Atlantic City is only 500 miles closer to Oakland than it is England. Yeah it was still in his country but the US is a fairly vast place and I don't think that was nearly the homefield advantage it's made out to be.

It's kind of perplexing too as to why Ward would ever go to Nottingham too, if anything that bout would happen in Oakland or Vegas.

As far as predicting a match result, Adam what fighter with that much experience has never been hurt or put down? I am drawing blanks. Pacquiao was hurt by Oscar Larios but I wouldn't use that as a tool to foreshadow a Pacquiao-Rios bout. Ward can be hurt, as can every other human being on the planet. He still has too many tools for Froch who has had a very surprising career.