Andre Ward will not be able to go on March 2nd vs Kelly Pavlik as (re)scheduled....

From all indicators the fight was originally postponed due to Ward suffering an injury in training. I gather his injury must be worse than first thought Thats what I'm thinking as well. To bad for Ward. Hopefully he will be ready to fight again soon. Maybe he could fight Bute in the summer? Would be a fitting farewell to the SMWs for Bute.

This is a common theme with Ward. I know it's not his fault but it makes me not like him....can't stand guys with injuries always popping up in camp. He'll be one of those guys that's lucky to fight once a year. Yeah how dare an athlete get injured thus canceling a fight nobody asked for or was interested in. Darn that Ward!!!

The best news I've heard in a while. Fight was a joke from the start.

best for both of them probably. Once the bell rang, I think the fight would have been too ridiculous to pass for the audience and end up being a step back for Ward even if he ended up dominating. He might even end up getting some backlash for it after the fact. Kelly is generally well liked, so, having people find out they were duped, and that the fight was clearly set up just to make Andre look good isn't gonna go over well. It likely would have been a formality and not worth wasting the comeback of Kelly. I know he wants the shot and of course took the fight, but for me I'm glad it's off... I'd rather not seem him get undressed again right now, especially since there was never a demand for this fight to begin with. Hopefully another good name fight will come along for him soon, a winnable one. At the very least, one where he will appear to be the real/old Pavlik or where the threat of a KO would be legit, then it'd be interesting. Maybe a win in that type of fight and they can back around to this matchup.

ESPN's dan rafael just reported that the fight is off completely, got cancelled.

Ward seems to be a pampered pu$$y - backing out of fights because of minor injuries, weight draining his opponents, demanding home advantage, refusing to fight overseas during the Super Six. :lol1: Still mad Ward dominated all your favorite fighters. It's okay though. Anyways hopefully it heals strong enough before he gets into another fight, could be a serious issue if it's continually getting injured.

I would like to see Ward-Bute

I'd like to see Ward-Oosthuizen, that'd be a solid fight.

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great news,this was a terrible fight

I wonder how much of a chance Bute-Pavlik has of happening...... Kim only said he believes it will Whoever it is, I'm sure it will be someone easy enough for Kelly to beat, so they can match him up with Ward later down the line.

Too bad that Abraham is fighting Stieglitz again. Pavlik vs. Bute would be a good fight for both guys though. Bute can try to rebuild his confidence against a faded Pavlik and Kelly can get a good payday.

I'm glad actually. I'd like to see Ward fight Stevenson, Oosthuizen, or even Rodriguez before Pavlik. Pavlik should fight someone lie Dirrell or Bika. Why is Ward beating a green Stevenson or Oozy any better than Pavlik? Would be funny if Stevenson knocked his b*tch ass out tho. :peeright:Ward"peeleft: Maybe Arum will feed Pavlik to Chavez before the Martinez rematch. Would be funny if that backfired too. :lol1:

i was never interested in this fight, so i'm kind of glad it's been cancelled (if it's truly cancelled). ward shouldn't be fighting easier opponents like pavlik in this stage of his career imo. if ward doesn't plan on moving up yet, he should just try and clean out the division by unifying titles or taking out the top contenders. all the other 3 titleholders at 168 he already beat though, so idk if that's the way to go, haha. as for pavlik, continue the route he's been going. fight a decent SMW and work his way to a title shot (preferably against froch or abraham). i'd still love to see chavez jr move up and face pavlik at 168. hope that happens tbh.

I'm wondering if he was even injured and if the "problems" weren't on Pavlik's side. From all indicators the fight was originally postponed due to Ward suffering an injury in training. I gather his injury must be worse than first thought

I'm glad actually. I'd like to see Ward fight Stevenson, Oosthuizen, or even Rodriguez before Pavlik. Pavlik should fight someone lie Dirrell or Bika.

This is a common theme with Ward. I know it's not his fault but it makes me not like him....can't stand guys with injuries always popping up in camp. He'll be one of those guys that's lucky to fight once a year.

Pavlik-Abraham is the right style matchup, but who's going to make that fight? Top Rank would likely have to give Abraham a big piece of change to come over here, and why invest when Pavlik's career is almost over? Kelly would have to go to Europe for short money to get the fight, like Paulie did with Senchenko. Pavlik stock will go way up with the belt Abraham has, which is an extremely winnable fight. It would be worth it. Plus Abraham came to the US for the super six and I'm pretty sure he didn't get paid some crazy amount. Bute vs Pavlik was made once before and it would be a great way for Bute to prepare himself for Froch.

Ward's injuries must be worse than first thought I'm wondering if he was even injured and if the "problems" weren't on Pavlik's side.

Pavlik has a number of winnable fights at 168. Abraham, Stieglitz, Rodriguez, Groves, and Bute. I would prefer Abraham. Ward is gonna end up fighting once this year again. Pavlik-Abraham is the right style matchup, but who's going to make that fight? Top Rank would likely have to give Abraham a big piece of change to come over here, and why invest when Pavlik's career is almost over? Kelly would have to go to Europe for short money to get the fight, like Paulie did with Senchenko.