WARD vs FROCH!!! who wins and why?

Bad style match up for Froch. Ward is gonna look great in this one. Dirrel isn't as tough or versatile as Ward is and he probably should have gotten the win in his fight with Froch. Ward is going to be able to outbox Froch pretty handily, and when they do fight inside I think Ward will surprise many and hold his own. Ward by UD, call it 9 rounds to 3 (maybe). I think both/either will destroy Bute.

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Originally Posted by shza

OK, I googled the odds and you guys are right that Abraham was a very slight favorite at match-time. That strikes me as absolutely crazy and I wish I'd have paid attention at the time and put money on it. Even aside from being thoroughly exposed against Dirrell, Abraham was always a pure, no-offense, punching-bag as long as they other guy was throwing. And as bad as Froch's "style" is, the guy can clearly stand and throw all day long. I didn't think it would even be close going into it (and, of course, it wasn't).

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I disagree that Abraham was thoroughly exposed against Dirrell. I actually thought Abraham was getting to Dirrell in the later rounds, which prior to Ward and Froch, was par for the course for Abraham. As evidence I would put forward that Abraham was actually the favorite going into the Froch fight, which occurred after the Dirrell fight. Most bettors saw Abraham have a strong surge at the end and that he was notorious for starting slow. Thus, he would start slow against Froch and then ko him during the later rounds. If I recall, Abraham put Dirrell down once and the ref missed it or maybe it was called a knockdown. Dirrell outboxed him though during the course of the whole bout.

if you read any of the threads on here about the froch abraham fight the vast majority were saying abraham would win

I would go as far as to say more people were backing abraham in that fight than are backing ward in this

Ward, because he's the better fighter.

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