Wards lead left jab is the ultimate tool. Every young boxer should train to have a jab like that, it penetrates , it probes, it keeps the opponent honest, its out there fast and strong all the time, it creates openings everywhere. Sweetness!
Ward also had the benefit of being a left handed orthodox fighter. It added to the power, authority, and dexterity of his jab. Also why the likes of Cotto, De La Hoya, and Cooney had powerful jabs, though I think Ward has the best out of them.
@@drinfernoddsI think is jab to the body Ward throws often is a work of art. Very simplistic, but effective and momentarily takes the wind out of opponents
Arthur Abraham ist ein Feigling gewesen, so wie es Carl Froch gesagt hat. Keine Technik und nur dreinschlagen ist seine These. Henry Maske war im mehrfach überlegen .
FSMNoodlyAppendage yea u don't have to have the reach advantage to jab. short guys can use the up jab to find a way in or stop an over aggressive bigger man in his tracks. there's no excuse not to jab
How should he not be #2 P4P? He dominated his opposition in the super six, Abraham, Kessler, Froch, and Bika. Not to mention he dismantled Chad Dawson, another world champion. Come on now, Ward is the truth.
why won't he fight GGG if he's #2 p4p? they both HBO. Otherwise, why doesn't he go up to light heavy weight since he has nothing to prove at 168...exccept beat GGG or Chavez Jr.
brian b you guys should reallu follow boxing.Tripple G said hes not ready for Andre Ward.those where his exact words. TRIPPLE G Dont want the fight.besides 3G career would come crashing down if he fougt ward
brian b you guys should reallu follow boxing.Tripple G said hes not ready for Andre Ward.those where his exact words. TRIPPLE G Dont want the fight.besides 3G career would come crashing down if he fougt ward
If you followed boxing you would know triple G already lost to Ward once, look it up. And so yes he's scared. Still think GGG deserves the same pay as Chavez Jr if the two were to fight on ppv ??? Maybe you work for Bob Arum if so. Good for Chavez get your money!!
Andre Ward is fundamentally sound everywhere. He's really amazing to watch. If you take one aspect of the fight away from him, he'll fallback to something else until he makes you give it back.
What's up with people loving Golovkin and hating Ward or loving Ward and hating Golovkin? Can't you appreciate both athletes? They're both incredible, both respect their opponents, and both are good ambassadors to the sport. Golovkin is trying to clean out 160 and he is staying there until he has fought all the big names there. Ward still wants some big names at 168 namely Chavez before he moves up to 175. Golovkin has the opportunity to fight light middleweights who will most likely be moving up in the near future like Canelo and Lara. Eventually Ward and Golovkin will fight but you don't have to hate one and love the other.
This polarization makes people blind. If you like Ward, then GGG is a shity fighter. If you like Pacquiao, then Mayweather doesn't know how to fight. And vice-versa.
I'm not worshipping GGG. That's my favorite fighter out there right now but at 68 Ward might wear him down and get the decision. He's a bigger guy that knows how to wear down shorter power punchers. He can stink out the fight until the opponent looses some enthusiasm the way hopkins does. However Golovkin is more scientific than pacquiao. He doesn't waste movement and I don't think he's on ped's like pacquiao obviously was throughout his career. Quillin won't fight him, daniel Jacobs won't, cotto won't. He's waiting for big money fights with smaller guys at catch weights. Ward is waiting on golovkin to fight before he moves up to fight kovalev. Ward is a big 168 he fought at 178 in the Olympics. I'm not a pactard, marquez beat him every time.
Nah, that fights pretty close even with wards natural size advantage. If he's a coward why has it taken so long for peter quillin, and miguel cotto to accept a fight with him? He keeps trying to unify the division and no one wants to take the risk.
Ward is an awesome fighter with tremendous skills, and I think everyone has to give him all the credit for cleaning out the SMW division. He's also a classy champion who is old school in his approach. Would love to see him fight Kovalev, Stevenson , G3 or Quillan ...even at catch weights. Big respect to Ward!
There are still fights to be had at super middleweight. He could face the Dirrell brothers, Groves, and DeGale, or if Ward would like to earn some real money he could rematch Froch and Kessler in their home countries. Not that I ever see him fighting outside of the US in his career, if indeed he ever fights again.
felipe melque go back and watch the fight after round 2 and cut the sound down notice that max and Jim were mesmerized by Sergey power Andre Ward was scoring most people just don’t notice because max and Jim were power struck and Harold letterman had the most bullshit card ever
Haters? Sounds like you're making up some invisible boogeyman to argue with. I've never heard anyone say ward was anything but a great fighter but you go on slaying those dragons
a boring , ultra defensive, anti boxer. And when he can't win he resorts to nut punches. nothing like the attacking black champions that built middleweight boxing into a multi-million dollar thrilling, entertaining spetacle : Julian Jackson, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Gerald McClellan, Chris Eubank, Nigel Ben. Ward took a shit on the sport and ran off like a thief with all the money.
Abraham has always used his strength as an 'x' factor in his fights. But he found out here that Andre is a very strong fighter. He realized it early on and knew he was in trouble.
Its very strange that any fighter who has been in with Andre Ward are so well dominated that they never consider rematches. GGG is very good but his chances are limited but Kovalev its a much closer fight because of his combination punching, speed and he also has power. That's an even fight.
Thank you Andre you did it tremdous heart determination agility technique and timing speed I didn't get to see you fight like this before until now A+ for you and a little of Mayweather style jab own !
