I think Joshua pretty much killed the prospect of that fight with his comments. It is obvious Ward wants the cash and continued relevance, but I cannot see what's in it for Joshua. Ward was never a draw even in his prime because he was considered a boring fighter who was also very dirty.What does he have to offer to Joshua?
Comments Thread For: Andre Ward throws his hat into the ring in Anthony Joshua sweepstakes
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AJ has nothing to gain, apart from losing his balls, like you said, and the tiny bit of pride he has left.
TBH it would be a big fight and easy to sell. Former P4P guy (could promote him as one of the best ever or whatevs) coming out of retirement to challenge a former unified champ at heavyweight, plus it also has that carnival style / freak show attraction of the massive gap in size and weight. It's definitely more intriguing than a Dubois rematch and Matchroom could turn that into a huge event.
On top of that AJ wouldn't take crazy damage off Ward, apart from maybe lose the future ability to have children.Comment
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Ward's full of shit. He bowed out when he knew his next opponents were going to be the top, big LHWs, yet he's willing to come out of retirement @ 41 and more than a decade away to challenge Joshua? GTFOH!I don't know how big Andre Ward is but I'm pretty sure that he's way too small to be fighting a huge dude like Joshua.
I looked it up , Ward would have a deficit of 6 inches in height and almost 12 inches in reach. I'm sure that the weight difference would be substantial as well. Let's not even get into ring rust and age. I don't see Ward having much chance of winning even with Joshua as diminished as he is these days.
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Andre might get better results standing on a street corner in oakland panhandling.
If he ain't fighting the SMW, LHW, Cruiser, or HW champ....GTFOComment
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Ward is irrelevant but thinks he’s gods gift, talks as if everything that comes out of his mouth has never been said before, a bat**** boring fighter and commentator to boot. Maybe he should be a trainer, he probably sold 13 copies of his book and needs the cash for a fight.Comment
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