i read a column that made me think. in roy's fight on saturday, we saw him wearing ward's olympic medal around his neck. i think now that jones' retirement is coming, andre ward is the next to take his place. im really excited to see ward as a professional. he was the only reason to watch US boxing during the olympics. ... :D

Take his place? I sure hope not. All we need is another glass chined, overhyped, overrated light heavyweight fraud.

Wearing the medal reinforced my notion that Jones was in deep mental trouble.....it was a very transparent attempt at validation thru vicarious means especially in the context of his pre-taped blurb, his dressing room antics and his retarded procession into the ring.

I'm looking forward to seeing Ward as a pro as well. Dirrell too.

Oh Nicht your soo smart with those BIG words. hahahahaha

"Can't Be Shook!" oops.... :o

Take his place? I sure hope not. All we need is another glass chined, overhyped, overrated light heavyweight fraud.

talk about glass chined,overhyped and overrated. the man in your avator standing over mcCline is the poster boy for all three :rolleyes:

andre ward is a middle weight

^^^ didnt he win the gold medal at light heavy?

^^^ didnt he win the gold medal at light heavy?


Yes but he weighed in at 168...Weightclasses are different in the amateurs 168 is light heavy while it is super middle in the pros.

hes droppin all the way down to 160 in the pros

Ward may think twice about wearing his medal now, it may have been jinxed.

talk about glass chined,overhyped and overrated. the man in your avator standing over mcCline is the poster boy for all three :rolleyes:

Typical RJJ fanboy response. No one is claiming that Wlad was the best heavyweight of the past decade. I'm the one who admits that he is probably shot.

Typical RJJ fanboy response. No one is claiming that Wlad was the best heavyweight of the past decade. I'm the one who admits that he is probably shot.



Im their with you, Wlad is garbage.

Im their with you, Wlad is garbage.

Good to see that we agree that Jones is garbage.

i wanna see andre ward to i hope haas more power then jones though

Im their with you, Wlad is garbage.
so u sayin wlad will loose this weekend

so u sayin wlad will loose this weekend


Not at all, Anything is possible though anytime wlad is supposed to mow a guy over it usually backfires...Like I said anything is possible lamon was supposed to have a glass chin as well....I think mesi hits harder then wladimir so you shouldnt rule that loss out on davarryl....

Wlad isnt even in the top 10 of heavyweights today in my list and is way overhyped, I will give wladimir benefit of the doubt and hopes after davarryl he will fight a top 10 fighter and not some douche nozzle like moli, wlad needs to jump off his bum of the month fights.

What do we know about Andre Ward? We have seen him fight five times in the OLYMPICS for ****s sake. He is gonna replace Roy? This topic is ridiculous.

What do we know about Andre Ward? We have seen him fight five times in the OLYMPICS for ****s sake. He is gonna replace Roy? This topic is ridiculous.


Gold Medal Winners always seem promising.

especially when the cubans dominated the olympics in terms of boxing

Gotta go with Garrett on this one, being a great amateur is indicative you have great boxing talent but by no means certain that you will become a great champ. To mention any amatuer in the same breath as Jones is somewhat foolish. Its two related but very different sports.

Obviously Ward has a lot to prove as pro before he is mentioned in the same breath as Jones, but that doesn't mean we can't be interested/excited about seeing him get in their and show what he can do.

NO OF COURSE NOT MATE.

its been a similar thing over here about Amir Khan, if someon does well they deserve kudos I just dont think that we should heap too much pressure on these guys before they have even had a pro bout, for all we know they could have decidedly dodgy whiskers!!!!

then all thats left is to be dissapointed! :eek:

hes droppin all the way down to 160 in the pros

Don't know if 160 is the best weight class to jump into... sure Hopkins will be gone by the time Ward is thinking of championship belts but Taylor will be there and all roads will most likely lead to him.

ok, this is intresting. Anyone know which american gold medalists have turned pro and not become champions or have been really bad professionals?
Just wondering the successs percentage.

I like Ward alot, but I do think he has a long way to go before earning the 'title' of great. He's just starting out and still has alot to learn about pro boxing; it differs from the amateurs too much for him to just jump in unprepared.

ok, this is intresting. Anyone know which american gold medalists have turned pro and not become champions or have been really bad professionals?
Just wondering the successs percentage.
Ray mercer was good but never got the shot he deserved

Interesting topic.

i read a column that made me think. in roy's fight on saturday, we saw him wearing ward's olympic medal around his neck. i think now that jones' retirement is coming, andre ward is the next to take his place. im really excited to see ward as a professional. he was the only reason to watch US boxing during the olympics. ... :D

gee I dont recall Jones using excessive holding to win fights..he just dominated his opponents with his ability. So no Ward is nowhere near the next Jones.