Floyd Mayweather is the number 1 best Boxer in the World and Andre Ward is the 2nd Best. There are No other Boxer's in the game that even come close to these two guys period!
Fuck Duckweather he won't fight Danny Swift Garcia, Timothy Bradley, GGG or Manny Pacquiao Pac even offered to fight him for free!!!! Floyd doesn't deserve #1 P4P it belongs to Ward!!!!!
I've heard about this guy and this is the first fight of him that I'm watching. I love technical fighters, especially when i hear they've won gold medals in the Olympics. GGG is next on my list.
That jab is great from Ward the best punch in Boxing to control your opponent from coming in aggressively sticking that jab in his face. It will help you on Defense too Boxers need to start using it more.
May my Mighty Lord Jesus Christ always bless my fellow boxer and champion, Andre "SOG" Ward. Unlike many American athletes, Andre "SOG" Ward is my fellow boxer and champion and my brother in Christ. He is humble and a true champion in life. 🥊🥊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💖✝
I mentioned this in another upload, Ward has a solid build, but he looks so much smaller than his opponents. Even here, Arbraham moved up from middle and he looks like he is two divisions bigger than Ward. Part of what makes Ward special though, great skill and deceptively strong.
The more I look at Ward, the more I see the stance, hand positions, and punching angles of Bernard Hopkins. I think Andre is a bit more refined, smoother, though not as creative.
@@Khmer_ZOV ward would of beat both no problems had all the skills to do so. Can in fight, jab your head off and mix it up you name it just lacked the power punch but my god he wouldnt of worried with either of those men
Jacobs was just a better fighter all around than Quillin. You saw what happened when Mayweather fought canelo who was also a bigger puncher because Mayweather was a superior defensive fighter. I don't think GGG has no chance at all but I think Ward has the edge.
more important then age is the experience of the fighter. if you look at triple Gs record he doesn't have any experience at all against a fighter like ward who has already perfected his style. it would be his first time but I agree its a great fight. and you definitely have a point about canelos weight disadvantage.
LOL dude im talking about as a pro, which you know isnt the same. He hasn't fought anybody as pro and im pretty sure nobody can disagree with that. not saying I don't think hes good fighter but its just the truth.
oh ok a fanboy.... yet you just dismissed canelos amateur backround who fought internationally as well. though not as deep as triple gs you just said canelo lost to Floyd cause of experience. but your right I am a boy whos 15. also ranked number one at 154 in the country and number 7 in the world. joey spencer look me up. what have you done homie?? that ends that didcussion
Nice going for Ward, his holding did not work here much, though. His shots are light, did not shook Arthur. All Ward can is hold, clinch, and hit when he stops holding. Good moving with his head, so body shots would get him down. Good, but not great.
Ward is a good fighter, a consistent fighter who’s style is made for winning...doesn't always look pretty; tends to hold to much and doesn't throw enough punches for my liking . But he’s undefeated and his record is impressive so no one can say anything bad about him
Every fight Ward had was at home during the Super Six tournament. All the other boxers had to travel home and away. Ward was protected by the TV Network and by the referees who allowed Ward to headbutt, hold and constantly use the elbow. Oh and to punch below the belt line. Ward’s fight against Kessler should have been stopped and the win given to Kessler after the disqualification of Ward. Watch the two Kovalev fights and the corruption is in plain sight.
Ward literally toyed with every opponent of the super six and mfkers still doubted him smh master class boxer , he would have murdered GGG, canceled canelo, and with his skill set i believe he probably could have gone to heavyweight and picked up a small title wards only Achilles HEEL was his body injuries they took its toll he had the sophistication of a boxer and the meanness of a brawler that combination is rare
realbws94 you can't really say bhop was out of his prime especially when his prime was 30- 45 years old .. his skill is what made him so good . Bhop was still definitely a beast . Maybe Roy because he seemed to age must faster than bhop
im a white guy so of course im cheering for my white boxers. but ward really is the truth and maybe one of the best all around boxers ive ever seen. this tourny was stopping all of the top guys in the division who before this were all saying that they were the best, its like if today cotto, canelo, floyd and ggg, chavez jr and others all went to face each other like men. guys that were the best anywhere near 168 came to put their money where their mouths were. every division should do this every few years. imagine what the sport would be
haha thats very funny. first of all arthur abraham is from armenia. secondly my mom was born in salzburg austria and my opa was in the ss during ww2. im not condoning what he did but those are the facts. i grew up praying and speaking german. the other half of my backround is hungarian my omas name was kotona and my opas name was schwab. try again. im probably moore germanic than you
i can only count and pray in german and understand a little. i look sundlandisch i dont know aht that means. and im proud of my opa. he didmt have a choice what he did so the second sentence says something about me being proud of him and yes im proud of him. i have his k98 rifle from the war and his luger. but im not a skin head or anything. he lost all his leg muscle and his 2 fingers. but my oma helped jews escape. so it evens out i think. i think if you go on my google page there is a pic of my opa in russia if im not mistaken. i know he was forced to join the army when he was 16. my mom left austria when she was 8 so she has a vocab of a 8 yr old but my opa spoke 4 languages. im american so i wont waste your time saying im fluent in german or hungarian,
there you can click on my google plus page and see it for yourself. im a proud german but my opa was my best friend as a child and i loved him and he never even talked about what he did in the war we just knew he was a pow and fought on the eastern front and he didnt have a few fingers and his leg muscles werent there on his one leg. its not like he talked about it
I don’t think Abraham was aware that every time Ward did a hop step, he crossed his legs as he moved to the left. Ward is lucky Abraham never attacked as he crossed his legs, could have been knocked down easy. Happens immediately after 23:45 and many other times.
