Ward said he'll consider 'the right fight' at light heavy.

[Evil Abed]

danrafaelespn Dan Rafael
Ward said he'll consider 'the right fight' at light heavy. Not focused on Bute. #boxing #SuperSix

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danrafaelespn Dan Rafael
Ward says Bute needs to beat an A level guy to earn a shot. #boxing #SuperSix

[RichCCFC]

no 1 there for him.. Dawson isn't undefeated anymore, Hopkins.. maybe but he has categorically said he wont fight Ward.

[RichCCFC]

danrafaelespn Dan Rafael
Ward says Bute needs to beat an A level guy to earn a shot. #boxing #SuperSix

Ward is the only A level guy in the division besides maybe Bute himself...

[HBGBoxingFan]

I spoke to Al Bernstein after the fight & he said he thinks Ward will fight Bute not next but after his next fight fwiw.

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tqbr Tim Starks
Froch, meanwhile "absolutely" wants Bute. Said he'd like to rematch Ward, too, maybe.

[Shadows]

Ward hurt his left hand last Thrusday.

[crold1]

They're going to let Bute marinate for just a second and build some $. No foul in that.

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danrafaelespn Dan Rafael
Ward says Bute needs to beat an A level guy to earn a shot. #boxing #SuperSix

I support that. Bute should have to get in there against a Kessler/Froch/Dirrell first, rather than just waltzing into a fight with Andre.

[-Kev-]

Ward is the only A level guy in the division besides maybe Bute himself...

Don't read too much in to it. Ward just means to beat one of Dirrell, Kessler, or Froch. That's all. The Johnson win was good, but it was about time you get a good win and it was against an old guy who a lot people predicted Bute was gonna knock him out. But those people were being unreasonable and were setting up Bute for failure. Johnson was a solid win as a UD, no need for the KO against a guy who is basically unknockoutable. It's like people asking for Canelo to knock out N'Dou, lol please, why the high standards when no one else is knocking these dudes out.

Anyways, Ward should fight Bute after Bute-Kessler, so that he can unify all the titles with the winner of that fight. Why fight Bute for only one of his titles, when you are putting two of your titles on the line, and also probably The Ring and Lineal titles are on the line. Let Bute and Kessler duke it out, and Ward fights the winner for all the titles. Think big.