jamil akhtar Both these fighters Ward and Floyd game the system, holding constantly, elbows, pushing heads down, dirty dirty tactics, only allowed because their the A side. I don't think Ward can beat strong fighters without holding constantly, and it's so dangerous when he leaps in with those elbows and head charging in. Straight up dangerous, Kessler he should have been DQ's for sure. But it's the newbie fans that don't understand how dirty these guys fight. Floyd should have also being DQ'd for the Hatton fight, elbow after elbow.

@@proletariat9467 Floyd doesn't need to do it though, he can beat people without it. Floyd is now were near as bad as Ward.

exactly

Why do ppl hate on Andre for being knocked down when Adonis Stevenson was knocked out by the same guy... Why just mention Kovalev, Stevenson got his ass starched by Boone.

+sinusbradycardia - Kovalev lost to Boone in the first fight. Adonis and Kovalev needed rematches to knock out Darnell Boone. Andre Ward needed only one fight to dominate Boone.

Brian Jensen All I said is every time the Ward vs Boone fight comes up, everyone jumps up and says he knocked Kovalev down too. It should be so, he knocked the lineal light heavyweight champion of the world. I don't know if Kovalev lost to Boone the first fight, because I haven't ever seen. I would need to watch it myself and formulate my own opinion. When and where did you watch the first fight. What station broadcast the fight or how did you get footage of the fight? I can't find it anywhere. From what I've read on the web, Kovalev only went down once in the 7th. Ward didn't completely dominate, he hit the canvas. That's not complete domination. One fighter who completely dominated Boone and didn't lose a round to him was Erislandy Lara. Lara is a much smaller fighter than Kovalev, Stevenson or Ward. So if you think you can use how these fighters did against Boone as how they will do against each other, that's not quite how boxing works. Remember, Duran took Hagler 15 hard rounds, Hearns destroyed Duran in 2. So who appeared to be the more dominate fighter between Hagler and Hearns based off a single bout? Hearns, of course. But, he got crushed by Hagler. Lara easily beat Boone, but damn near lost to Angulo. Jean Pascal dominated Boone.

Still searching to see that fight online.

And Ward didn't do shit in the 5th round. He must've won all the rounds before he got dropped

You're right. To put this into perspective, this is Ward's 7th professional fight. So he just kept getting better.

Ward is the best at controlling range and distance. He also has an incredible defense.

thats called boxing son...boxing is not just punching lol footwork,timing,clinch work,endurance precision,disguising,etc go lace up and train and you will see that Waed is a damn Jedi at boxing

STEVENSON IS THE BEST!!! HE WOLL KNOCK OUT ALL OPONENTS- WARD, KOVALEV, GOLOVKIN

It's not just black people that consider Ward to be P4P, it's white people as well.

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Lol, mad? Apart from that flash knockdown, Ward dominated the rest of the fight with ease. Even a split decision would have been criminal, it was that obvious.

@@thakurisagar14 come on now what do expect someone named gerado to say about a brother

Agree. Too much of clinching from Ward. He's not so talented as maywether Jr. Lol. I think he will get knocked his ass out soon by kovalev or some body else. No respect for Ward. He is talking too much shit about other boxers, because loose his fans. Boring personality

Gilbert Juarez A 10-8 round is scored when a boxer is winning the round and scores a knockdown. Ward was dominating the round until the KD so the judge could have just scored it a few ways but not a 2 point round.

Well a round is almost always scored 10 8 if there is a knock down. Perhaps if the fighter is really winning the round in spectacular fashion and gets knocked down. This round was a clear 10 8 round though. Corrupt judging here.

They got him points because he looked fresher than Boone that's it.

+Gaby S In boxing your whole record counts. You cannot say this fight doesn't count. Yes Ward officially won, but also he got dropped. If it happens once it can happen again.

+Gaby S He could not, but Ward could not inflict even the slightest damage on Boone and he will certainly not win any respect of Kovalev, won't be able to keep him off of him.