doing the stay in your house deep dive on divisions from 2010- 2015. up to 168 now. it was a strong era in this division. lot of good fighters and great time of european and uk based fighters. 168 is usually an international division. lot of good fighters froch, abraham, ward, kessler, bute and good fringe guys taylor, stieglitz, bika, smith plus up and comers dirrell brothers degale paschal and groves. the super six created an environment where the best guys all fought each other. the unquestioned man of the era was andre ward who beat most everybody and retired undefeated. the super six created the opportunity to fight much of the top and he took full advantage. froch would have been the best of most eras and had a great career as 2nd best. Ward became highly respected p4p but did not become the big money star in the usa probably due to the international flavor of his best wins and the 168 and later 175 divisions. i have noticed in 160 and up in 2010 to 2015, it was a great era for Germany. big crowds, lots of champions. of course the klitschos at heavyweight. felix sturm at middleweight. abraham and stieglitz at 68. marco huck and glowacki at cruiserweight. i don't know how much money they were making but they had the action.
That was not a dominant performance, the fight was close and Abraham threw more power punches. Ward was just a bit more accurate, especially with his jabs. This was not a particularly fan-friendly fight. People want GGG, Kovalev and Stevenson type of fighters who can really hurt boxers, knock them down in an impressive fashion.
One thing I notice here is ward doesn’t look much taller than Abraham. I think he’s 5’10 5’11 at the most. He was outboxing much naturally bigger guys, especially at 175. I know we all know how great he was but that’s something I haven’t seen him given credit for, fighting at his natural weight and not cutting a lot to get down to the lowest weight possible.
Froch dominated Abraham from start to finish, flawless performance look how ward is struggling first half of the fight (not to mention the headbutting)
***** ward may have won but it was no where near the shutout as in froch-abraham.. keep dreaming Actually froch got the better of ward on several occasions But i am not in the mood to make a highlight video for your viewing pleasure Ps froch KOs ward in a rematch if ever
Всегда приятно, когда высококлассный боксёр побеждает примитивного дуболома, делающего ставку на то,что в обмене плюхами его голова и кулаки окажутся более чугунными ) Браво, Уорд!
Ward looked horrible early, despite fighting dirty with low blows and clinches. Kovalev will knock him out in four, his boxing skills are so much better than Abraham's.
enjoyed every minute of this fight…could watxmch it million times i just hate how fast arthur gassed out lmao all them wild ass power punches he was really tryna take ward head off sheesh
Ward vs GGG. Andre Ward wears him down & wins in later rounds by unanimous decision. GGG will get gassed after 5-6 rounds. If he gets countered well by Ward early, in even less rounds 3-4. Body shots would be the key to victory & if Ward lands a few he might even win by knockout in 7-8 rds.
Igor Pospekhin Rosado fought 7 rounds, hasn't been down once, and he's a light-middleweight. Stevens is 170cm, and went 8 rounds. Both have been knocked out before, Ward has NEVER been knocked out, and he goes down from one power shot of GGG? Dream on! Kovalev couldn't even kill a 50 year old Hopkins, who got embarrassed by Chad Dawson. Watch what Ward did to him, he ended his career. Oh, and Kovalev got soft skin. He got barely hit against Cleverly, but got cut in 2nd round. Against Agnew he got two cuts. Ward is a dirty fighter, watch what he did to Kessler. He would win a UD against Golovkin, and win by stoppage against Kovalev. Kovalev has been hurt by ONE Hopkins counter, he even admit it. Hopkins hasn't had a knockout since 2004, Ward had atleast 14. Kovalev is hittable, Agnew showed it. If he doesn't get stopped the conventional way, Ward will headbutt him until it gets stopped, like he did with Kessler.
SuperGeronimo999 Why are you openly supporting dirty tactics and headbutts like they are allowed, or even encouraged, by boxing regulation? Ward would not have half the success he does if he fought outside of his home town of Oakland with a ref who actually knows what the rules are. Is Ward an elite fighter? Of course he is, not denying that one bit. However, condoning the use of excessive holding, punching while holding, leading in with his head, and headbutting as if it's supposed to be a part of the game and indicates ring intelligence is utter nonsense and not sportsmanlike at all. He can be as humble as he wants outside of the ring, but inside, he is just a talented fighter mucked by a boring style to casuals and dirty tactics that piss me off, and I consider myself to be a boxing enthusiast...
Asam Alshaef Not even sure if you're serious or not. Where am i supporting dirty tactics? I am just saying, if Ward is still the same, and fights the same, he'll beat Kovalev, no doubt about it.
You said, and I quote, "Ward is a dirty fighter, watch what he did to Kessler. He would win a UD against Golovkin, and win by stoppage against Kovalev." You just admitted he was a dirty fighter, and seemed to point that out as one of the reason why he'll win against those guys, and you support and fanboy over Ward apparently so it seems like you're supporting dirty tactics being used...Just how it seems when I read it. You cannot deny that Ward should have been deducted points AT LEAST 1 time in every fight he's been and he should have been DQd against Kessler. I almost vomited when I watched it, it was despicable and is partly the reason why I don't watch Ward fights anymore.
Stuffed if I can work the scoring system out. When I was fighting you got scored shit-all for hitting a guys gloves or elbows, you had to hit the front part of the body. According to my count Arthur won the first three rounds and lost the fourth yet the judges scored it even or Ward ahead. What fight are these guys looking at?
