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
+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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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!
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!
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
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.
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.
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
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
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.
+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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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..
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.
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
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.
ward has a lot of people to fight between 168 and 175 GGG can move up to fight ward and ward can also fight ,sergey kovalev, adonis stevenson,james degale,andrej fonfara,jean pascal,gilberto ramirez,badou jack,jay leon love,rogelio medina,george groves and the dirrell brothers hopefully he gets to fight them all eventually if not he has to for sure fight sergey kovalev,adonis Stevenson,james degale and GGG if they all wanna for sure fight not just say they wanna fight
***** lol he's not ducking ggg ward just said yesterday that his plan is too fight ggg this fall and than after that will move up to 175 to fight sergey kovalev he doesn't sound like he's ducking to me
***** yes it was from dan Rafael but dan Rafael most of the time is right and if you ever watch ward's interviews he confronted ggg's promotor and told him stop lying to the fans about him being scared and loeffler blamed it on ggg's trainer I know for a fact ward isn't scared of ggg shit if anything ggg is scared cause he was willing to fight froch and chavez jr at 168 but when it comes to ward he wants him at 164 lol
***** Dan Rafael, King Fight Freak (12:31 PM) I'd be thrilled with either. The Ward camp told me today their preference is to make GGG for this fall and then go after Kovalev, which makes sense. Ward isn't going to go to light heavyweight and then come back down to face GGG. So face GGG now at whatever weight they can agree on and then, if all goes well, move to 175. Ward can go from an afterthought having fought one nothing fight in 19 months to a huge deal quickly if he were to face GGG and Kovalev in a row and win both.
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
if ggg fights ward prepare for a ward merathon he's a technical boxer (a great one)and ggg is technical but chases and cuts the ring off on you sort of like chavez did.Ggg has a chin so he'd prob take wards shots even if hes bigger than ggg.It would be a good fight but I think ggg would win in a very competitive fight.
Manny Suarez I disagree. GGG hasn't fought someone with Ward's level of jab and he is a counter puncher in particular the jab. If GGG is put on the backfoot the fight will be Ward's. GGG is defensively sound though just like ward.
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)
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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
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Alpha Male you’re a bit unusual, I see you on loads of wards videos hating on him and just making stuff up about him loo
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Ian Dog because either u bias or just don’t know SHIT about boxing! 🤷🏾♂️
The only thing I didn't like about him is how inactive he was later in his career and still kept his rank
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!
Wow, he's a class act
Not drastically reduced he told him keep it all 😂
Watching an opponent getting broken down is a thing of beauty to watch.
Ward looked so sharp love his jab
Ward brutalized this guy
thus dude was a nobody
+BOOM BAP BASTARD how exactly did he look "bad"?
+JOE CooL he looked like shit
+BOOM BAP BASTARD chilemba wud ko ward himself too.
I am an admitted Ward fan. Love his skills. This was a tune up fight. Nothing more and nothing less.
That was an absolute beat down!
Except for round 7, Smith nailed Ward with a right hand, great shot 🤛
This fight is renowned for the masterclass of the most and important punch in boxing, " The Jab" at its finest! Ward clearly Schooled Smith!😉
YES !!!!
Wonderful footage. This fight is golden. They should show this shit in science class at school.
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.
Arthur Abraham fight was a jabbing display as well.
@@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
Ward was throwing some crazy looking punches at a high speed.
against a bum
+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.
Sagar Thakuri who tf did ward just fight? A nobody Barrera a nobody Smith a nobody gtfoh
+Aaron Esteban (Etsy SEO Talk) he will say ward beat abraham froch amd kessler.lmao.and dawson.
+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.
Coming off shoulder surgery former P4P #1 Andre Ward performance was work of art!!
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
AZHAR BUTT I think he's certainly a more exciting and offensive fighter.
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.
heavy storm
Yeah I believe ward is making the right decision, if he moves up to 175 and fight the big dogs of that divison
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.
+Chris Whitcomb Naah this was one of his two tuneups he's gonna have before his fight with Kovalev.
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.
Did Paul Smith attempt a counterpunch at all? Not sure I saw a single one.
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.
funny how you say bhop came up in weight . when he's been fighting at 175 for the last almost 10 years
+dat boy E Perhaps you don't understand boxing. Do you know the spec weight for Light Heavyweight? You are not even making a point. lol
+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.
the fundamentals are real
And very underrated and overlooked
(fundamentals)
This fight should not even have been scheduled
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
Great to see Smith get an absolute battering. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Shame he didn't get KO'd. Helmet.
