As a follow up my instincts held true and Andre Ward just outboxed and outclassed Edison Miranda last saturday night winning a 12 round unanimous decision. Miranda's accuracy was horrible. It was no wonder he looked completely spent by the third round after missing so many bombs! But to my surprise the odd times that Miranda did land a good shot, Ward took them very well and never really appeared hurt in the fight. I give Ward alot of credit....he is alot tougher than I had initially thought. It was a rough and tough fight but you would have been hard pressed to find any rounds that you could have given to Miranda. In fact there was a few times in the fight that I felt if Ward was just a little bit more aggressive he could have gotten a TKO. He is not a big puncher but he does put punches together very well. He is a definite threat
in the Super Middleweight division....I could see him outboxing WBC champ Carl Froch and IBF champ Lucian Bute....but not sure if he could do the same thing to WBA champ Mikkel Kessler who I feel is the best in the division. I know there is talks now for Froch and Bute to fight and unify the titles this summer. I see Froch winning that fight, then maybe Ward taking both his belts after that. We shall see.....
You are right. Who knows who the heavyweight champion is and frankly who cares? That division has sucked since Tyson was the baby bull- and even then- looking back I have to question whether he was really all that- or all hype with hand picked opponents that he could destroy in 30 seconds. If he really had a good opponent--- we found out he had to bite their ear off... So now I'm gonna say- that division has sucked since the 70's!
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