What does Ward have to do to?

[shade darkar]

just keep winning. thats what he has to do.

but to be honest, he comes across as a bit of an arrogant **** to me. the amount of **** calzaghe gets for fighting at home all the time, yet this guy gets a pass on it?

[shade darkar]

Erm, roy and evander were ****ing world stars

Hopkins and winky are not crowd pleasers

Mosley was b level.

Race got nothing to do with it

It's all in the styles

how is mosley B class?

he went 38-0 with 35kos at one point didnt he? and won titles in 3 weight classes. beat some good fighters along the way. very good at lightweight.

[SUPREME.]

Did posters on here start watching boxing in 2008?

Mosley was loved in his heyday.

He was considered the teddybear of boxing.

[Weebler I]

andre ward, can also take the route that bernard hopkins took, and soundly beat or ko, big name/cash cow fighters, who are bonified ppv attractions, but are one or two divisions smaller than him...

Such as?

just keep winning. thats what he has to do.

but to be honest, he comes across as a bit of an arrogant **** to me. the amount of **** calzaghe gets for fighting at home all the time, yet this guy gets a pass on it?

I don't think he gets a pass. I don't really find him too arrogant but his coach the ****** hunter does seem that way.

wow comparing the guy to Mayweather and Jones already for what? beating Kessler and Froch
Ward hasn't done much yet he just won Super6 and moved to HBO who is betting the house on him being a superstar

'just won the Super 6'

Kessler and Froch were the best in the division and he's beaten Edison Miranda, Allan Green, Sakio Bika, Arthur Abraham with Chad Dawson potentially coming up.

He is already in many people's Top 3 pfp and was named fighter of the year in 2011.

Ward could definitely start to play the villian role and be good at it.

He'll be hated and people will pay to see him lose.

I wouldn't like to see him go down that road, it's not really him.

He's too scared to even leave home, he's nothing compared to Jones Jr and Mayweather..

I don't like the way it's almost always a backyard fight with him but I doubt it has much to do with fear, he won an Olympic gold medal in Greece of all places and beat Froch in Atlantic City.

[EveryDayDrew]

His biggest fights have been on Showtime...The Super Six was a big deal to hardcore fans but casual fans weren't exactly keeping up with the rescheduling and cancellations...its impressive that he is as big as he is now but I'd wait until he does a few shows on HBO before I start analyzing where his ceiling is...

[boliodogs]

I find his wrestling and holding and hitting hard to watch and I always root against him. He is hard to beat and hard to watch, for me anyway. I love boxing but I don't like to watch maulers. Sure there is skill in his infighting but much of what he does is against the rules and he gets away with it in Oakland. It does not matter who he beats, I will never enjoy watching him.

[WESS]

It doesn't seem as if consistently winning fights is enough to make Andre Ward a US star like Roy Jones Jr. or Floyd Mayweather.

The guy isn't an exciting fighter to casual fans like Jones was, he doesn't talk smack endlessly like Mayweather to increase his notoriety so is this as good as it gets for Andre?

Where can he go from here in terms of increasing his fame and financial return?

Keep winning to the point that it pisses people off. Haters pay the bills.

[FeFist]

He needs a signature fight. To be honest it is a shame he didn't fight Bute. They would have been able to promote the hell out of that fight ( even though Bute was overrated) and he would have won in spectacular fashion.

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

His ring name is S.O.G..he doesnt care about money or being a big star. idk how religious most guys on here are, but a Christians last worry is money and being famous (at least ones who actually follow). truth is all hes worried about is winning, and not selling himself out for the fans or superstar recognition which could cost him losing a fight which is way more important to him. and true boxing fans and boxers will appreciate him for that

[hatershate]

He has to keep padding that resume. Kessler, Abraham, Froch checked off. Dawson next week.

All he has left at SMW is Dirrell, then he has to look 8 pounds south and 7 pounds north for his next challenges. Martinez, Chavez Jr, Golovkin, Canelo, Pascal, Cloud. As long as he keeps fighting the best of the best, the ones that matter will notice, you know actual boxing fans.