+Igor Pospekhin lol this fight was ages ago. And No one dropped Kovalev too. Ward is top 5 PvP right now. He's fighting Kovalev sometime next year. We'll see the results

And Byrd was a paid professional judge and scored the first GGG Canelo fight 10-2 in favor of Canelo, although Canelo only outlanded GGG 14-12 in one fricken round.

jamil akhtar If Boone had started out more aggressive and going inside like he did in the last part of the fight, he might have walked all over Ward, but he clearly was too tentative and on the defensive. Just look at Boone, a guy who looks like Boone should be going Mike Tyson from the opening bell. That's what he is, a wrecking ball. Whoever trains him is taming him . Just let those hands go , Boone. Get ahead early or get knocked out, but take your chances.

You can see a lot of Roy jones in him here,with the air Jordan stuff too

jamil akhtar to be fair, Boone tried to go wild on Kovalev, from the opening bell of Round 2, and it didn't work, it backfired....so maybe his corner gave him the same advice I tried here, and look what happened. He ended up getting knocked out in round 2 by Kovalev. I'll check out Rigondeaux, another guy to look in on is Artur Beterbiev. Go watch Artur Beterbiev vs. Tavoris Cloud, former IBF champ who had 19 knockout victories during a 24 fight long consecutive unbeaten streak....Beterbiev didn't care...and look what Beterbiev did.

***** Well I wouldn't say he is a shit fighter. I think he is pretty good, he cleaned out the SMW division. He was an underdog in the Super 6. A Kovalev win is not a guarantee. If Kovalev beats Ward, he deserves to be the p4p best in the world and if Ward beats Kovalev then Ward deserves that top spot. What's bullshit, is he was knocked down and hurt badly and one of the judges only gave Boone a 10-9 round. It was a legit knockdown and Ward was holding on for dear life.

Had Boone started boxing at a young age, he would have been much more of a monster than he is.

he didn't clean out shit

sinusbradycardia 10-8 rounds are given if a boxer is winning and scores a KD. Ward was dominating until the KD so it probably wasn't a 2 point round the judge can do that

If that's the case than you couldnt stand Ali.....

+svp2010 never compare someone like Andre ward to the boxing legend Ali...

Why? It's a good point (and I love Ali)

yes

+ElCheDeNy Ward was not in his prime during this fight. This fight was in 2005 and Ward's record was 6 and 0.

Aite I guess he's passed his prime now lol. Hopkins gives advantage to kovalev. And Hopkins and Ward are really close. Kovalev is a monster. Hopefully ward get passed barerra so we can see this shit happen this yr

+ElCheDeNy 94 lol spot on my man

This is his 7th fight so much more developed

bull

Dude, dont worry about it, guys like that only know what HBO tells them; these are the cats we make money off of.....

seeking knowledge, not critizism

kovalev got dropped by boone, dumbass.

James Toney was different. Period. They were built different and Toney was indestructible

lol this fight took place in my city, i live close to this stadium. my friend who was 9 at the time, went to this fight live Mayweather-Mitchell. Ward fought on this undercard

I have to give Ward respect. Hes an anazing fighter. But he's making shit up about how GGG is ducking him.

elite hero I dont think theyre ducking each other. Period.

Lucky Nangnang idk ward is saying that.

***** Boone said Sergeys power should be illegal

We will see,as for GGG he didn't want the fight so why u mentioning him? He scared of Ward

+Donta' Nichols No. That's bullshit. Jay Z's crew knows how to amp up the drama. Ward let an offer at 164 sit on the table for months, and only talked about fighting GGG after GGG had signed the PPV fight with Lemieux. It seems like EVERYONE is on Ward's nuts, because everyone believes this nonsense. Then, he jumps out of the weight division entirely.

+Donta' Nichols lol plz say thats a joke! GG is 160lbs Ward is a light heavyweight. Asking GG to move up TWO weight classes is like asking Ward to move up TWO weight classes and fight Tyson Fury or Wilder lol Ridiculous double standards & don't say Ward is 168 bc Ward HASN'T made 168 since 2013... its 2016 now!

