Andre Ward: "America is where you've gotta come to be a Star!"

[Fetta]

yeah that's wack. Ward is a hell of a fighter. Doesn't get his just do. All he's done is fight EVERYBODY in his weight class and beat them

Lie i posted in another thread, ward is 29 hes got chocolate, GGG, chavez jr, when they arrive or move up. Froch is 35 and just gettin his due and that due is as number 2.

[The Tase]

In some ways correct, but Froch has already been there a couple of times and now he is a star.

this right here.

Ward is the only fighter in the super six who didnt leave his hometown.


why is he so afraid to leave oakland?

[LeG00N]

log off Ward, only 150 people have heard of you and half of them post on bixingscene

[AntonTheMeh]

and yet, you've yet to become one. fantastic boxer but c'mon.

[Ray*]

Agreed but it doesn't necessarily apply to this situation. Fights that happen in Vegas or Madison square garden have a lot of significants but not anywhere else.

[MikeRo1972]

this right here.

Ward is the only fighter in the super six who didnt leave his hometown.


why is he so afraid to leave oakland?

Wrong.......

[Hitman Hodgson]

It's a tough break for ward cause he's basically cleaned out his division and beaten everybody there is to beat and he can't seem to find a big fight for himself. Gold medalist, just a true talent and he's been getting ragged on for not being "popular" enuff. Ward should just say screw it and take the fight with Froch in the uk. Get himself a good payday and beat him again.

I'm pretty sure that Ward has only beaten about 2 or 3 of the current top 10 SMW. He's got plenty of options, there's always someone else to fight.

What he says about having to go to the USA to be a star may have some truth to it but it's not the be all and end all it was a few years ago. Apart from Mayweather there isn't a big American star in boxing right now, sure America still produces good fighters but it seems the well of stars has dried up in the last 5 years or so. If Ward doesn't want to leave the US then he should fight either Hopkins or Dirrell.

[CraigM]

There's no way Froch-Ward II sells out Wembley. LOL.

Froch is popular, but he can't fill 80,000 seats! Especially when fighting Andre "The Clincher" Ward.

Totally agree with this, i've said elsewhere something very similar... Kessler sells more tickets abroad than Ward ever would.

I think a lot of people say 'you gotta fight in USA to be big' is because a lot of Americans simply don't travel abroad to fights so their fighters stick to their home country. Granted it does have a bigger tv audience but gate figures are aweful.

Like the gate for Matthysse (sp?) vs Peterson which included another world title fight sold what 5k tickets? Its crazy!

[Hougigo]

Ward is better, but Froch is a bigger star and way more popular