He didn't have no momentum, but he's been serious as never before... he took this as his last chance. I talked with him before the fight, and he said, he NEEDS to win this. And he knew how hard it was going to be.
I love all of the ggg fan boys that fallow all of Andre Wards fights and know deep in down inside that ggg will never fight Ward cause everyone knows ggg does not have the skill lolol ggg is fighting guys 2 weight classes below him and Ward is moving up to fight Kovalev.Ward is building a legacy by fighting big fights ggg will not be talked about in 4 years after he can not run from real fights.
Ward won ugly better than anyone in recent years. He really didn't care if his performances were virtuosos or a guy taking the garbage out to the curb. A win is a win.
Wards lead left jab is the ultimate tool. Every young boxer should train to have a jab like that, it penetrates , it probes, it keeps the opponent honest, its out there fast and strong all the time, it creates openings everywhere. Sweetness!
Ward also had the benefit of being a left handed orthodox fighter. It added to the power, authority, and dexterity of his jab. Also why the likes of Cotto, De La Hoya, and Cooney had powerful jabs, though I think Ward has the best out of them.
@@drinfernoddsI think is jab to the body Ward throws often is a work of art. Very simplistic, but effective and momentarily takes the wind out of opponents
@@2freezing yep, his strong hand compounded the damage he could inflict with the body jab.
It's insane how defensively responsible Ward is. He's like a program with no glitches.
bingo: word
Duudde!!
Arthur Abraham ist ein Feigling gewesen, so wie es Carl Froch gesagt hat. Keine Technik und nur dreinschlagen ist seine These. Henry Maske war im mehrfach überlegen .
This fight is proof the jab is the most important and under-appreciated punch in boxing.
FSMNoodlyAppendage yea u don't have to have the reach advantage to jab. short guys can use the up jab to find a way in or stop an over aggressive bigger man in his tracks. there's no excuse not to jab
+Hollis2Hollywood Kovalev can break Andre with his jab.
+Igor Pospekhin not really Kovalev more of an inside banger
Goes to show how important the jab is. Nowadays people tend to underestimate what it can do.
yep good point
The key too setting up everything
THE JAB IS THE BEST PUNCH IN BOXING.
with out the jab it's fighting not BOXING
a great setup for everything else.
It's important to have power behind it. Wards powerful jab allows him to make sure that his opponents won't walk through him.
How should he not be #2 P4P? He dominated his opposition in the super six, Abraham, Kessler, Froch, and Bika. Not to mention he dismantled Chad Dawson, another world champion. Come on now, Ward is the truth.
why won't he fight GGG if he's #2 p4p? they both HBO. Otherwise, why doesn't he go up to light heavy weight since he has nothing to prove at 168...exccept beat GGG or Chavez Jr.
brian b GGG doesn't want to fight him yet that's why. Has nothing to do with ward. Ward has called GGG out a few times already
brian b you guys should reallu follow boxing.Tripple G said hes not ready for Andre Ward.those where his exact words. TRIPPLE G Dont want the fight.besides 3G career would come crashing down if he fougt ward
brian b you guys should reallu follow boxing.Tripple G said hes not ready for Andre Ward.those where his exact words. TRIPPLE G Dont want the fight.besides 3G career would come crashing down if he fougt ward
If you followed boxing you would know triple G already lost to Ward once, look it up. And so yes he's scared. Still think GGG deserves the same pay as Chavez Jr if the two were to fight on ppv ??? Maybe you work for Bob Arum if so. Good for Chavez get your money!!
Andre Ward is fundamentally sound everywhere. He's really amazing to watch. If you take one aspect of the fight away from him, he'll fallback to something else until he makes you give it back.
They should have more of these tournaments at the divisions.
What's up with people loving Golovkin and hating Ward or loving Ward and hating Golovkin? Can't you appreciate both athletes? They're both incredible, both respect their opponents, and both are good ambassadors to the sport. Golovkin is trying to clean out 160 and he is staying there until he has fought all the big names there. Ward still wants some big names at 168 namely Chavez before he moves up to 175. Golovkin has the opportunity to fight light middleweights who will most likely be moving up in the near future like Canelo and Lara. Eventually Ward and Golovkin will fight but you don't have to hate one and love the other.
This polarization makes people blind. If you like Ward, then GGG is a shity fighter. If you like Pacquiao, then Mayweather doesn't know how to fight. And vice-versa.
E - Money youre the only that i see hating right now.
I'm not worshipping GGG. That's my favorite fighter out there right now but at 68 Ward might wear him down and get the decision. He's a bigger guy that knows how to wear down shorter power punchers. He can stink out the fight until the opponent looses some enthusiasm the way hopkins does. However Golovkin is more scientific than pacquiao. He doesn't waste movement and I don't think he's on ped's like pacquiao obviously was throughout his career. Quillin won't fight him, daniel Jacobs won't, cotto won't. He's waiting for big money fights with smaller guys at catch weights. Ward is waiting on golovkin to fight before he moves up to fight kovalev. Ward is a big 168 he fought at 178 in the Olympics. I'm not a pactard, marquez beat him every time.
Nah, that fights pretty close even with wards natural size advantage. If he's a coward why has it taken so long for peter quillin, and miguel cotto to accept a fight with him?
He keeps trying to unify the division and no one wants to take the risk.
I would like to see the Lara fight.
The jab is like water you need it to survive in boxing.
