I think Andre Ward should not change his promotor, Even though he might be getting slightly less I believe the Gossen brothers know that Andre Ward is the "Golden Goose" and will be careful with him. I am not saying that Andre Ward is protected or anything, Just that his current promotion setup will be very careful and not reckless, Goossen Tutor are not the biggest promotors and Andre Ward can help them compete with the larger players like GBP/Top Rank/Don King.
I know for sure GBP especially will be trying very, very hard to get Andre Ward if and when he becomes a free agent. I think Ward should just stay put for the time being, Boxers tend to start loosing when they change trainers/promotors/conditioners etc.
easy he will join Showtime thats where he made his name with the super 6....
He will Get Al Haymond to manage him!!
for Ward its not about Legacy anymore I think dude is already a shoe in for the Hall of Fame....Why would he Join Top Rank, when Oscar, and Floyd Left Bob...
Bob tried to lock Oscar up in Contract bull**** like ward is going thru now.
He will Join up with haymond If anyone can make him a Household name its GBP/Haymond... and I wouldn't be Surprise if they can got him a 50 million 5-6 fight Contract... which i think will be the new Norm in boxing...The top Fighters will start getting Contracts like NBA/NFL players...
Bottom Line he wants to be Paid!! like the #2 p4p at the end of the day!!!...
Bradley
Marquez
Pac
Canelo
Cotto
Chavez
Sergio
are all getting paid more than him!!!
How does his commentating gig with HBO factor in? I'm guessing that HBO has already promised him a nice, comfy analyst job when he's done fighting. And he's already publicly stated that he's planning his exit strategy from fighting. Maybe not real soon but at some point.
I think he'll sign with Top Rank too in the end, though I think going with someone like Lou DiBella could be really smart since he can put fights on both HBO & Showtime. Though Arum has shown he can work with anyone in the HBO stable that isn't Top Rank, so fights with Chavez, Jr. & a 2nd fight with Froch are easily possible.
I always thought he would be a big target for TMT, to me he is the obvious guy to go after because they need to replace Floyd long term and while they have signed quality guys none of them have the ability to be the main guy like Floyd.
You could question Ward's ability to do that also but to me he has the best shot of at least getting close.
So he obviously makes sense to GBP for the same reason as they need to replace Floyd also.