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Originally posted by Raimondo View PostWard was a brilliant skilled fighter and he beat some top, top 168 pounders including Dawson here and arguably beat the top "killer" at 175 in Kovalev. I'd have liked to see Ward fighting a prime Andre Dirrell in S6 bc I think Dirrell beat Froch at that time.
As for Ward vs Canelo, this fight could've been made since Canelo fought for the first time at 168 in 2018 against Fielding. At that time Ward was around 33-34 y/o and his last fight was against Kovalev in 2017, so I think Ward could've fought Canelo if he really wanted and get a good payday. Ward probably is a little salty bc he was missing the Canelo PAYDAY.
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Originally posted by Clegg View PostWard is saying that Canelo only wants to fights big names who are past-prime, on their way out of the sport. Then Ward says that he retired because his body was no longer able to perform at the highest level. Then he says Canelo wouldn't have faced him if he was still active. But if Canelo is looking to fight past-prime guys then surely Ward would've been his ideal choice?
"Canelo only fights past-prime half-retired guys, so no way he'd fight a past-prime half-retired guy like me"
When Ward retired, his mandatories were Bivol and Beterbiev. A lot of people said he was ducking. It seems funny for him to say "those guys have never said my name in 6 years, there's a reason for that". But what is the reason, that they didn't want the fight? If Ward had stayed active, they would've been his next 2 opponents unless he vacated, so how can he paint the picture that they are the ones that didn't want it?
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Originally posted by elfag View PostWard never lived up to the hype after winning super 6. He weight drained Dawson down to 168 then after that spent 4 years wasting his prime fighting C level bums.
Then finally stepped up again with a razor close win against kovalev that many thought he lost. Then in the rematch he throws a 5 punch combination to the balls that was far worse than the single shot that Usyk took from Dubois, except Ward had the ref on his side in this one.
After that lucky "stoppage win" he got in the rematch he retired rather than take on any challenges.
Now he is 39 and crying that a former super welterweight wouldnt theoretically fight him if he was still fighting. Dude who gives a ***, you are 39, the same age as Beterbiev, if you are so ***ing great then call out Beterbiev who is the same weight and age as you. But we see him crying about middleweights that wouldnt fight him.champion4ever likes this.
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Originally posted by El_Maldito_Rey View PostAndrea Ward is a salty hoe. He punked out and retired to avoid Beterbiev and Bivol with his sorry ass career.
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Originally posted by champion4ever View PostRevisionist history at its finest! Gennady Golovkin said that he would challenge anyone from 154-168 except for Ward.
However, when it came to Andre he conveniently moved the goal post. Take the time to research it. It’s posted on this site.champion4ever likes this.
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Originally posted by messi807 View Post
Are you ******? When were Ward or Canelo ever at the same weight.. Jesus Christ.
And that's the point. Andre Ward campaigning for the fight meant fighting on for a few more years.
If Andre had fought on for 2-3 more years, the fight could have happened in 2020 at 175.
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