Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Maybe the flawed power puncher Andre Ward will prove to be a good match up in a few years for those fighters....I never have liked Andre's chin but if his defense and handspeed improve then he can go far.
Ward is going to be a star. He's looking like a real prospect now. Seen every fight of his career and his last was his best. He had 7 months out of action because of a thumb injury but in that time he stayed in the gym and he really sured up his balance issues which made him look sloppy in times before. He was facing a very imposing fighter in Findley.

He's always had a very nice jab, but he learned to throw the right hand over top and he was very accurate, throwing through the guard of Findley who was in a shell the entire time. He also showed the lead left hook which he punched off beautifully and even jabbed off the hook. Honestly, if it were televised a whole lot of opinions would have been changed on him.

Still, he has some work to do and I want to see how his weight situation plays itself out. He is getting bigger and bigger everytime I see him and he doesn't even lift weights. He says he's going to fight at 168 from here on out and said at the Olympics he was fighting above his weight when he won the gold at 177. Well now it looks like he will end up at 175 in the pro ranks. I don't envision to many problems though. He says he was weight drained for the Findley fight and came in at 165. He fights Thursday night he is coming in at 168. His opponent pulled out last minute which is disappointing since the guy he is facing now will probably just lay down for Ward. Oh well.