Prospect fights: Interesting article

[killersheep]

CC man awesome read!!

Personally I am really looking forward to seeing if Andre Ward can have a strong career, he's looked really solid as a pro so far and
HAS NOT fought anyone with a losing record.

I take it you didn't see him fight Darnell Boone?

I did, those damn left hooks. It's not that big of a deal for a fighter to get knocked down, happens to almost everyone at one point or another. He was able to keep Darnell off and recover through the following round and
he was in control for the rest of the fight.

No it isn't a big deal to simply get knocked down... But it is a big deal to get dropped, hurt, and arguably not even win the fight against that type of opponent( I thought it was a draw), it's not like an Oscar de la Hoya early knockdown, he was really in trouble and lost rounds... It just tells me his chin could be a big question mark in the future, and he is a big middleweight who will likely have to move up sooner or later. I don't see him beating out any of his fellow prospects should he fight at 168 in the near future... Bute, Pascal, Green, Froch, would all smoke him imo.

That may well be, I wouldn't mind seeing him take any of those guys on.

I'm not sure exactly what to think about Ward. He seems a bit fragile, and for a guy that was a gold medalist at 175 (I think it was 175) he almost looks small at 160. Or at least not very big, not saying that's gonna keep him from being a great fighter, could hurt him if he moves up. He's got potential though.

Does it seem like he hasn't fought in a while? I haven't checked boxrec, maybe he fought in some off TV fight that I missed.

He is fighting again in november after a 7 month sabbatical