Anyone else have a feeling Andre Ward is going to sign with Top Rank?

Cant see it UNGAWA

Golovkin doesn't have the type of power to get anyone out of there with one shot; Kell Brook jumped the full two weights to fight him and, eye socket aside, was more than holding his own. Alvarez is a bigger guy, seems happy to fight close/mid/long, and has never been visibly damaged by a punch in a fight. With a one-punch KO off of the table, you're basically left with two of the three judges having to find 7 of the 12 rounds to score for Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Already put my money down on the fight. I just don't see Golovkin winning the fight...plus some say that it may be the end of the road for him after it happens

so you are under the impression that canelo beats ggg and moves on....yep me too. no way they let ggg win this one. expect some ward shananigans or rigged judges like always. Golovkin doesn't have the type of power to get anyone out of there with one shot; Kell Brook jumped the full two weights to fight him and, eye socket aside, was more than holding his own. Alvarez is a bigger guy, seems happy to fight close/mid/long, and has never been visibly damaged by a punch in a fight. With a one-punch KO off of the table, you're basically left with two of the three judges having to find 7 of the 12 rounds to score for Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. Already put my money down on the fight.

With the limited commitment to boxing still diminishing every year, do they really need a heaping pile of stars? Saul Alvarez is all of 27 years old; unless film/TV calls for him or simply gets tired of boxing, he's still got another 10 PPV fights left in him before he turns 31. To that, you can add maybe one PPV fight for Golovkin after Alvarez. With Alvarez undergirding the boxing budget, HBO can take their piece off of Alvarez's PPVs and whatever money they still want to spend on boxing, and pair The Canelo Alvarez Show with 8-10 BAD type shows and be done with it. Feature the little guys, Golden Boy's fighters in the cusp of world level, and Kovalev/Golovkin in mismatch fights for as long as they are viable, and call it a day. so you are under the impression that canelo beats ggg and moves on....yep me too. no way they let ggg win this one. expect some ward shananigans or rigged judges like always.

HBO is likely alright with that. It would be smart for Ward to sign with Top Rank, it helps with his future as a fight manager. Also if Ward leaves HBO, hbo has nobody left just Canelo and GGG. Loma and Crawford are already gone to ESPN, Kitschko retired. Floyd left long ago, and HBO dissed Manny yet wanted to televise his fight vs Horn but Arum told them to F off, HBO is in shambles. HBO will then beg Haymon back to work with him, out of desperation or the boxing era is over for HBO and they will scrap their boxing broadcast for good which will be sad but it happens. With the limited commitment to boxing still diminishing every year, do they really need a heaping pile of stars? Saul Alvarez is all of 27 years old; unless film/TV calls for him or simply gets tired of boxing, he's still got another 10 PPV fights left in him before he turns 31. To that, you can add maybe one PPV fight for Golovkin after Alvarez. With Alvarez undergirding the boxing budget, HBO can take their piece off of Alvarez's PPVs and whatever money they still want to spend on boxing, and pair The Canelo Alvarez Show with 8-10 BAD type shows and be done with it. Feature the little guys, Golden Boy's fighters in the cusp of world level, and Kovalev/Golovkin in mismatch fights for as long as they are viable, and call it a day.

Arum is an evil genius. Never under-estimate his power. http://i.imgur.com/jocIXzT.jpg if arum can somehow promote ward without losing money then he is the greatest promoter of all time. i dont think it can be done given wards demadns but lets see him try

Ward used to be a HBO commentator... TR moved to ESPN and Ward also... But he doesn't have to sign with TR, though... ESPN is bringing him in for the Crawford card (TR Boxing on ESPN) and the coming hard sell for Mayweather-McGregor (which Top Rank has absolutely nothing to do with and a fight that Arum has been openly ****ting on).

