I seriously don't even think that was a tough fight for Ward. He controlled the tempo of the fight from the inside and outside and he never let Froch have the centre of the ring. He won the battle of the jab and landed the more meaningful shots. Froch simply couldn't let his hands go because ward was too quick in either getting out of there, countering or wrapping him up whilst landing his own shots on the inside. I gave Froch the 5th,11th and 12th. Froch left it too late, but I don't think that was his fault, it was just that Ward was so good. It was an all round great performance from him and nothing can be taken away from him. He looked tired at the end, but that was from being in pure control of the fight.

It's a shame for Froch to stumble at the last hurdle like this, I really thought he would struggle early and make it closer in the middle and win the later rounds and thought he would have made it a lot closer of a fight. But as he said he simply couldn't get going because of how slippy and good at defence ward actually was. Its a credit to ward because nobody has beaten Froch so convincingly, but it's shown slick boxing ability with someone who is confident enough to control the centre of the ring and battle for 12 rounds is too much for Froch. However if Froch is put in there with somebody who loves to come forward and isn't technically as gifted as ward I think Froch will still do damage at 168. I don't thInk anybody in the weight class would be able to match wards ability and this is why Froch can still win big fights at 168. By no means is he washed up, I just want him to fight Kessler again and we see a true war.