Never Realized How Dirty Ward Was Until Today

[Diego Rodriguez]

He's a great boxer, and will probably be remembered in the same breath as Hopkins, without the longevity. Everyone remembers that Hopkins was dirty, but vast majority of the poeple don't know what that means, how dirty, etc.

I was thinking earlier today if you wanted to watch the ugliest fight ever him and Hopkins would have been something.

While I think both guys are athletic they aren't super athletes. I think that style was part of what they used to compensate for that deficiency. That isn't a slam necessarily as you need to work to your strengths and compensate for your deficiencies.

[Diego Rodriguez]

The most honest post on this whole site. You people are really terrible at hiding by your racism. Respect to this poster for not even bothering to hide.

I've been told that we can't associate bigotry when anyone is critical of a fighter, it never has anything to do with that . . . . oh wait that only applies to Golovkin not Ward. My bad.

In all seriousness there are guys who dislike Ward because he's black. There are also guys who dislike him and are critical for other reasons not related to race.

[FinitoxDinamita]

*** andre ward. He is the most boring fighter of all time in my eyes and i just glad he retired.

Boring and dirty. That is what i will remember about Ward. 10 years from now nobody will talk about this guy.

[Diego Rodriguez]

I made no such insinuation. I clearly stated that a lot of the posters here are racist. I'm not a coward who needs to hide the truth. The slant against black fighters here is undeniable. The poster that I quoted just stated it plainly instead of talking in code.

I don't have any issue with people who have differing opinions and I enjoy debates on sports. I'm not going to dumb myself down and ignore the obvious though.

I totally agree but it isn't a one way street.

[Diego Rodriguez]

ward is more than mayweather/hopkins dirty, ward is holyfield level dirty

How was Mayweather dirty?

[ruedboy]

If it took you til today to see Ward got away with fouls, head butts and low blows, I think a trip to an eye doctor wouldn't be wasted.

[Radrook]

No one is denying that Ward has good boxing skills.
What they are denying is that he exclusively depends on them to win.
If indeed a boxer has great boxing skills then he shouldn't need to use dirty tactics to supplement them. That's like saying that a guy is a great chess player but has to resort to cheating. It doesn't add up.

[DinoCop]

Thats why he won't be getting respect. He is a dirty cheater protected by some nut brained ppl.

[Radrook]

A fight between Ward ad Hopkins would result in Ward bludgeoning Hopkins into submission via elbows, rabbit punches and head-butts and low blows. Ward has far more experience in hiding his fouls than Hopkins does berceuse Hopkins didn't use them as extensively as Ward did. So a contest of fouls is to Ward's advantage.

[DinoCop]

How was Mayweather dirty?

I always respected Floyd's attitude, he served as a good example for all. I haven't even seen him doing some accidental foul.