I haven't seen Sultan to be honest but I don't see a top P4P heavy for quite some time because of the lack of competition at HW.
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I haven't seen Sultan to be honest but I don't see a top P4P heavy for quite some time because of the lack of competition at HW.
Calling Andre ward the next RJ is calling a basketball player the next Jordan. May be some similarities but will never be another one
Andre's heros are Roy Jones Jr. and Floyd Mayweather.
I hope he can act like them in the ring and not act like them outside the ring. In other words, be a fighter and less a "cautious businessman." If and when Andre's time comes.
I can almost guarantee you'll never hear about Andre Ward getting in trouble outside the ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gyrokai
I don't know, I see him having problems sometime later. Hes quick and seems like a good fighter but it seems he is susceptable to being caught. More than likely somewhere someone will turn it up and tarnish his star.
He looks like he gets caught in the middle sometimes. Like hes not fully comfortable and hes not focusing all the time. Too busy worried about how things should happen or whats not going right. I could be wrong.
No no you are definitely not wrong. In the Boone fight, Boone avoided his jab for most of the first round and he abandoned it after that because he was worried that it wasn't working when in all actuality it was because it kept Boone on the outsude. Then he went down in the fight from a shott when he was standing in the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by J_Undisputed
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It's not something he can't fix though.
Andre looks nice, very nice. But as Dan Rafeal says on ESPN, he doesnt have the "pro fighter" thing down yet. He still boxes a bit like an amateur or transition fighter.
If his trainer, or a new one took him to that next level, he could be great, really great.
And SecondroundKO, youre right, that jab is beautiful, nice to see it in an up and comer.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10...ng/ward003.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by AC-Cobra
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Ward has skills for sure, he is talented, but he is trying way to hard to be Roy Jones. He emulates Roy in every aspect he can, but he just comes out looking like a cheap imitation. Only thing he does differnt is relies on his jab a lot more, Roy always used his left hook as a jab. I have a good friend who used to sparr with Andre Ward and likes the guy, but swears he is going to get KO'd soon at Middleweight. He says that is just too big for him, regardless of what he fought at in the amatuers. I kinda agree, only 4, now 5 KO's/stoppages, the guy doesn't really show much pop. Has shown that he is not that difficult to hurt either. 154 would probably suit him better.
Its all such bs, watch the hopkins fight with jones merchant says how Ive seen ray leonard and no roy jones is no ray leanoard he dont compare, everyone just blows hot and cold
Huh? Roy was at least twice the fighter Ray Leonard was.Quote:
Originally Posted by pacdog
Ward is a talent. He has ability but he leads with straights too much, really doesn't seem to throw when he moves his feet, he has a lot of things he should work on and he is open for left hooks when he throws his own. He looks like a 9 fight fighter, so I hope he looks better around his 20th fight if he gets that far without a loss.
i dont think so, hes not as fast and doesnt hit as hard as rjj, he may turn out to be a great fighter but he'll never be a rjj
Ward doesn't have the speed or power to be RJ....he's a decent fighter but I think he's gonna be beat early in his career
Here's a fight I hope we see in the next few years. John Duddy v. Andre Ward. I think Duddy would kill him right now, but once Ward gets some more seasoning, it would make for a great fight talent-wise and style-wise.