Damn right
Larry Holmes kept a canteen
@@warrenmoore6435 lol
@@warrenmoore6435 Facts Larry could land that jab in his sleep
Amen. 🥊💖🙏🏾
Ward is an awesome fighter with tremendous skills, and I think everyone has to give him all the credit for cleaning out the SMW division. He's also a classy champion who is old school in his approach. Would love to see him fight Kovalev, Stevenson , G3 or Quillan ...even at catch weights. Big respect to Ward!
There are still fights to be had at super middleweight. He could face the Dirrell brothers, Groves, and DeGale, or if Ward would like to earn some real money he could rematch Froch and Kessler in their home countries. Not that I ever see him fighting outside of the US in his career, if indeed he ever fights again.
After Kovaev cleans up the LHW division it would be good for him to fight Ward, but Kovalev might want to move up to cruiser weight.
@@musicclassic5938 he should definitely move up now
Ward controlled the whole fight with his jab
Ward is a future hall of famer. He cleaned out everyone from 168 - 175 lbs.
Agree,he only Lost the First fight for kovalev.
felipe melque go back and watch the fight after round 2 and cut the sound down notice that max and Jim were mesmerized by Sergey power Andre Ward was scoring most people just don’t notice because max and Jim were power struck and Harold letterman had the most bullshit card ever
@@TheMikeWay i watched the Full fight 4 times,no way ward won the First fight,and i'm Ward fan.
@@lefthook95 yea right. he won the second one too lol. he won the fight when he got knocked out recently too. he is a drunk and has feet like stone.
@@lefthook95 i agree and what about the 2nd fight which was stopped by a stupid low blow in favour of ward while kovalev holding his balls in pain?
WARDS THE REAL DEAL. DEAL WITH IT HATERS. TRUE BOXING FANS KNOWS WHATS UP.
Haters? Sounds like you're making up some invisible boogeyman to argue with. I've never heard anyone say ward was anything but a great fighter but you go on slaying those dragons
bullshit,he makes any round is borrrrrriiiiing....monoton style,rigid,awkward
a boring , ultra defensive, anti boxer. And when he can't win he resorts to nut punches.
nothing like the attacking black champions that built middleweight boxing into a multi-million dollar thrilling, entertaining spetacle : Julian Jackson, Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Gerald McClellan, Chris Eubank, Nigel Ben.
Ward took a shit on the sport and ran off like a thief with all the money.
@@plasmaastronaut dude you are so lame lol
@@jasonspringer2983He isn‘t making anything up you will find enough Hate Comments under this Video alone
Now this is BOXING! Great fight, much more interesting then alot of 60kg fights iv seen.
Abraham has always used his strength as an 'x' factor in his fights. But he found out here that Andre is a very strong fighter. He realized it early on and knew he was in trouble.
This ref sucks, not letting the two punch out of holds, pre- brake ups during the entire fight.
Andre Ward is a Dirty fighter
@@robertmello6959 lol STFU #pendijo
@@MrElprezi Andre Ward was a disgusting foul machine.
It’s good that the ref didn’t let them tied up we get to see the boxing skills of both fighters and Andre ward was the superior boxer!!
Ward is a master. Damn re- watching these fights gives him way more credibility to his ESPN Toprank analysis. Damn Dre was special.
Amen
Its very strange that any fighter who has been in with Andre Ward are so well dominated that they never consider rematches. GGG is very good but his chances are limited but Kovalev its a much closer fight because of his combination punching, speed and he also has power. That's an even fight.
You were right 💯
andre ward heart of a lion. thanks for that fight
5th round.....thats one of the hardest jabs i've ever seen connect
This is the 1st time I've seen a ref have such a negative impact on a fight
Thank you Andre you did it tremdous heart determination agility technique and timing speed I didn't get to see you fight like this before until now A+ for you and a little of Mayweather style jab own !
Andre Ward was a phenomenal fighter!
Floyd Mayweather is the number 1 best Boxer in the World and Andre Ward is the 2nd Best. There are No other Boxer's in the game that even come close to these two guys period!
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brooklyn560 who?
saucy05 i think he means guillermo rigondeaux
Draygoon5 lol autocorrect strikes again
Fuck Duckweather he won't fight Danny Swift Garcia, Timothy Bradley, GGG or Manny Pacquiao Pac even offered to fight him for free!!!! Floyd doesn't deserve #1 P4P it belongs to Ward!!!!!
I've heard about this guy and this is the first fight of him that I'm watching. I love technical fighters, especially when i hear they've won gold medals in the Olympics. GGG is next on my list.
Yes, he is technical, but most people want just a street fight in the ring and brutal knockouts; that's like GGG and Kovalev are so popular
Igor Pospekhin GGG and Kovalev are technicians, they are far from being street fighters.
That jab is great from Ward the best punch in Boxing to control your opponent from coming in aggressively sticking that jab in his face. It will help you on Defense too Boxers need to start using it more.
my top 5 favorite fighters of all time 1.manny pacquiao 2.marvin hagler 3.floyd mayweather jr 4.muhhammad ali 5.andre ward
May my Mighty Lord Jesus Christ always bless my fellow boxer and champion,
Andre "SOG" Ward. Unlike many American athletes, Andre "SOG" Ward is my fellow boxer and champion and my brother in Christ. He is humble and a true champion in life.
🥊🥊🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💖✝
The ref. Was on Ward's top. Some of the dirty shit was instigated by Abraham. Love how Ward can fight going forward and backwards. Relentless!
