Ward returns Smith's weight fine

Wow! Really classy.

Ward is a proper scumbag. Why embarrass your opponent by doing that? No class what so ever. If i were Smith i'd tell him to use the money to get his bird a pair of new t!ts and a face lift as she is one narley old crow. I'd rather fcuk one of Delboys blow up dolls. I think Smith humiliated himself when he failed to make weight, and then fought like some sort of journeyman fighting to pay for planning permission and an extension to the side of his house.

Classy move by Ward. I don't understand the hate he gets. He seems like a really good guy. he beat up ALL the European dudes in the Super 6....and NOW he's linked to GGG and Krusher...it's VERY simple mathematics bro...some dudes even wanna knock him for KNOWING his worth as if they know it better...it's just corny transparent hate man

Class act. He's a genuine role model in the sport.

Pretty classy gesture. I wonder if Floyd would do the same thing?

Gotta admit it, Ward is a decent guy.

I don't think I've ever heard of that before. Canelo also did it for the Baldomir fight.

Not surprised at all, that's who he is! I can't see why anyone would dislike Ward! returning the money as promised if smith didn't throw any punches. There's always one.

Also, after seeing how sharp he was on Saturday, I think he'd give Froch a good hiding if they fought again and stop him this time.

This has made me a Ward fan.

CSAC still gets its $22,500. #boxing ___________ So who's pocket does this 22500 come out from?

I don't think I've ever heard of that before. The only other one I can think of was Canelo giving Baldomir his $20k back for missing weight. It's a nice gesture, and a rare one.

After fight @andreward showed lot of class by returning all weight fine $$ he got from Smith: $37,500. CSAC still gets its $22,500. #boxing— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) June 22, 2015 Very classy move. Bear in mind that Andre isn't somebody who's made tons of cash from the sport and he's made nothing in almost two years. he has made millions from the sport, yes not pac/may type of money but he has been paid handsomely. Even when not boxing for 19 months, he still has more in his coffers than most average joes.

Ward is a good guy, i met and spoke with Ward before and he stayed and chatted with me for a while and was very chill with me, but why give the money back? Smith was unprofessional coming in way over weight, he was fairly penalized. Don't understand why he's giving back the money. I must be more of a cynical assh0le than Ward. Wards a god fearing man. A fair man. Jesus said give to cesar what belongs to cesar, ward gave to smith what belonged to smith.

I don't think I've ever heard of that before.

That's a classy gesture.

Good man. He's always been classy though so it's not surprising.

Respect Ward is very classy.

To be fair to Smith, as far as i know he's always been an honest pro, never missed weight and generally leaves it all in the ring ring or lose. Given his track record of professionalism maybe it was just an honest mistake. He might have completely misjudged the weight. He did seem really out of shape compared to usual, all i can think is that he's ballooned up after the Abraham fight and found it too difficult to shift the weight off. I don't believe a guy like Smith who comes from a boxing family and always a proud fighter would intentionally turn up out of shape. Maybe Ward sensed this too in the end.

Since he apparently isnt the first to do it, I must say that I think it's a terrible idea that may lead to a bad precedent. Smith did not fullfill his contract and was punished accordingly. I don't see how people can think that its classy that he now gets paid anyway. If Ward didn't want the Money, he could give them to charity. Maybe Weight-Watchers would fit the bill.