+DonD512 Little G didn't even want to fight Ward at 168 lbs. He wanted to fight Ward at a catchweight (164 lbs.)

+Kenji I guess you have selective reading because Andrea Ward HASN'T made 168 since 2013. Wards only fight in 2+ years was at light heavyweight, actually a catch weight (172) vs Paul Smith LOL. And Ward vs GG has only been talked about for the last year. These are FACTS.

+adam scofield You must have no boxing experience....In addition this fight was over 10 years ago.......

one knockdown doesn't win a fight

its cause of the stupid 10 point scoring....gave it 9-8, cause ward was winning the round...and must have scored one round 10-10 even (very rare, but this is allowed..because one fighter has to get 10, unless he fouls then -1 to 9-9).... simply....unless you foul...some fool has to get 10....point deduction only allowed for knockdowns and fouls

nobody got a point deducted, ward lost a 10-8 round, should have been 58 - 55 Ward

Boone's 6 rounder with Erislsndy Lara, also had a 59 - 55 score.

i guess u missed the first kovalev/boone fight. kovalev got dropped and won by SD

Boone also knocked out Stevenson with one punch in their first. Very convenient for you to leave that out.

+hhh1200 I'm sure he knew but he can't face facts so he conveniently ignores them and deludes himself into thinking he knows the truth. Smh

Right. Andre was clinching too much. Fuck him, he has done everything to survive in the last 2 rounds.

Yep survive that's about it. And you got to love those boos after lol

+DFisher Golovkin Yeah he looked like Klitschko with all that holding. Lol

Kenji haha or Floyd.

DFisher Golovkin LOL

He lost to boone......

I agree. I think GGG will ko in the same fashion ie with the uppercut.

You don't know shit... limited skill? He's unbeaten since 1998. Been 19-0 when defeating the lineal champ of 168. Since then, he only beat champions, former champions, or unbeaten contenders of 168. GGG lost several times before, and in 2004, including to Wards friend, Andre Dirrell. He also lost in 2005. He's 31-0 now, and hasn't fought a champion yet, only two former ones, who were on the downslide. Fighting small people like 170cm Stevens or light-middle Rosado... next up, he wants Cotto, Alvarez or Mayweather, none of them true middleweights. Boone had Ward down (not hurt), so what? Angulo had Rosado knocked out in two rounds, Golovkin needed 7, and didn't knock him down once. Stevens has been KO'd by a journeyman, Golovkin needed 8 rounds. By that logic, both would beat Golovkin. Oh, and Boone also knocked down light-heavyweight champion, Sergey Kovalev, twice! And KO'd the other one, Adonis Stevenson, with a single punch. Golovkin is very good, and the best at 160, but 160 is a joke. Wards still a league above him!

U frickin idiot! Ward has no what? Listen u fool you clearly know shit about boxing..ward cannot lose a fight, he is the epitome of a ring master..even floyd isnt as skilled as ward..ward does so many things in there people lile you dont appreciate..and waht? Ggg? Lool I was thinking kovalev v ward would be an exciting figjt but ggg? Honestly I understand boxing but I really cant anything special about that guy, very vwry veeery flat footed and basic..has noce power but so does everyone else..ggg doesnt ko people with 1 shot..froch kessler Abraham hit harder, ggg is being hyped cause they can make money from the Kazakhstan market..he cant fight going backwards even for 2 secs..ward will not only push him back and beat him up bit hel pretty much do what he likes in there..just another plodding opponent. Ggg should worry about canelo who I thibk gives him a good fight. Ward is from another stratosphere

you have more confidence than GGG does

Ward by decision

kovalev SD and got dropped by the same guy dumbass

Had he to do it at range, Ward would've be dissected him. And whenever he comes to fight inside... let's just say wards gets rough. The ref also doesn't allow them to fight on the inside either

@@chemist7908 ...your an idiot. Whenever Boone moved to fight inside Ward clinched.

onlyjoetee obviously you know nothing about boxing, because that footwrk and head movement alone are clearly over the AVERAGE !