I mentioned this in another upload, Ward has a solid build, but he looks so much smaller than his opponents. Even here, Arbraham moved up from middle and he looks like he is two divisions bigger than Ward. Part of what makes Ward special though, great skill and deceptively strong.
Abraham wasn't however able to carry his power up to the weight classes
I like the concept of this tournament. The best fighting the best, no ducking, no excuses
The more I look at Ward,
the more I see the stance, hand positions, and punching angles of Bernard Hopkins.
I think Andre is a bit more refined, smoother, though not as creative.
Yep they both dirty and clinching...that wont work against calzaghe and beterbiev
@@Khmer_ZOV ward would of beat both no problems had all the skills to do so. Can in fight, jab your head off and mix it up you name it just lacked the power punch but my god he wouldnt of worried with either of those men
GGG has about the chance of a snowball chance in hell to beat Ward ( SOG)
+Z Space Consulting he won't beat Ward, Sorry Ward is too technical
Jacobs was just a better fighter all around than Quillin. You saw what happened when Mayweather fought canelo who was also a bigger puncher because Mayweather was a superior defensive fighter. I don't think GGG has no chance at all but I think Ward has the edge.
more important then age is the experience of the fighter. if you look at triple Gs record he doesn't have any experience at all against a fighter like ward who has already perfected his style. it would be his first time but I agree its a great fight. and you definitely have a point about canelos weight disadvantage.
LOL dude im talking about as a pro, which you know isnt the same. He hasn't fought anybody as pro and im pretty sure nobody can disagree with that. not saying I don't think hes good fighter but its just the truth.
oh ok a fanboy.... yet you just dismissed canelos amateur backround who fought internationally as well. though not as deep as triple gs you just said canelo lost to Floyd cause of experience. but your right I am a boy whos 15. also ranked number one at 154 in the country and number 7 in the world. joey spencer look me up. what have you done homie?? that ends that didcussion
Did anyone noticed how big Andre Wards gloves are??
yes they look huge
30:11 - just simple perfect double punch!
Nice going for Ward, his holding did not work here much, though. His shots are light, did not shook Arthur. All Ward can is hold, clinch, and hit when he stops holding. Good moving with his head, so body shots would get him down. Good, but not great.
Antonio Tarver says little but it's always gold.
ANDRE WARD's DEFENSE: duck and grab
now is the time for Showtime boxing to put on another supersix,
am i the only man to see wards deliberate use of the head,not to mention the low blows.
Round 4 was were the skills and ring craftsmanship kicked in. Andre Ward was a very cute and intelligent boxer 👊
Ward is a good fighter, a consistent fighter who’s style is made for winning...doesn't always look pretty; tends to hold to much and doesn't throw enough punches for my liking . But he’s undefeated and his record is impressive so no one can say anything bad about him
Every fight Ward had was at home during the Super Six tournament. All the other boxers had to travel home and away. Ward was protected by the TV Network and by the referees who allowed Ward to headbutt, hold and constantly use the elbow. Oh and to punch below the belt line. Ward’s fight against Kessler should have been stopped and the win given to Kessler after the disqualification of Ward.
Watch the two Kovalev fights and the corruption is in plain sight.
What ended up happening? Oh yeah ward the tournament...a inexperienced fighter beating all those prime world champs.
Abraham looked solid the first half of the fight, then got picked apart.
Ward has awesome footwork, fast hands, head movement etc. Curios to see him against GGG OR KOVALEV
+RagingBull1991 No chances for Andre. He has no power while those two guys have it and they can box as good as him.
+Igor Pospekhin
power is not everything it can easily be negated by timing look at Trinidad he had tons of power but got out boxed easily by b hop
+Igor Pospekhin
I love Kovalev but he is not a better boxer than Ward only active boxer I see equal too Ward as far as boxing skills is El Chacal
Erg
Damn that was a terrible ref. Luckily for Ward the inside fighting wasn't his only game plan because he wasn't letting none of that go on
Ward literally toyed with every opponent of the super six and mfkers still doubted him smh master class boxer , he would have murdered GGG, canceled canelo, and with his skill set i believe he probably could have gone to heavyweight and picked up a small title wards only Achilles HEEL was his body injuries they took its toll he had the sophistication of a boxer and the meanness of a brawler that combination is rare
Man, I would have loved to see Andre Ward vs. SMW Roy Jones, Jr. or Joe Calzaghe, but unluckily, they weren't boxing in the primes at the same era.
MrJeff Joe, sure, but roy in his mid to late 20s, not a chance.
bhoppin18 roy was not only unbeatable back then. he could hardly lose a round that was just ridiculous.
+bhoppin18 irk about Joe either . He was just as techincal and smart as ward. Got bhop and Jones Jr under his resume
dat boy E come on we all know these 2 were miles away from their prime when he beat them and still he hit the canvas against both.
realbws94 you can't really say bhop was out of his prime especially when his prime was 30- 45 years old .. his skill is what made him so good . Bhop was still definitely a beast . Maybe Roy because he seemed to age must faster than bhop
im a white guy so of course im cheering for my white boxers. but ward really is the truth and maybe one of the best all around boxers ive ever seen. this tourny was stopping all of the top guys in the division who before this were all saying that they were the best, its like if today cotto, canelo, floyd and ggg, chavez jr and others all went to face each other like men. guys that were the best anywhere near 168 came to put their money where their mouths were. every division should do this every few years. imagine what the sport would be
uuh nlackfoot?
