Olympic gold medalists. Super six champion. Humble yet Brave... There's no reason why you shouldn't like Ward. An amazing fighter with excellent boxing IQ
Andre Ward is a legend for this fight Smith was overweight during weigh-in so had to pay a quarter of his pay check to Ward. But Ward being the decent man he was, drastically reduced the fine for him to make sure he took the bulk of his pay check home. Such a top man Andre Ward is!
Smith wasn't a bad amateur of European class, but I have always thought that he is an average pro. He can do the basics and no more and is not the quickest.
@@SIickTurtIe which other war of the jabs fight are of note? I think Hearns vs Hill is one of them. Really want to study as many as I can of these type of fights of the highest level
What a fighter Andre is, Dare i say he is the NEXT MAYWEATHER no doubt, he is technical, fast and can move and BANG..... Not as cocky as FMJ but boy is he still exciting... Im voting Andre all the way after FMJ
heavy storm I disagree, ward is only very offensive against an extremely inferior opponents, when he faces top opponents, he is very defensively dependent
jesus garcia Hmm, but the thing is, he frustrates his opponents to the point in which Ward is actually allowed to be offensive, similar to Rigondeaux, weirdly enough. He utilises his defence of course, and he isn't the most offensive of fighters, but compared to Mayweather, I think he is. Now, I sitll think Mayweather is the better pure boxer, regardless. It just seems that there's no one on Ward's level in his division.
AZHAR BUTT Agreed! In my opinion if they were in the same weight division i think Ward would beat Mayweather. Mayweather is obviously a defensive wizard who nullifies his opponents with his style, but Ward looks like he's defensively incredible & offensively incredible too....i just wish they were in the same weight division because it would be a fucking fascinating fight. I would still have Ward winning because i don't think Mayweather's defensive brilliance would necessarily work against Ward....he'd be too clever as a chess player so to speak than any of Floyd's previous opponents.
Did they pay Smith to be a punching bag? Ward would get his cocky little swagger on, then Smith would tag him and stop. This was a "you better f**king lose or else" fight for Smith.
He (Ward) was awarded part of Smiths purse due to the issue of Smith not making the cut but after the fight he asked if Smith was a nice guy and if he had a family, he then told Smith to keep all of his purse. So ye an all round great guy.
Kovalev won't even touch Ward. As Lewis said about May Pac, '' you can't hit what you can't catch.'' Kovalev couldn't even take down a 49 year old Bhop, and Bhop came from 160. Ward is a natural 168-175 contender with that weight in the Olympics via Gold. Ward will school Kovalev. The same way Mayweather schooled Maidana...even though Maidana went crazy and got a couple nice shots. I see the exact same thing playing out. Ward is no joke. Wait until he sets into 175 perfectly and rehydrates like a pimp.
Damian Fernandez name the bouts he's been dropped and we'll compare other elites that have been dropped and come back to win decisively. Here's one I want you to think clearly. Pac vs Marquez I
Damian Fernandez give it time bruv. the context of any beef regarding Ward or that kid GGG, is the forces have been trying to draw some picture that Ward ain't shit, yet HE's the one already moving up. Just like Danny Garcia did even far more pathetic tune up fight with 75 ranked Rod Salka to transition onto 147. He then fought Lamont Peterson before fully fledging to 147. He fought an older Paulie Malignaggi, but still, Garcia made an effort to move up for the fact that nobody at 140 was ideal. Now look at GGG? Look at Ward. Apples to Oranges. Paul Smith is a B level fighter just like most of GGG's opponents. Geale is the only dude on his resume.
+Sugar Kaine Mostly smh you're the one who doesn't understand buddy. bhop has been fighting at 175 for quite some time now . he was at 160 in his earlier days . you stated that bhop moved up in weight from 160 for that fight when really b hop has been and was at 175 for quite a long time.
+Andre Lewis this is Ward's fight after 18 months long layoff. Bum or not, he still schooled that kid, guess you GGG fanboys never get tired of watching that hypejob destroy bums after bums. Lmao.
+Aaron Esteban (Etsy SEO Talk) You say that an opponent is world class because they held International titles, Continental titles, British titles, Canadian titles or Quebec titles but they don't mean anything. Face it GGG's best opponent was a welterweight who hasn't fought anyone besides Shaun Porter.
hes a p4p candidate right?? so of course he supposed to stop a over weight bum like paul smith its the fashion in which he did it ..cmon its paul smith bro lmao
GGG is going to meet his maker when it goes down. He will never beat a PUERLY skilled Boxer like Ward. Believe it. GGG hasn't fought anyone close to that Talent.
People keep saying GGG vs Ward but I think it's gonna be like mayweather vs manny. I didn't even want to see that fight. I think ward is too much for GGG.