There's been lots of rumours going around that Top Rank are close to signing him, which is why he's the co-main on one of their big cards. :thinking: Nice try? I'm not sure what you think I was 'trying'. People on here are weird AF man... Top Rank won a purse bid, full stop. The ESPN card in question is slated to be on a Tuesday I think, from a 3500-seat venue, so miss me with that "big cards" nonsense. Haymon does near no business with Top Rank, Top Rank has no presence in Canada, and their TV platform, depending on what the coming Crawford numbers look like, had about the reach of a so-so HBO card without an established name fighting. Top Rank has one fighter at 175lbs, and that's Gvozdyk.

what opportunities is he missing? hes a guy who cant draw very well and just got 12 mllion dollars for2 financial bombs. why would anyone want that burden??? hes made it clear he wont fight unless its for insane money. he was willing to retire unless kovalev gave him literally all the designated purse for the fight. hes so far delusional that hes gone man hes gone. let him go hes not coming back to reality. also after the kovavlev fights which promoter is going to want to fight under wards fixed system(the only way hes wiling to fight)? unless its an in house fight thats the only way. too much drama for zero reward. makes no sense. Arum is an evil genius. Never under-estimate his power. http://i.imgur.com/jocIXzT.jpg

It would be smart for Ward to sign with Top Rank, it helps with his future as a fight manager. Also if Ward leaves HBO, hbo has nobody left just Canelo and GGG. Loma and Crawford are already gone to ESPN, Kitschko retired. Floyd left long ago, and HBO dissed Manny yet wanted to televise his fight vs Horn but Arum told them to F off, HBO is in shambles. HBO will then beg Haymon back to work with him, out of desperation or the boxing era is over for HBO and they will scrap their boxing broadcast for good which will be sad but it happens.

I think that would be a great move by Ward. Ward is doing what Jones did and he's missing big opportunities as a result. Learn from history! what opportunities is he missing? hes a guy who cant draw very well and just got 12 mllion dollars for2 financial bombs. why would anyone want that burden??? hes made it clear he wont fight unless its for insane money. he was willing to retire unless kovalev gave him literally all the designated purse for the fight. hes so far delusional that hes gone man hes gone. let him go hes not coming back to reality. also after the kovavlev fights which promoter is going to want to fight under wards fixed system(the only way hes wiling to fight)? unless its an in house fight thats the only way. too much drama for zero reward. makes no sense.

I think that would be a great move by Ward. Ward is doing what Jones did and he's missing big opportunities as a result. Learn from history!

money talks and he wants that early retirement money. "Early retirement"? Do you watch boxing? Since when did being way past prime and accumulating losses become an appropriate retirement?

I couldn't see him signing with them, but I could see him doing fight-by-fight appearances on their ESPN shows.

money talks and he wants that early retirement money. he just got 12 million dollars for his last 2 fights. can he please retire and not disgrace boxing with his fixed fights anymore. nothing of value will be lost.

Should do his own Promotion IMO :dunno:

Yeah that's what the media says and the media are 90% Haymon-haters and Arum ball-washers so take it all with a grain of salt.. FAKE NEWS!!!! trump is really doing awesome but the media would have you believe hes a failure and human trash. FAKE NEWSSS PBC is really on top of the world. no more high profile fights and no more big purses but they are winning!!!

There's been lots of rumours going around that Top Rank are close to signing him, which is why he's the co-main on one of their big cards. :thinking: Nice try? I'm not sure what you think I was 'trying'. People on here are weird AF man... Yeah that's what the media says and the media are 90% Haymon-haters and Arum ball-washers so take it all with a grain of salt..

Ward used to be a HBO commentator... TR moved to ESPN and Ward also... But he doesn't have to sign with TR, though...

i cant see ward being involved in a legitimate fight again. can only see him fighting bellew and then a circus fight at heavyweight. has he ever been in a legitimate "fight" when the refs and judges are there to make sure you win how legitimate is it? when you join a tournament that is heavily weighted in your favor how legit is it?