haha thats very funny. first of all arthur abraham is from armenia. secondly my mom was born in salzburg austria and my opa was in the ss during ww2. im not condoning what he did but those are the facts. i grew up praying and speaking german. the other half of my backround is hungarian my omas name was kotona and my opas name was schwab. try again. im probably moore germanic than you
so im 3 quarters german and 1 quarter hungarian
i can only count and pray in german and understand a little. i look sundlandisch i dont know aht that means. and im proud of my opa. he didmt have a choice what he did so the second sentence says something about me being proud of him and yes im proud of him. i have his k98 rifle from the war and his luger. but im not a skin head or anything. he lost all his leg muscle and his 2 fingers. but my oma helped jews escape. so it evens out i think. i think if you go on my google page there is a pic of my opa in russia if im not mistaken. i know he was forced to join the army when he was 16. my mom left austria when she was 8 so she has a vocab of a 8 yr old but my opa spoke 4 languages. im american so i wont waste your time saying im fluent in german or hungarian,
there you can click on my google plus page and see it for yourself. im a proud german but my opa was my best friend as a child and i loved him and he never even talked about what he did in the war we just knew he was a pow and fought on the eastern front and he didnt have a few fingers and his leg muscles werent there on his one leg. its not like he talked about it
man Ward is a great boxer to watch and study him floyd and errol spence has been helping my fight game...
The match shows beautiful on my laptop
Great fight for Andre Ward.
Andre is a lot better now.
with 4 yrs fighting no one
+issac ibv: bullshit
who has he fought really ?
ward boxed smart this fight.
Ward boxed smart in all his fights.
This guy is the greatest clincher in the world.
If all you saw was clinching then you not have been paying attention...
who Abraham? lol he was interested in hugs instead of boxing due yo being tired and outclassed.
+JOE CooL *to
ahhh shut it prime casual.
Without a doubt one of the best clinchers to enter a boxing ring.
One of my boxing idols I try to incorporate his style to make my own
Oaktown's finest
Super middleweights should not be clinching this much. They aren't heavyweights for crying out loud. Man up and box.
I don’t think Abraham was aware that every time Ward did a hop step, he crossed his legs as he moved to the left. Ward is lucky Abraham never attacked as he crossed his legs, could have been knocked down easy. Happens immediately after 23:45 and many other times.
Damn Andre is a technical beast
doing the stay in your house deep dive on divisions from 2010- 2015. up to 168 now. it was a strong era in this division. lot of good fighters and great time of european and uk based fighters. 168 is usually an international division. lot of good fighters froch, abraham, ward, kessler, bute and good fringe guys taylor, stieglitz, bika, smith plus up and comers dirrell brothers degale paschal and groves. the super six created an environment where the best guys all fought each other.
the unquestioned man of the era was andre ward who beat most everybody and retired undefeated. the super six created the opportunity to fight much of the top and he took full advantage. froch would have been the best of most eras and had a great career as 2nd best.
Ward became highly respected p4p but did not become the big money star in the usa probably due to the international flavor of his best wins and the 168 and later 175 divisions.
i have noticed in 160 and up in 2010 to 2015, it was a great era for Germany. big crowds, lots of champions. of course the klitschos at heavyweight. felix sturm at middleweight. abraham and stieglitz at 68. marco huck and glowacki at cruiserweight. i don't know how much money they were making but they had the action.
@trufiend138 froch vs glenn johnson in that super six semi final
@trufiend138 yeah me too.
That was not a dominant performance, the fight was close and Abraham threw more power punches. Ward was just a bit more accurate, especially with his jabs. This was not a particularly fan-friendly fight. People want GGG, Kovalev and Stevenson type of fighters who can really hurt boxers, knock them down in an impressive fashion.
Noooo it was close the first 4 rounds not after that.....
14:56 even back then he was punching ppl in the ballz..
Ward is the greatest I’m sore
Boxer of this generation in my opinion before Floyd. Class inside and outside the ring.
before? lol
rite
Annoyed that this Ref would constantly call for a break whenever they got close together. C'mon let them have a few inside exchanges!
The ref is favoring ward of what his doing ,the ref negates the infighting action!
In that ring there’s only one man fighting
what a masterful performance
they need more of this in boxing .. super six welterweight or middleweight
53:18 soul stealing headbutt, damn, twisted into it from below and it was a counter headbutt , to a missed left hook..ouch
(120-108), (118-110),(118-111) that is great performance from SOG.
One thing I notice here is ward doesn’t look much taller than Abraham. I think he’s 5’10 5’11 at the most. He was outboxing much naturally bigger guys, especially at 175. I know we all know how great he was but that’s something I haven’t seen him given credit for, fighting at his natural weight and not cutting a lot to get down to the lowest weight possible.
Froch dominated Abraham from start to finish, flawless performance
look how ward is struggling first half of the fight
(not to mention the headbutting)
***** ward may have won but it was no where near the shutout as in froch-abraham.. keep dreaming
Actually froch got the better of ward on several occasions
But i am not in the mood to make a highlight video for your viewing pleasure
Ps froch KOs ward in a rematch if ever
***** u Don't have a chin bruh stfu n stop talking dumb shit how Floyd don't have a chin n never got dropped
Abraham not looking very confident before fight
like arthur said some boxers are using everything to win, they don't give a .....about rules, not fair and poor at all
Всегда приятно, когда высококлассный боксёр побеждает примитивного дуболома, делающего ставку на то,что в обмене плюхами его голова и кулаки окажутся более чугунными ) Браво, Уорд!
Everybody :
The ref : alright alright no body throw !
