Why is Ward so against Froch-Kessler 2??

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In my opinion he is boring because he spoils, holding mauling, elbows, headbutts and why does he do this? Firstly because the refs seem to allow him to but the main reason is because he doesnt want to stand in punching range in between actually throwing punches because hes shit scared of his chin letting him down again.

Watch the last few rounds of the Bika fight and its embarrasing for the division that this man is regarded as the best purely because hes let to use shitty tactics with no warnings at all!

This is why fans are turning off of him. Admittedly a better boxer wouldnt allow him to hold and smother. If Calzaghe had been coming through now he would be the man to beat Ward. Hopkins usually successful tactics didnt work against Joe, although he went on to beat and frustrate lesser men like Pavlik, Pascal and Cloud (Dawson fought in his own division, if he hadnt had to lose another 7lb he may well have done the same to Ward). Joe wouldnt allow Ward to dictate the pace, Ward wouldnt be allowed to maul and hold. Joe would have been working him over and what Ward looked like in the last few rounds against Bika he would have looked in the middle rounds against Joe, lost!