Lennox Lewis is my favorite fighter of all time, I've met no bigger Naseem Hamed mark than myself, and I was the only person I knew as a kid who knew of and respected Calzaghe, Sven Ottke, Michalczewski, Anthony Mundine, Jirov, and I've been a Danny Green fan ever since the video of him frustrating James Toney in a sparring session to the point of Toney and his camp leaving the gym hit the internet eons ago.
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Ward faced a massive step-up in quality when he faced Kessler. Want to know why? With Calzaghe's move to 175, Mikkel Kessler automatically became the best fighter in the world at 168. And what did Ward do? He outclassed him. Kessler had absolutely nothing Ward for all night. It wasn't a close fight.
What does Carl Froch do better than Kessler? Hit harder...that's it.
He's slower, has has no head movement, an average jab, and no depth to his arsenal.
All Pascal has done since is beat Diaconu twice (who himself has been proven to be more than questionable) and two journeymen. I'll see if he can do anything against Chad Dawson before giving him any sort of credit, because as of now, Pascal is still all hype.
And Dirrell made it evident that when someone stays at home and boxes Froch (like Taylor did until he characteristically collapsed), he has no answer. Dirrell spent too much time on his bike and thought he could coast to a decision in someone's home town. It was an awful decision on his part, which he rectified against Abraham by delivering a more focused attack. Now, Froch gets outboxed by Kessler. Surely you can see the ongoing theme here. He has no talents beyond swinging for the fences. He has heart and a good punch, that's it. He'll never beat an elite fighter in his life.