Abraham must be tough as nails. He fought 9 rounds against Miranda with a broken jaw? Damn!
Was that "Hurricane" Carter in Wards corner?
Arthur Abraham and Joshua Clottey fight so similar. Hide in that high guard and give rounds away
Those punch stats had to be wrong. Abraham barely touched Ward! What in the hell were they counting?
What happened to Arthur Abraham? Did he return?
What song did ward come out too?
Andre Ward has the pontinel to be one of the greates of all time.
Fantastic, gorgeous fight..two tough warriors but Wards performance was incredible..he's a BEAST!!!
Arthurs no warrior dumbass. Hes a bitch.
Just count how many times they say Arthur’s name in comparison to Wards SMH
They hate ward...
Ward looked horrible early, despite fighting dirty with low blows and clinches. Kovalev will knock him out in four, his boxing skills are so much better than Abraham's.
Abraham actually started REALLY well, and then got shut the fuck out. Ward just too smart. This is why I have a hard time picturing him losing.
enjoyed every minute of this fight…could watxmch it million times i just hate how fast arthur gassed out lmao all them wild ass power punches he was really tryna take ward head off sheesh
abraham gassed out after the 3rd round, look at how hard he was breathing
That little 5'5" boxer will get killed by Ward.
People that don't know shit about boxing need to stop posting stupid comments
Ward vs GGG. Andre Ward wears him down & wins in later rounds by unanimous decision. GGG will get gassed after 5-6 rounds. If he gets countered well by Ward early, in even less rounds 3-4. Body shots would be the key to victory & if Ward lands a few he might even win by knockout in 7-8 rds.
If Ward loses at lease one power shot from GGG he is finished and Kovalev will kill this whimp
Igor Pospekhin Rosado fought 7 rounds, hasn't been down once, and he's a light-middleweight. Stevens is 170cm, and went 8 rounds. Both have been knocked out before, Ward has NEVER been knocked out, and he goes down from one power shot of GGG? Dream on!
Kovalev couldn't even kill a 50 year old Hopkins, who got embarrassed by Chad Dawson. Watch what Ward did to him, he ended his career. Oh, and Kovalev got soft skin. He got barely hit against Cleverly, but got cut in 2nd round. Against Agnew he got two cuts. Ward is a dirty fighter, watch what he did to Kessler. He would win a UD against Golovkin, and win by stoppage against Kovalev.
Kovalev has been hurt by ONE Hopkins counter, he even admit it. Hopkins hasn't had a knockout since 2004, Ward had atleast 14. Kovalev is hittable, Agnew showed it. If he doesn't get stopped the conventional way, Ward will headbutt him until it gets stopped, like he did with Kessler.
SuperGeronimo999 Why are you openly supporting dirty tactics and headbutts like they are allowed, or even encouraged, by boxing regulation? Ward would not have half the success he does if he fought outside of his home town of Oakland with a ref who actually knows what the rules are. Is Ward an elite fighter? Of course he is, not denying that one bit. However, condoning the use of excessive holding, punching while holding, leading in with his head, and headbutting as if it's supposed to be a part of the game and indicates ring intelligence is utter nonsense and not sportsmanlike at all. He can be as humble as he wants outside of the ring, but inside, he is just a talented fighter mucked by a boring style to casuals and dirty tactics that piss me off, and I consider myself to be a boxing enthusiast...
Asam Alshaef Not even sure if you're serious or not. Where am i supporting dirty tactics? I am just saying, if Ward is still the same, and fights the same, he'll beat Kovalev, no doubt about it.
You said, and I quote, "Ward is a dirty fighter, watch what he did to Kessler. He would win a UD against Golovkin, and win by stoppage against Kovalev." You just admitted he was a dirty fighter, and seemed to point that out as one of the reason why he'll win against those guys, and you support and fanboy over Ward apparently so it seems like you're supporting dirty tactics being used...Just how it seems when I read it. You cannot deny that Ward should have been deducted points AT LEAST 1 time in every fight he's been and he should have been DQd against Kessler. I almost vomited when I watched it, it was despicable and is partly the reason why I don't watch Ward fights anymore.
Andre ward is just clinching all the time ...
+Boxingisthebomb Andre Ward is an easy work for Kovalev, Ward will be shut out like Hopkins.
+Igor Pospekhin Hopskins was literally 50 years old
Stuffed if I can work the scoring system out. When I was fighting you got scored shit-all for hitting a guys gloves or elbows, you had to hit the front part of the body. According to my count Arthur won the first three rounds and lost the fourth yet the judges scored it even or Ward ahead. What fight are these guys looking at?
Abraham fought damn well in this fight considering he's levels below Ward and had no momentum going into this.
He didn't have no momentum, but he's been serious as never before... he took this as his last chance. I talked with him before the fight, and he said, he NEEDS to win this. And he knew how hard it was going to be.
I love all of the ggg fan boys that fallow all of Andre Wards fights and know deep in down inside that ggg will never fight Ward cause everyone knows ggg does not have the skill lolol ggg is fighting guys 2 weight classes below him and Ward is moving up to fight Kovalev.Ward is building a legacy by fighting big fights ggg will not be talked about in 4 years after he can not run from real fights.
Why was artur Abraham holding back most of the fight or not being more agressive?
WARD 100 times better than Mayweather smarter and does not RUN!
Ward won ugly better than anyone in recent years. He really didn't care if his performances were virtuosos or a guy taking the garbage out to the curb. A win is a win.
Ward outboxed him really well tho...