What a beautiful thing that jab.
I want everybody to stop typing comments and put the gloves on with any one of these dudes... Problem solved😃
Their whole lives would change.
My favorite boxer all time and a super human being
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.
Husabceuoa Cieabcueoa that's right!
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.
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.
shut up
Look at the chubbyness on him....Mr chubby checker
kevin kelly is a good commentator
Clean combos, excellent use of the jab. Great defense, shit was beautiful
Andre Ward is THE most fundamentally sound fighter that a human being could be.
Ricardo Lopez.
Made me laugh at ''rios''.
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Maywheather is
Ward is the only guy who can beat Golovkin.
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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!
kovalev is 20 lbs bigger than ward!
insightdeluxe2 Yet Ward wants to fight GGG, who is much smaller than Ward. Talk about double standards.
***** but kov walks around at 190+. making 175 is super tough for him. ward walks around at 175 tops.
***** but ggg is calling ward out.
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.
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
The best boxer...
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
He's not even tired ward is fr ward killed his ass
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.
this was wack. who is paul smith? Andre shouldn't feel great for this. mismatch.
Do you have the clip of Nipsey's performance?
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.
***** Yeah, reminds me of Ray Leonard and his fight with Hagler. And all he needed was to survive 12 rounds...
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
a 12 round beat down is worse to a fighters mental state than an early round knock out
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
Lol, the hate towards such a skilled and humble guy is so passionate in these comment sections, it's fuckin unreal.
come on yall!!! this dude is tough.
King...
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
+The Law yes ! The Jabs !
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 it's possible. Everything is possible. Kovalev is a very dangerous fighter and maybe Ward's toughest test yet.
+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.
+Husabceuoa Cieabcueoa he aint dominating koval
ward actually performed very well people talk shit man just looking through some of the replies to your comment
+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
Ward destroyed Adonis Creed though
Ward would school Kovalev and beat GGG. Although I reckon GGG would be his toughest fight.
school kovalev? I don't think you can school anybody when ones sleeping on the canvas.
+Itscooliknowryt? Yeah! How can you be sleeping on a canvas if you are too slick to be hit?
William McAfee when kovalev punches ward sleeps, hence the canvas reference
+Itscooliknowryt? Yeah! But Kovalev would need to be able to hit the super slick Ward first.
William McAfee well how long could ward run? Yeah right, when he's done running he'll sleep
:p
Ward is a big 168 he can't make 168 anymore he's in his comfort weight he should still be good at 175
+sergio garcia ward fought at 175 in the Olympics 2004 many forget that
Ward was also fighting bigger guys than him in the Olympics because he wasn't a natural 175 pounder.
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 Berto, Paul Smith...what's next? Tired of modern boxing champs picking b level fighters... back in the days those were REAL fighters
+MemoTea Just like GGG?
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!
Do You think this guy Paul should have went 4 rounds with GGG no way
Look at that week ass jab and go look at GGG jab
ok. now you know boxing is in bad shape when BET is hosting it
+Raphial Lee Why u say that? Black television can't host a boxing match? bitch...
nope
how is that possible lol
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!
Andre ward is the best boxer, Miguel cotto is the biggest star minus Floyd who is retired and manny who is injured
haha Andre Wards comeback fight and they are yelling *"Tripple G"!*
#GGG
@Danny the great
You cant duck someone thats in a higher weightclass.
Unless you are saying that Andre Ward ducked Wladimir Klitscho?
The King....
this fight like slow motion
60fps always trips me out lol. Real life doesn't even move like that.
Did you guys see that helicopter with cool aid and chicken wings?
pause at 0:50, "cruiserweights" lol
Wats up with that
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
he beat the shit out of Hopkins fuck out of here
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
The Law Hopkins got fucked up end of
ima make it in the ring pretty boy king CB, great fight SOG salute
this dude even fights like mayweather. I can't believe boxing is going to be boring again. Shit sucks.
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.
same height
I respect ward but, he’s the master of illusions.
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.
why are they not booing the fighter that's not doing anything, I mean nothing, hypocritical sport
Why was this not a title fight
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.
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.
go watch his previous fights before his layoff. youre recognize the talent.
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.
+Sagar Thakuri how tf is he most skilled when he's looking rusty as hell?
+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
anthony rosales Ward cant be talented if he couldn't easily beat a bum
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
True champion
andre looks like odell
ward looks like a poor mans Floyd Mayweather in this fight.
