This was Gonzalez' 4th weight division remember, he is up in age for a little guy and he has been in many tough battles.

Ward arguably already lost in only his 2nd weight class.

They were both fighting top contenders, no shame in losing to a top guy. Wangek was to 5 at worst and that's only because the division has guys like Inoue, Gonzalez, Caudras etc.

Also every fighter has that one guy that has his number. Wangek might be that guy for Gonzalez. It took the best of 4 divisions to find him. Or all of Gonzalez' might have finally caught up to him.