It's insane how defensively responsible Ward is. He's like a program with no glitches.

This fight is proof the jab is the most important and under-appreciated punch in boxing.

Wards lead left jab is the ultimate tool. Every young boxer should train to have a jab like that, it penetrates , it probes, it keeps the opponent honest, its out there fast and strong all the time, it creates openings everywhere. Sweetness!

How should he not be #2 P4P? He dominated his opposition in the super six, Abraham, Kessler, Froch, and Bika. Not to mention he dismantled Chad Dawson, another world champion. Come on now, Ward is the truth.

Goes to show how important the jab is. Nowadays people tend to underestimate what it can do.

The jab is like water you need it to survive in boxing.

They should have more of these tournaments at the divisions.

Ward is an awesome fighter with tremendous skills, and I think everyone has to give him all the credit for cleaning out the SMW division. He's also a classy champion who is old school in his approach. Would love to see him fight Kovalev, Stevenson , G3 or Quillan ...even at catch weights. Big respect to Ward!

Ward controlled the whole fight with his jab

Andre Ward is fundamentally sound everywhere. He's really amazing to watch. If you take one aspect of the fight away from him, he'll fallback to something else until he makes you give it back.

What's up with people loving Golovkin and hating Ward or loving Ward and hating Golovkin? Can't you appreciate both athletes? They're both incredible, both respect their opponents, and both are good ambassadors to the sport. Golovkin is trying to clean out 160 and he is staying there until he has fought all the big names there. Ward still wants some big names at 168 namely Chavez before he moves up to 175. Golovkin has the opportunity to fight light middleweights who will most likely be moving up in the near future like Canelo and Lara. Eventually Ward and Golovkin will fight but you don't have to hate one and love the other.

Ward is a master. Damn re- watching these fights gives him way more credibility to his ESPN Toprank analysis. Damn Dre was special.

Abraham has always used his strength as an 'x' factor in his fights. But he found out here that Andre is a very strong fighter. He realized it early on and knew he was in trouble.

Ward is a future hall of famer. He cleaned out everyone from 168 - 175 lbs.

5th round.....thats one of the hardest jabs i've ever seen connect

This ref sucks, not letting the two punch out of holds, pre- brake ups during the entire fight.

andre ward heart of a lion. thanks for that fight

Its very strange that any fighter who has been in with Andre Ward are so well dominated that they never consider rematches. GGG is very good but his chances are limited but Kovalev its a much closer fight because of his combination punching, speed and he also has power. That's an even fight.

Now this is BOXING! Great fight, much more interesting then alot of 60kg fights iv seen.

I've heard about this guy and this is the first fight of him that I'm watching. I love technical fighters, especially when i hear they've won gold medals in the Olympics. GGG is next on my list.

WARDS THE REAL DEAL. DEAL WITH IT HATERS. TRUE BOXING FANS KNOWS WHATS UP.

GGG has about the chance of a snowball chance in hell to beat Ward ( SOG)

This is the 1st time I've seen a ref have such a negative impact on a fight

Thank you Andre you did it tremdous heart determination agility technique and timing speed I didn't get to see you fight like this before until now A+ for you and a little of Mayweather style jab own !

That jab is great from Ward the best punch in Boxing to control your opponent from coming in aggressively sticking that jab in his face. It will help you on Defense too Boxers need to start using it more.

I mentioned this in another upload, Ward has a solid build, but he looks so much smaller than his opponents. Even here, Arbraham moved up from middle and he looks like he is two divisions bigger than Ward. Part of what makes Ward special though, great skill and deceptively strong.

now is the time for Showtime boxing to put on another supersix,

Did anyone noticed how big Andre Wards gloves are??

Nice going for Ward, his holding did not work here much, though. His shots are light, did not shook Arthur. All Ward can is hold, clinch, and hit when he stops holding. Good moving with his head, so body shots would get him down. Good, but not great.

am i the only man to see wards deliberate use of the head,not to mention the low blows.

The more I look at Ward, the more I see the stance, hand positions, and punching angles of Bernard Hopkins. I think Andre is a bit more refined, smoother, though not as creative.

Ward has awesome footwork, fast hands, head movement etc. Curios to see him against GGG OR KOVALEV

I like the concept of this tournament. The best fighting the best, no ducking, no excuses

The ref. Was on Ward's top. Some of the dirty shit was instigated by Abraham. Love how Ward can fight going forward and backwards. Relentless!

what a masterful performance

One of my boxing idols I try to incorporate his style to make my own

The match shows beautiful on my laptop

man Ward is a great boxer to watch and study him floyd and errol spence has been helping my fight game...

Round 4 was were the skills and ring craftsmanship kicked in. Andre Ward was a very cute and intelligent boxer 👊

Antonio Tarver says little but it's always gold.

Man, I would have loved to see Andre Ward vs. SMW Roy Jones, Jr. or Joe Calzaghe, but unluckily, they weren't boxing in the primes at the same era.

Abraham looked solid the first half of the fight, then got picked apart.

my top 5 favorite fighters of all time 1.manny pacquiao 2.marvin hagler 3.floyd mayweather jr 4.muhhammad ali 5.andre ward

Damn Andre is a technical beast

30:11 - just simple perfect double punch!

ward boxed smart this fight.

