When did Andre Ward become an embarrassing sell out?

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  • Dakuwaqa
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    #11
    Originally posted by BustedKnuckles

    That's an interesting detail. Not that I ever studied British property taxes. I just assumed that they are overtaxed there, and wouldn't have guessed there is such a low limit (low from the perspective of folks with lots of $).
    In my area of London the annual cap is £3500.

    It’s probably why you don’t hear many rich/famous people having to sell off their mansions.

    Plus no medical bills (at point of service) means having an stress free existence isn’t particularly difficult to achieve.
    Last edited by Dakuwaqa; 03-05-2022, 02:32 PM.

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    • BustedKnuckles
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      #12
      Originally posted by Dakuwaqa

      In my area of London the annual cap is £3500.

      It’s probably why you don’t hear many rich/famous people having to sell off their mansions.

      Plus no medical bills (at point of service) means having an stress free existence isn’t particularly difficult to achieve.
      Well, I don't hear anything about the UK, really. But I'll take your word on that. Sounds like a good deal with the taxes.

      The medical things sounds good if you're relatively healthy. But I wonder how it goes when you need a procedure or equipment that isn't covered. It's bas enough haggling with insurance companies--prob worse if there's only one source of health care, and no competition.

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      • RJJ-94-02=GOAT
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        #13
        Originally posted by OnePunch


        alot of times it isnt about the money. Its about the attention and feeling relevant.
        You’re right. Some guys forever crave the spotlight.

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        • jas
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          #14
          what y'all talkin about?

          wards a great pundit,

          catterall taylor was a close fight. in the rounds catteral did outland taylor in the punch stats it was by less than 5 punches in many of the rounds. and he was holding and moving (terrible lateral movement technique too by the way) so optics looked bad for him .

          ward is probably the best active pundit in boxing. way better than any other by a large margin

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          • paulf
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            #15
            Where on earth did any of you get the idea that the commentators on are supposed to be objective? Who says that's what they're supposed to be doing?

            ESPN clearly like the setup where they have Timmy point out one guys success, Andre point out the others, and they debate who is right.

            It's not supposed to be unbiased.

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            • Madison Boxing
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              #16
              hes a clown

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              • The Big Dunn
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                #17
                Originally posted by TheMyspaceDayz
                I can’t pin point his decline into Top Rank shill. It snuck up on me. He should be fired for his blatant bias and repeated attempts to make the viewing public dumber on all matters boxing.
                If you want air time and a check, you gonna do what you gotta do. ESPN isn’t about allowing it’s on air product to be too critical of their corporate partners since they became under the Disney umbrella.

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                • PeepeePoopooMan
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                  #18
                  Like I've said before if it wasn't for the ESPN gig he'd fade to irrelevance

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                  • daggum
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                    #19
                    Originally posted by OnePunch


                    alot of times it isnt about the money. Its about the attention and feeling relevant.
                    this is the exact reason he made the laughable offer to ggg, he knew ggg would turn it down(because it was so ******) and he planned to run to the media crying duck. he didnt have to do this he just was salty because everyone was saying he ducked ggg and others(he did) instead of the media asking hey why did you want ggg to wait a year to fight you and postpone the canelo fight? why did you give everyone the impression you were trying to fight ggg next when thats not what the offer was at all? a lot of them actually just believed whatever he said without looking into it or they just wanted to get on his good side maye. this is the same guy who of course was exposed in court for ducking everyone hbo wanted and only wanted to fight bums which hbo rejected.
                    Last edited by daggum; 03-06-2022, 12:34 AM.

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                    • Boxing fan1981
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                      #20
                      Originally posted by shenmue
                      He has no shame, him thinking Taylor won last week was almost as outrageous as him thinking he best kovalev in the first fight and that he didn't constantly low blow him in the rematch.

                      Good boxer, dull as can be for most of his career and one of the worst pundits and commentators of this generation.
                      Even his SOG nickname is so boring.

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