Ward seems very bitter about his career among other things.

[lfc19titles]

Feels like ward has a lot of regrets about his career. Did he waste his talent ? Waste is a harsh word but I will say yes. Ward wasted his talents, yes you heard it from me here

why ? Before people jump on me, he wasted his talents because he built no legacy and that is what remembers fighters after they have gone, that is what develops sponsor deals when they retire and so on and that is what fans talk about

think about it, when a solid ww comes, people immediately talk about if he could have hanged with Floyd or manny. Because those two built legacy

ward had so much talent and did win, but he could have left a lasting legacy but chose to be inactive and sit out before retiring. Felt like he didn’t have the desire to achieve greatness in terms of legacy

now he is bitter at the attention other guys are getting, I would imagine he is bitter nobody talks about him when comparing fighters

the reality is, in 20 years, nobody will probably remember ward as he built no legacy, nobody will talk about him or anything

if he can go back in time,‘I bet he would fight more and build his legacy. He should have gone down as one of the greats, he has the talent but decided to take the easy way out and now he whines about it

Ward seems to want credit and recognition in his post career and seems upset he is not getting it, not realising it’s his own fault for not fighting enough

[dan-b]

Feels like ward has a lot of regrets about his career. Did he waste his talent ? Waste is a harsh word but I will say yes. Ward wasted his talents, yes you heard it from me here

why ? Before people jump on me, he wasted his talents because he built no legacy and that is what remembers fighters after they have gone, that is what develops sponsor deals when they retire and so on and that is what fans talk about

think about it, when a solid ww comes, people immediately talk about if he could have hanged with Floyd or manny. Because those two built legacy

ward had so much talent and did win, but he could have left a lasting legacy but chose to be inactive and sit out before retiring. Felt like he didn’t have the desire to achieve greatness in terms of legacy

now he is bitter at the attention other guys are getting, I would imagine he is bitter nobody talks about him when comparing fighters

the reality is, in 20 years, nobody will probably remember ward as he built no legacy, nobody will talk about him or anything

if he can go back in time,‘I bet he would fight more and build his legacy. He should have gone down as one of the greats, he has the talent but decided to take the easy way out and now he whines about it

Ward seems to want credit and recognition in his post career and seems upset he is not getting it, not realising it’s his own fault for not fighting enough

Very few fighters create crossover legacy like Pacquiao and Mayweather. They stand apart with regards the aura they created around themselves.

Super-middleweight being kind of a wasteland and unglamourous division doesn't help either.

What's interesting to me, and what I take heart from, is that social media fame seems to be a very transient thing. The kind of legacy you speak of will always have to be created through substance and that's a good thing.

[lfc19titles]

Very few fighters create crossover legacy like Pacquiao and Mayweather. They stand apart with regards the aura they created around themselves.

Super-middleweight being kind of a wasteland and unglamourous division doesn't help either.

What's interesting to me, and what I take heart from, is that social media fame seems to be a very transient thing. The kind of legacy you speak of will always have to be created through substance and that's a good thing.

You’re right but you can built it in other wise

unifying, taking a lot of big fights and so on. Seems like to me ward had the talent to potentially go down as an atg and in his mind he did that but now he’s realised he’s the only one who thinks that

he could have and should have done much more for the gifts he had but he lacked the desire to do so imo that’s the only reason someone becomes bitter in life. When they feel a sense of injustice and his injustice is his legacy but he only has himself to blame

didn’t be guy only have like 30 something fights ? He should have been fighting 3 times per year on his prime of his career

[The D3vil]

There's no guarantee that Ward would've stayed champion long enough for Canelo to target him. In the time between Ward/Kovalev 2 and Canelo/Kovalev, Ward would've had to deal with the likes of Bivol/Beterbiev/Gvozdyk. I could see Ward using inactivity to protect his 0.

None of those dudes were as good as Kovalev circa 2016/2017

Kovalev was a top 5 P4P fighter on the planet and would be favored against all 3 of those dudes.

Ward fought him twice, but would be scared to fight 3 dudes not as good as prime Krusher.?

[kiaba360]

None of those dudes were as good as Kovalev circa 2016/2017

Kovalev was a top 5 P4P fighter on the planet and would be favored against all 3 of those dudes.

Ward fought him twice, but would be scared to fight 3 dudes not as good as prime Krusher.?

It has nothing to do with whether Ward feared them or not. When you fight the best, you always run the risk of losing. The guys I named are good enough to beat him. Ward wasn't a stranger to inactivity either. Ultimately, Ward retired because it was the best decision to make. He removed himself from the equation before he had to face the next wave of LHWs. He wasn't a big draw, and the next wave of LHWs weren't draws either...so the big $$$ probably wasn't going to be there. High-risk/low-reward...you know the game.