Joe Calzaghe: Andre Ward is good but beatable

[Dropanuke]

It's funny cos considering froch has limitations he doesn't get tired! Also the wars froch fight was very close.

[Gandalf]

It's funny cos considering froch has limitations he doesn't get tired! Also the wars froch fight was very close.

I don't think it was particularly close in that I had it 9-3 to Froch, but the way Ward started to fade late on was quite shocking to me. A great fighter doesn't fade down the stretch like that. You didn't see Calzaghe beating up on Lacy for 10 rounds and then suddenly getting all panicky and looking like he had seen a ghost.

The Froch/Ward fight hasn't impressed me all that much and in fact it only enhances my views regarding the limitations that Ward has. He has stamina issues and Calzaghe is the one person who you don't go into a fight with knowing that you are going to fade down the stretch and that fade would come far sooner as Calzaghe will force you to fight at his pace. Hopkins tried to slow him down through spoiling, but that doesn't stop you being heavily outworked. Calzaghe is still throwing more and landing more than you. Hopkins never fades down the stretch, he did badly against Calzaghe. Ward doesn't have Hopkins stamina and against both Bika and Froch he faded.

Wards stamina is his achilles heel and I don't think his chin has been proven either. And he is suddenly P4P quality and on a par with great SMW's? It's a nonsense.