beating....I remember how joe struggled with the right hands of robin Reid....froch is a much better

 

Fair point. I should have better explained that what I was thinking was if Hopkins had been the same world level amateur that Ward was, he would have peaked earlier in his life the way Ward is peaking now.

We didn't get to see an athletically primed/mentally primed Hopkins for very long, since his breakout moment was in his 30s. We have an opportunity to see Ward achieve both a physical and mental peak.

 

I don't think that's true. What we saw was a much more desperate Froch trying to make a huge rally while Ward remained relatively level throughout. People are saying Ward was gassing ONLY because Froch seemed to be doing better the last few rounds. But Ward never looked gassed, Froch just scrambled and had a couple of better rounds.

 

That's not what I saw.

 

Don't take my word for it, look at the punch stats.

Ward's stats remained relatively level in the last three rounds. A fighter who gasses typically sees a sharp drop in the punches thrown. You would also see an increase in the opposing fighter's connect percentage, which indicates the fighter's legs are getting tired and they can't slip punches as much. Again, Froch only had a marginally higher connect percentage in the last three rounds, which again suggests that stamina wasn't a problem for Ward.

Froch's punches thrown skyrocketed the last three rounds. That accounts for the entirety of the "success" he had in the last three rounds. And by "success", I mean he still lost two of the last three rounds on most scorecards.

Ward was just too in control to shift into a higher gear.

 

Calzaghe.