Oaktown's finest

only video that stays clear.

Andre is a lot better now.

Floyd Mayweather is the number 1 best Boxer in the World and Andre Ward is the 2nd Best. There are No other Boxer's in the game that even come close to these two guys period!

Damn that was a terrible ref. Luckily for Ward the inside fighting wasn't his only game plan because he wasn't letting none of that go on

Ward is a good fighter, a consistent fighter who’s style is made for winning...doesn't always look pretty; tends to hold to much and doesn't throw enough punches for my liking . But he’s undefeated and his record is impressive so no one can say anything bad about him

Fantastic fight.

Can always count on you brother

they need more of this in boxing .. super six welterweight or middleweight

Great fight for Andre Ward.

53:18 soul stealing headbutt, damn, twisted into it from below and it was a counter headbutt , to a missed left hook..ouch

(120-108), (118-110),(118-111) that is great performance from SOG.

What song did ward come out too?

Everybody : The ref : alright alright no body throw !

Annoyed that this Ref would constantly call for a break whenever they got close together. C'mon let them have a few inside exchanges!

Stuffed if I can work the scoring system out. When I was fighting you got scored shit-all for hitting a guys gloves or elbows, you had to hit the front part of the body. According to my count Arthur won the first three rounds and lost the fourth yet the judges scored it even or Ward ahead. What fight are these guys looking at?

Those punch stats had to be wrong. Abraham barely touched Ward! What in the hell were they counting?

enjoyed every minute of this fight…could watxmch it million times i just hate how fast arthur gassed out lmao all them wild ass power punches he was really tryna take ward head off sheesh

Froch dominated Abraham from start to finish, flawless performance look how ward is struggling first half of the fight (not to mention the headbutting)

Arthur Abraham and Joshua Clottey fight so similar. Hide in that high guard and give rounds away

Boxer of this generation in my opinion before Floyd. Class inside and outside the ring.

Abraham must be tough as nails. He fought 9 rounds against Miranda with a broken jaw? Damn!

doing the stay in your house deep dive on divisions from 2010- 2015. up to 168 now. it was a strong era in this division. lot of good fighters and great time of european and uk based fighters. 168 is usually an international division. lot of good fighters froch, abraham, ward, kessler, bute and good fringe guys taylor, stieglitz, bika, smith plus up and comers dirrell brothers degale paschal and groves. the super six created an environment where the best guys all fought each other. the unquestioned man of the era was andre ward who beat most everybody and retired undefeated. the super six created the opportunity to fight much of the top and he took full advantage. froch would have been the best of most eras and had a great career as 2nd best. Ward became highly respected p4p but did not become the big money star in the usa probably due to the international flavor of his best wins and the 168 and later 175 divisions. i have noticed in 160 and up in 2010 to 2015, it was a great era for Germany. big crowds, lots of champions. of course the klitschos at heavyweight. felix sturm at middleweight. abraham and stieglitz at 68. marco huck and glowacki at cruiserweight. i don't know how much money they were making but they had the action.

Did anyone notice the announcer call him andre direlle

Very lively crowd, this one.

Fantastic, gorgeous fight..two tough warriors but Wards performance was incredible..he's a BEAST!!!

good fight, i would like to see a rematch

would love to see ward and may go at it.

andre is sooo quick .. with his left hand down he remembers me roy jones but way less arrogant :P

like arthur said some boxers are using everything to win, they don't give a .....about rules, not fair and poor at all

Was an interesting and even fight the first 4 rounds after that it got very one sided Ward being the better boxer technically and more stamina you know

Just count how many times they say Arthur’s name in comparison to Wards SMH

GGG said he DOESN'T WANT TO FIGHT Ward!

Was that "Hurricane" Carter in Wards corner?

Arthur Abraham vs Alfredo angulo . Andre ward vs golovkin 2017

Man that jab.

andre ward fighting in that SEARS get up.

14:56 even back then he was punching ppl in the ballz..

Andre is such a good fighter. Too bad he doesn't fight enough.

Ward breaks his opponents down

61 degrees is too cold for outdoor fights.

That little 5'5" boxer will get killed by Ward. People that don't know shit about boxing need to stop posting stupid comments

Andre Ward has the pontinel to be one of the greates of all time.

abraham gassed out after the 3rd round, look at how hard he was breathing

I feel that Andre Ward is a swarmer that can box. Similar to Sergio Martinez, Miguel Cotto, Joe Calzaghe.

This guy is the greatest clincher in the world.

It is very good Andre stayed at abe because he looked like he could have teed off any time andre put no hurts or slow downs on opponet opponet looked dangerous every round

Ward v calzague both in there prime wow

This was back when Abraham actually threw punches. Makes you realise just how shot he is now

Abraham actually started REALLY well, and then got shut the fuck out. Ward just too smart. This is why I have a hard time picturing him losing.

Ward beat some very good boxers in this tournament.

Man the ref. was quite annoying stepping in to often for my liking , but what hell of a bout.. Must commend mr ward for a valiant effort... both men showed there toughness . Great fight.

Ward outboxed him really well tho...

In that ring there’s only one man fighting