Ward Outpoints Kessler!!!!!

[JT Rock]

Kessler is just a classic fundamentally sound european fighter. I think Kess didnt Jab enough, I know Ward had excellent movement and seemed to really lack respect for Kesslers punching power which no doubt surprised the Dane. Ward exploited the fact that Kessler starts off slow and Andre never took his foot off the gas and managed to hit overdrive the whole fight.. I think the rough stuff on the inside was very smart and no doubt unnerved Kessler and wore on him. I dont think he was in danger of ever being stopped seemed to have his legs and crisp punching still and even seemed to come alive a bit in round 9-10.

I just think a Classic fighter like Kessler cant make the adjustments on the inside and cant compete or dosent know how to when it gets rough

Ward was very versatile and gave Mikkel a ton of different looks, he pressed, counterpunched, orthodox stance, southpaw, fought on the inside/ outside and he never took a second of any round off..

I think the last headbutt was pretty shitty.. Ward dosent have the rep of being a dirty fighter and the previous Butts didnt look intentional at all to me and I'm not a fan of either guy. The fight wasnt decided on the inside, Ward outboxed Kessler from the 1st bell and to say this fight came down to bad officiating is just despicable and most of the complainers on this thread are the usual culprits that tend to side with their half of the world

Kessler controlled 0 in this fight, if Kess was outboxing Ward on the outside then I would agree with you 10000000000000000% that the officiating was horrible but Ward was eating him alive on the outside as well as attacking and pressing most of the fight. Kess got outclassed in every which way shape and form...

I will say though Ward couldnt break an egg and I would highly favor Kess in a rematch, He didnt take Ward seriously, you could tell he wasnt prepared and was reveling in the status of heir apparent of this tournament and to me that was 50% of his demise, I think he would make the adjustments settle down, his punches had plenty of steam on them even in the 10th.

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I think the last headbutt was pretty shitty.. Ward dosent have the rep of being a dirty fighter and the previous Butts didnt look intentional at all to me and I'm not a fan of either guy. The fight wasnt decided on the inside, Ward outboxed Kessler from the 1st bell and to say this fight came down to bad officiating is just despicable and most of the complainers on this thread are the usual culprits that tend to side with their half of the world

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Yup, some of the Brits in this forum are unbearable with how sour they get. They're totally unreasonable and yes, same dudes every time.

In fact, when I get called a turncoat or a traitor by these same Brits because I watch boxing with a NEUTRAL pair of eyes I take it as a MASSIVE compliment.

For the record, yes Ward fought a pretty ugly fight but most of what he did wasn't illegal. He closed the gap real quick in a low stance so that Mikkel couldn't catch him on the way in.

The headbutts were nasty but I can't say they were intentional in the heat of the moment. Some of you forget the replays are in slow motion. He fought the right fight. What more can you ask for? He took Kesslers weaknesses and made them his strengths.