Why the heck are the Super 6 fights not on neutral turf?

[Piper the Great]

imo the 1 home 1 away was cool but everything else needs to be nuetral.

[_original_]

I honestly don't agree that Ward should have all his fights at home.....who the *** is he to demand that type of stuff?

[Marcov]

Either neutral ground or perhaps using more discretion in selection of judges but many of the fights have been close and people are giong complain either way.

[Haglerwins]

No problem with close fights. It's just a damn near guarantee they'll go to the house guy right or wrong.

[Idgas]

I honestly don't agree that Ward should have all his fights at home.....who the *** is he to demand that type of stuff?

they didn't change that? that's so bull****. everyone else is sacrificing their record and their comfort for the tourney and ward gets to stay home safe. i don't see why the promoters even agreed to that.

[Bhopreign]

I honestly don't agree that Ward should have all his fights at home.....who the *** is he to demand that type of stuff?

Great negotiating.

[$partacus]

Boxing needs to sort out the selection of judges, the judge that scored the fight 117-11 Kessler was the referee (the worst i have ever seen) that was involved in the Robin Reid-Sven Ottke robbery. Kessler and Ottke are/were Sauerland fighters.

[DeepSleep]

One simple reason.

Fighting in your home town = $$$ in the bank through ticket sales.

[Allucard]

they didn't change that? that's so bull****. everyone else is sacrificing their record and their comfort for the tourney and ward gets to stay home safe. i don't see why the promoters even agreed to that.

They agreed to that because Ward is an Olympic champion and because of his inexperience, they thought he'd be KOed by much more experienced fighters in the tournament. Lets be honest, what was the tournament design about when you put in 18 and 20 fight newbies against 30+ fights CHAMPIONS? It was all about making the champions look good, that was the plan. Be honest about it, the experience is all on the European side, apart from shot Taylor who was put there because he was soft enough. That's why Ward got that clause. Surprise, both Andres are world class and the experience wasn't enough for either Froch or Abraham or even the favorite, Kessler, get a W over those two. Taylor ****** but we expected that.

Good luck convincing Ward to abandon his deal after this:


I understand what you are saying but please don't compare real robberies like this one with Kessler-Froch which was a very close (and great) fight in which Kessler did that extra mile in the end.