Ward-Bika: Andre Will have the U.S. hopes riding on his shoulders on November 27th

By Boxing News - 10/24/2010 - Comments

By Scott Gilfoid: WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) is almost guaranteed to win the Super Six tournament at this point. They only thing that lies between Ward and the title and two crude sluggers Carl Froch and Arthur Abraham, and neither of them have the boxing skills nor the hand speed to handle Ward. It’s sad that the gifted talent Andre Dirrell had to leave the tournament prematurely after being injured from a punch from Abraham in his last fight in March. However, Ward will continue to carry U.S. torch to glory in the tourney and will come up and the eventual Super Six tournament winner.

Before Ward does this, he has a fight coming up next month against 31-year-old Sakio Bika at the Oracle Arena, in Oakland, California. This fight is more of a formality than an actual competitive fight. Bika is made of the same cloth as Froch and Abraham, and will no doubt come out swinging wild haymakers and trying to score an early knockout. I see this as an even easier win for Ward than his last fight against Allan Green last March. Ward won that fight by a one-sided 12 round decision, winning every round of the bout with ease.

It’s hard to improve on that amazing performance but I think Ward will do just that against the limited Bika. Ward will use his speed and movement to dance circles around Bika and beat him even easier than Lucian Bute did in the past. Bika is a good fighter, don’t get me wrong. He’s a very serviceable fighter that’s capable of beating a lot of the top fighters in the super middleweight division. However, Ward is a great fighter and second to none now that Dirrell is temporarily out of commission for awhile. Beating Bika is going to be like child’s play for Ward. This is going to be far too easy for Ward, but it will give him a chance to show the other Super Six tournament contestants what their up against.



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