There are no good boxers at 178 just sluggers that's why Ward is so good . GGG is to small for ward 8 pound difference Ward should go up 7 pounds and meet KOVALEV and don't say Ward would win DON'T BE STUPID HE WON'T TRUST ME HE WONT
Don't get me wrong. GGG is a fukn Animal. The dude can take a shot, walk down any opponent and hit like a Truck, but I always said, Any Puerly Skilled Boxer, I mean a Specimen like a Prime Leonard, Ali, Mayweather, Roy Jones, will 99 out of 100 times beat a Brawler. Realize one thing. Virgil Hunter who is my Favorite Trainer teaches how to hit and not be hit has trained Ward since he was a little kid, Ward is one of those Dudes that literally tries to master every skill needed to defeat his opponent. I WANT TO SEE IT, BUT fans that say GGG will destroy Ward, etc have no clue, this is Boxing...GGG may get embarrassed in that Ring if he gets in with Ward, I am not Joking !!!!
+Grizzly Boxing BIG BEAR.....I agree ward is a more skilled boxer and bigger that GGG I think Ward wins.But I know for a fact that Kovalev eats Ward up and if you think otherwise your fkn stupid
+Grizzly Boxing BIG BEAR.....I agree ward is a more skilled boxer and bigger that GGG I think Ward wins.But I know for a fact that Kovalev eats Ward up and if you think otherwise your fkn stupid
Looking at the threads here I think you guys underestimate Ward too much. I see it like 60 to 40 for Sergey but Andre is smart fighter and he could win on points. It's a bit like comparing Ali and Foreman before Rumble in the Jungle. Never underestimate smart fighter.
Have you seen how big and cut Andre Ward is now!? Good fight with a seasoned veteran, just a tune up fight for Ward after a long-ish layoff, nothing out of the ordinary for any boxer. His next fight is against a up and coming amateur gold medalist who is undefeated in Sullivan Barrera. For those complaining about catch weights, he's moving up, slow but surely, this was what you call ''smart'' in boxing. Putting your pride aside and taking the big fights when your ready, he will be eventually facing Kovalev at the full 175. Why are there so many complaints, boxing is awesome, these fighters are awesome, it's going to be a good fight, appreciate the craft and don't be so ungrateful.
That really took him 9 rounds!? LOL! Ward will get crushed by Kovalevl! Ward keeps calling out smaller guys but is scarred to fight Kovalev hahaha! Andre Ward is such a coward!
insightdeluxe2 GGG called Ward out, Ward's management didn't make the fight happen. Now two years later, GGG wants to unify all middleweight titles and out of the sudden, Ward wants to fight GGG. Ward hasn't been very active in the past two years and wants a big money fight, yet he hasn't anything to put on the table.
I think both GGG and Kovalev would be good fights to watch. Ward has a good chance at both imo. Just going to have to wait and see what matches are made. Cant wait to see Ward fight again.
He hasn't fought in 19 months due to serious contract disputes he's the best middle weight out there but he's not relevant to many because of the layoff true boxing fans understand the politics of boxing just fucked up that such a skilled fighter is a victim of it
+freetown78 Exactly, and people that say that he shouldn't go through with the lawsuit and everything should fuck off because Ward's wants to be financial stable after he retire.
the reason Ward looks bad is because he was out of fighting condition. Its different in there on fight night. He really really needed this fight to get them cobwebs blown out
I always laugh to myself, when folks talk about no one wanting to see Andre Ward fight just as anyone could see Ward put 10k cheering fans into his home venue. lol
What great use of the jab. Jab upstairs jab downstairs double jab triple jab. Jab jab jab all night what a solid fighter. Very effective jab to the body as well this was good to watch. Kept the mans hands glued to his forehead all night he couldnt get off to save his children.
Thanks for the upload, would like to see Ward fight someone who is not afraid to punch him back, Triple G would probally walk right through Ward's punches
MASTERCLASS. Will see what happens against Kovalev when the time comes. People selling him short about Kovalev are getting a bit ahead of themselves. Can't exactly say who's going to win because Kovalev is a dangerous fighter. But I know one thing, Ward is talented enough to cause damage and win. I'd say it's a 50/50
+Real boxing Fan1 This is just a Ward coming off a layoff. Give him 2 fights till so he can be off his ring rust and you will see a clear domination by ward.
+Real boxing Fan1 You're an American I'm guessing so it's likely you've seen very little of Paul Smith. He's nothing special but he's still durable. Ward done what he needed to. His jab was impressive
Can't abide Ward's inactivity. I know he's got the brains and talent to be the best in the world right now but he's even pulled out of his crapfest on the Canelo-Cotto card. Fight someone FFS!
