Ward-Abraham: Andre two bouts away from proving himself the best in the world
April 19th, 2011
By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (23-0, 13 KO’s) is ready to show the world that he’s the best super middleweight when he takes on Arthur Abraham (32-2, 26 KO’s) in the Super six tournament on May 14th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The way that the 27-year-old Ward figures it, he has only two more fights to win before he’s proven without a shadow of the doubt that he’s the best fighter at super middleweight in the world.
All Ward has to do is stay out of the way of Abraham’s wild home run shots and the fight is won. Abraham can’t box for anything and will be huffing and puffing with his wild punches. Abraham is going to be desperate on May 14th, but fighting more with fear than with his head. This will make it a lot easier for Ward to pick him off and build up an insurmountable lead going into the later rounds. Abraham will get ever desperate and need to really go for broke. It will make him incredibly vulnerable for Ward’s quick counters. Abraham will only have a plan A and won’t be able to make the needed changes in order for him to be competitive with Ward.
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Froch…Bute … Dirrell..
I love it when promoter, boxer, fans and especially Scotty Boy already think about future fights … go on with that…so the upcoming fight will nail your dreams quicker than you expect!!
Well you aint been right about anything else in life so im guessing your wrong again ps i hope ur mum gets gang violated
f the ugly home boy Ward is laying face down in a pool of his own blood. What do we call him then? How about just anouther ovewr rated American. John Ruiz #2.
Americans hate for bute is simply mathematic.
They hate on him like they used to on Kessler and Froch but…
Kessler lost to Ward and Froch lost to Kessler, they assume they are no threats to their boy Ward.
Bute, on the other hand, is officially the best super mid and he’s still undefeated, this is unbearable for them considerng that Floyd not fighting, Ward is kind of their only hope.
you have to beat JAMES DEGALE to be the BESTS
As an American and Bute fan let me say Ward has the best headbutt since Holifield.
And the ward and gilfoid love affair continues!get a room gilfoid
ward is per say the best in California in the division,and he has an impecable amature carrer record to boot.but his next fight rely depends alot on how AA approaches this fight.If he stays back he will get picked apart.He needs to meet Ward head on.No fear,Forearms to forearmsforehead to forehead.,and let the guns go,as often as possible.if Ward dont fall he loses a decision in California even if he scores effectively.then Ward has to take on his toughest task perhaps in the Johnson Froch shootout winner finale.we dont know how Bute does with these guys its a tossup.
Kessler will beat Bute. Bute has fought nothing but B class fighters and Andrade should have had the first fight by ko. I was a big fan of Abraham but if he keeps fighting the way he has been, he should move back down to middleweight. Froch or Dirrell would tear Bute apart. I don’t think Froch will beat Ward but he has a good chance. Froch put on a great performance against Kessler and Abraham. I think if Froch would fight Dirrell again he would win easily no questions from anyone.
Gilford, did anybody ever tell u that u r f…. moron, that has no idea what he is talking about ?
Even if Ward will pass through Avetik (and we all know what Avetik can do should he connect), he would most definitely b stopped by Lucian…
Plus, don’t u think that it is very early to predict things, especially when they r that stupid ?
We will see. Although, if Abraham this time doesn’t REALLY pick up better ways of dealing with reached in shots, he is toast. Ward will jump in head first with long punches coming after his head, and Abraham needs to get the f*** out of those lunges instead of hiding behind his guard. The judges will count every long punch touching his guard like a flush power punch landed, and he will not win a single round with no knockdown if that happens. Abraham needs to circle out of that jumped-in attacks and counter immediately, that would give him a good chance to KO Ward – which is basically his only chance of winning a fight in the US. After the Froch debacle, I just reserve judgement until the fight is actually on, and I can see those adjustments with my own eyes. Chances are, that Wegener doesn’t get Abraham to pick up a counter offense and instead sticks with his “Armenian walk”, which will inevitable lead to him dropping a wide decision, minus the chance of landing a homerun from his rallies. The chance for that is around 10, 15 percent.
S. Martinez will put a L on andres record.
The plain facts are that he will prove he’s the best middleweight in the world. I am no real fan of his but with the opposition what it is, he certainly stands out
best in the world !! are you having a joke he hasnt beat anyone he beat kessler with head butts when froch did it like a warrior in a fight that would have gone either way if it was in a nuteral venue ward hasnt even had a fight outside the u.s either hes a a protected fighter !!
He needs to beat Abraham, then go onto the final (probably against Froch), then fight Lucian Bute, then he will be the best in the world at super middleweight. Dirrell fight is optional for him in my opinion as Ward is widely regarded to be better than him. So I think three more fights.
I think it’s quite possible but two fights in the tourney plus bute =3 and let’s say dirrell wants to fight ward then that’s 4 fights at super mid. I love how you say A.A uses his head, but then some how miss that ward smashed Kessler repeatedly with his head, could of ruined his carear as he had complications with his eyes. Out of pure fear!!!
i would love it if ward fights froch (if both of them win ofcourse) in nottingham england ward will get booed all night and i think the hostile crowd will get to ward. by the way gilford can u not write 1 article without mentioned dirrel lol
its going to be an exciting fight to watch either way
its easy to acknowledge andre is the better boxer of the to but to stay compossed for a potential full 12 rounds is hard and one slip up could have him taking a huge bomb from arthur which if happens with 30 or so seconds left in the round could cause for an upset
god knows we have had plenty of those this year
Ha ha, he will not find AA or Froch half as easy as you seem to think he will, good luck to him though, he needs it, it’s not like the super six has bent over backwards to accommodate him.
Man, Dirrell is ordinary, he’s been dropped a few times already and has no heart, seriously what is it with this guy and that nutless quitter?.
You can’t be the best in the world when you don’t leave your home town.
Best in the world or best in his town? Cuz he doesnt go anywhere else.