TBE will be missed
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.
I want to see Ward vs Kovalev.....SOG vs SOB...
+ted simonson Yes he will fight Kovalev and be an underdog too. He'll need his A game to beat him though....
+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.
+Hazza SrZ only thing sergey has over ward is power.
+Hazza SrZ who exactly has krusher fought who was notable besides an old hopkins?
Does anyone know the names of the commentators?
is that marshawn lynch behind cotto? lol
Ward ggg will never happen no point talking about it
im a big andre ward fan but if smith can hurt him kovolev would stop him in 10
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
round 8 onwards: roy jones mode
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.
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.
GGG would murder Ward that's a fact GGG is a pure aggressive boxer with a better amanture background
GGG lost to Dirrell in The ameaturs. He would not touch Ward. Fight wouldn't even be close
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.
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.
Alex Reeves
I doubt it because ward is a big Floyd fan. He probably did it here because it was over from round 1. his jab neutralized Smith completely
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?
KING KOVALEV IS WAITING ON YOU WARD
Pep Reece GGG beat Andre Direll in the Olmpics that's how he got his silver medal Do You even know what the hell You are talking about
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..
Terrible opponent. Terrible fight. Return of the what??? If he isn't willing to fight GGG then just retire.
GGG ducked him and they're not even in the same division
Fuckin idiot go drink a pabst blue ribbon and watch some wwe
Andre Lewis Ward called out GGG them ward was at 168 and number 3 in the world p4p
GGG said ward is too much for me
18 months. It doesn' have to be GGG but basically an amateur punching bag? Im saying he should get it together and take on a real fighter.
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.
this is hilarious. back when g fought all scrubs and everybody thought he was the greatest ever lol
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
not bad considering ward was coming of a long lay off against a guy who gave abraham 2 good fights check the barrera fight for evidence
Plain smarts Hatton fucked up with his comeback had a feeling he jumped in to high and the result showed true
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.
ward has a lot of people to fight between 168 and 175 GGG can move up to fight ward and ward can also fight ,sergey kovalev, adonis stevenson,james degale,andrej fonfara,jean pascal,gilberto ramirez,badou jack,jay leon love,rogelio medina,george groves and the dirrell brothers hopefully he gets to fight them all eventually if not he has to for sure fight sergey kovalev,adonis Stevenson,james degale and GGG if they all wanna for sure fight not just say they wanna fight
***** thanks bruh and yes my number 1 fight I wanna see for ward is kovalev aswell but ward can't fight brook there 3 weight classes apart
***** lol he's not ducking ggg ward just said yesterday that his plan is too fight ggg this fall and than after that will move up to 175 to fight sergey kovalev he doesn't sound like he's ducking to me
***** yes it was from dan Rafael but dan Rafael most of the time is right and if you ever watch ward's interviews he confronted ggg's promotor and told him stop lying to the fans about him being scared and loeffler blamed it on ggg's trainer I know for a fact ward isn't scared of ggg shit if anything ggg is scared cause he was willing to fight froch and chavez jr at 168 but when it comes to ward he wants him at 164 lol
*****
Dan Rafael, King Fight Freak (12:31 PM)
I'd be thrilled with either.
The Ward camp told me today their preference is to make GGG for this fall and
then go after Kovalev, which makes sense. Ward isn't going to go to light
heavyweight and then come back down to face GGG. So face GGG now at whatever
weight they can agree on and then, if all goes well, move to 175. Ward can go
from an afterthought having fought one nothing fight in 19 months to a huge deal
quickly if he were to face GGG and Kovalev in a row and win both.
***** aight man
By blood Andre Ward may only be about 35 percent brotha. But his style is all hood.
Why only 35% lol
Nah probably 75%
8:56 🛎
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 hand picked Smith the bum be as he wanted an easy fight
if ggg fights ward prepare for a ward merathon he's a technical boxer (a great one)and ggg is technical but chases and cuts the ring off on you sort of like chavez did.Ggg has a chin so he'd prob take wards shots even if hes bigger than ggg.It would be a good fight but I think ggg would win in a very competitive fight.
Manny Suarez
I disagree. GGG hasn't fought someone with Ward's level of jab and he is a counter puncher in particular the jab. If GGG is put on the backfoot the fight will be Ward's. GGG is defensively sound though just like ward.
GGG would beat him
+Bekw148 I'll bet my money on Ward outclassing ggg.
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)