Andre Ward would school Carl Froch..

[Kev]

wow i've completely overrated froch.

if ward looks even remotely decent against kessler, i expect him to slaughter froch should they ever meet.

Well I'm certain he will be able to make him miss wildly and look amateurish, but the question is whether he can do enough offensively himself to score enough points to beat him.

Taylor had the speed and skills to make him look ragged but overdid it and got ko'd.

Dirrell had the speed and skills to make him look ragged but ran too much and didn't engage enough to get the decision.

Ward will have to be in the middle....

I half agree with you, but not so sure that your giving Ward due credit here. It wasn't simply the gameplans of Taylor and Dirrell(I actually thought Andre won the fight clearly) that cost them the wins. I think Andre Ward is a better boxer than either of them at this point, Froch has me basically writing him off after that fight tonight. I am fairly confident Ward would beat him, but it's pointless to speculate at this point as he still has to get by Kessler(who would EASILY beat Froch imo.) Either way, Carl isn't winning this thing for me, he didn't deserve the decision tonight.

No I actually rate Ward very highly, in fact I voted him as my pick to win the whole thing in Ouma's thread.

I just don't think it's a given that he will beat Froch, and certainly not easily.

We know Froch can look bad, but he still finds a way to win. The Dirrell fight was not impressive from either fighter imo, I don't think Dirrell desereved to lose his 0 but he really didn't do enough to take the title from the champion either. I'd score it a draw, first blood wasn't even drawn let alone a decisive battle won.