This is about race! subconsciously you have an issue with black fighters and don't even realise it. Name ONE great fighter GGG has fought just ONE and I'll shut the fuck up.???? I knew you could racist fucker!
What a technically sound ass beating. At least in terms of offense Ward is just too solid. I notice he is lacking in defense at times but very well rounded and extremely solid for the most part
Sean Dafny Yeah, but I think it was because he was so confident by how well he could keep out his opponent that he didn't care much about being defensively responsible. His stance really showed that and untill the match was almost over the Smith didn't let his guard down for any reasonable amount if time. The jabs man
You can tell from the people that knows boxing and from those who don't , some of yall just hating on the fact that ward is better than yall favorite boxer , yall quick to say kovalev going to KO ward but he couldn't KO a 49 year old Bernard Hopkins so clearly its a high chance the fight going to 12rounds and if it does ward have a 70% chance of winning
Andre Lewis Hop didn't have the defense or jab of ward and Hop was old. He only beat Hop up late inro the match but Hop didn't go down regardless. It was only the last 30 seconds that was actually dangerous and the fight should've been called there. BHop had no more gas
I like the way this fight was filmed. Has a real "live" feel. Too bad we won't see many more roc nation boxing events (at least big fights). On another note I'm ready for Ward v Kovalev. I lean toward Kovalev but if Ward is active and sharp I'm not counting him out.
Andre Ward gets off some really fast combos. Sometimes he hits people so hard that I don't understand why they're not getting leaned. Is it a lack of power on Andre's part, or that some of these opponents have serious chins?
I don't get the hype behind ward. I stopped watching boxing after Roy Jones Jr, but I used to watch it a lot. Ward looks meh. Especially with opponents in this weight class, not very skilled.
This is no hypejob, Ward's the truth, most skilled boxer there is right now. U probably are one of those GGG and pactard fans who think slugging is the one and only skill in boxing, lol.
+Andre Lewis lol it's funny because I was talking to a friend at the gym today about people like you... You can just tell who are real boxing heads just by what they think about Ward. What's also funny is you don't see why he's the most talented right now
Still Andre Ward has lot work to do if he wants to be in tip top form and sharpest. He made some ugly mistakes that a fighter of this level shouldn't make. Hopefully he trains more harder to destroy GGG.
I just don't see how he keeps Kovalev off of him. Kovalev's jab takes it out of you. He hurts fighters with better chins then Ward with it. And those straight punches will land.
Bee Stunna When it comes to boxing don't look at someone's power. These guys have good chins and ward's jab isn't meant to knock out people. It establishes range, sets up combinations, and keeps your opponent on the back foot. His jab was excellent and pretty much any boxer would say it is extremely good. you are also making the assumption that Ward's defense isn't sound which it almost is. (This fight was over in round 1 and Ward knew it so don't judge by this fight only) Ward is a boxer not a slugger like a lot of othee fighters are. If you want ro see what a boxee can do look at Maywheather. People don't like him, but he is excellence in all aspects of boxing and has a good chin tested and proven. You'll still see many people say he will get knocked out by this and that dispite him being the best technical boxer in this era and constantly winning against low and high end opponents. All because he plays smart and not like a slugger.
Ward doesn't have much of a straight right hand from distance, and he needs to get in a closer range to really let go with an effective offense. That's just not going to fly against Sergey Kovalev, who is bigger, taller, and rangier. He's going to get hit hard and he's going to get seriously hurt.
Disgusting of smith coming in such bad shape. Was ideal time to fight ward. Not saying he would win but Could have made it interesting at least and got himself more recognition. Good of ward to give him money back from fine
I think this fight was pointless. I know its the return of Andre Ward, and he did look absolutely terrific for someone who hadn't fought in 2 years or so, but this had to be one of the biggest miss-matches in the history of boxing. Great champions like Carl Froch & Mikkel Kessler couldn't do anything against Ward and both got beat fair and square, and then you get someone like Paul Smith who's never won a world title, been a title challenger at best, who's nowhere on Froch or Kessler's level, and who also came into the fight over-weight. It was quite literally an embarrassing one whooping from the first bell, and to me Andre Ward showed why he is the best fighter on the planet....He just needs to fight more ffs! Would be so annoying if he didn't fight again for another 18 months.
Andre Ward is putting on a beat down and Kelly (who is team *Tom Loeffler* all the way), is talking down Ward the whole fight. 😂 every time Ward counters or lands hard he says nothing. If it was Golovkin fighting he'd be Sucking him off constantly 🤣 absolute clown of a Bloke, respect him as a fighter tho
Ward might be good for medals, not belts. So boring. Tired of seeing Mayweather. Please no more bullshit. Kovalev will kick his ass and ggg might as well too..
Actually looking back I think this was a good victory after watching the Barrera fight one more tune up before kovalev though fonfara being the one hopefully
it will be interesting who wins the war of jabs, ward or kovalev. if ward leaves that jab floating out there like this he will wear straight rights all night.
MadMax No he hasn't, but he hasn't fought the best either. He is a good boxer. Ward's jab could give him problems and if he can't establish his range than Ward wins.
+Josh Thomas Oh he is a beast but Liston and Foreman were King of the Beasts but both were outsmarted. 60/40 Beast but Ward just might pick him apart...THE fight!! I'm rooting for Ward...
+saintcruzin Did you just compare Kovalev to Foreman? LOOL. You know Kovalev has 300+ amateur fights right, and is one of the most technical boxers on the planet. Ward is just a defensive fighter, he's not more skilled than Kovalev, Ward just likes to fight average fighters. Froch is flat footed, Kessler past primeand has already got schooled by Calzaghe, and nobody else on Ward's resume is notable.
Go beat the dog shit out of Andre Direll in the Olmpics that how GGG got his silver medal Pep Reece You better go watch that match how can U make a statement that is false Do You even know boxing
GGG beat the dog crap out of Andre Direll in the Olmpics that's how GGG won his silver medal what do U have to say about that Pep Reece U just say shit that's not true go watch the fight.
Ofc he's fighting a bum here guys, he just moved to cruiser and he's not gonna go fight adonis stevenson or something other fucking beast for a first fight at a new weight, that's just not smart. He's fighting an undefeated opponent next(granted his next opponent hasn't really fought any names either)
I can't speak much for Kovalev besides he has alot of power in his punches and cuts off the ring well along with making it look easy against every opponent he's been in there with but Ward is an Olympian. In other words he's been competing at a high level his entire life to get where he has gotten in the sport. Superior skill and timing can neutralize power and speed. It is the only boxing fight I look forward to after Canelo v Cotto. Other than that I've moved on from boxing for the lack of fights that should happen that never do. (i.e. Skilled fighters fighting tomato cans in their respective promotions with no intent to fight the best out there regardless of promotion.) MMA is where it's at in my opinion and though sometimes grappling is not action packed it's interesting to me just as much as watching Mayweather neutralizing any opponent in his wake with his defensive shell.
3 year old comment yes. But that fight was at 175 buddy, people watch these weight classes for ferocity and power aswell as skill. You just won't get that from any Mayweather.
oldschool Jab is excellent so is his footwork when applying pressure. Needs to work on being defensively responsible, but it could be because he was destroying this guy.
and for all these mf talking bad about this fight and calling it boring, u cant make a fight interesting if the guy that u is fighting is not fighting back. smith was just trying to survive
ward is too small for kovalev at 175, if they ever fight youll see him look like a midget in the ring.. hell need a perfect fight to win because one kovalev right cross and hes going to sleep
david Solomon Not to mention GGG is openly calling out a fighter 2 divisions(13lbs) under him in Mayweather and you have a young lion in his prime just 8 pounds away who is willing to fight.
david Solomon yes but SOG WANTS 65-35 PURSE AND THAT'S NOT FAIR cause GGG will bring the Latinos who fallow him Latinos =$$$$ ......why do you think Money May Fights on May and September. ............
+Realbrand Oh cry me a fucking river with the poor little Floyd act. He fought Canelo didn't he? Canelo is actually bigger body size wise than GGG. But suddenly GGG is a giant! Lmao
Realbrand Someone needs to re check their facts. Number one, Canelo? Is now a middle weight. That's right, a legit 160 pounder. So you told me what weight limit both he and GGG have to make on the scales, but let's look at their walking around weight, or even the weight that they rehydrate back up to, GGG rehydrates back up to 170 to 171, Canelo? Goes up to 172. But he is smaller though, yeah? Now while you think about that, think about this, Lara had been shit talking for years about wanting a fight with GGG. He cries about GGG ducking him, then immediately after his fight with Delvin Rodriguez, GGG's people reached out to him, with an offer. You know what Lara did? he turned them down. HE BITCHED OUT. Hilarious considering all the shit talk that he spewed, then when it came to face the music, he pussies out. LMAO. you couldn't write this shit. I guess he didn't want to be another statistic on GGG's knockout streak.
first off andre is coming off a layoff. of course he's not going to look great on his come back fight. this man week destroy ggg and beat Kovalev but I will admit Kovalev week be a,much harder fight for sog
+jose soto Im not disputing what you are saying but would you mind explaining why Ward can easily overcome GGG from a boxing standpoint? Im newish in boxing you can say, I ve been watching Wards old fights, just finished watching his Super Six fights and I now understand why Ward is so highly thought off...I cant wait to see him back and fighting top guys
