Comments Thread For: Andre Ward on Shoulder Surgery, Pavlik Cancellation

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After Andre Ward was forced to pull out of a scheduled super middleweight title defense against Kelly Pavlik, he released a statement through his publicist, Julie Goldsticker:

“When I first got injured, there was a lot of inflammation, and the MRI was misread by the first radiologist. I’ve been doing extensive rehab and the shoulder was getting stronger, but after three and a half weeks of rehab, there was still slight pain that had me concerned enough to get two additional opinions,” Ward said. “It was then diagnosed that there is a small tear in my shoulder capsule. It’s not a major tear, but I can either rest it and see if it heals itself or speed up the process by surgically repairing it, and be stronger than I was before the injury and that’s what we opted to do.”
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[ddangerous]

I really wish more fighters would follow the Donaire blueprint and fight more often.

[PRBOXINGCOTTO]

Bute v.s pavlik next then make it happen

[JKidd2624]

Pavlik saved a hellacious beating thanks to a small tear. Good for him.

[kiaba360]

I really wish more fighters would follow the Donaire blueprint and fight more often.

This is the first time he's fought four times in a year since 2005, and he did it against top 10 opposition (was Arce top 10??). I'll be very surprised if he fights four times in 2013. Mares/Rigo/Quigg/Darchinyan rematch would be a great 2013 imho.

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

I really wish more fighters would follow the Donaire blueprint and fight more often.

you cant stop injuries. and donaire had a real busy year yes, but i think youre forgetting that the year before, and before that and before that and before that, he was only fighting once or twice a year against unranked opponents. dont suck him up too much over 1 active year

[ddangerous]

This is the first time he's fought four times in a year since 2005, and he did it against top 10 opposition (was Arce top 10??). I'll be very surprised if he fights four times in 2013. Mares/Rigo/Quigg/Darchinyan rematch would be a great 2013 imho.

I am just really impressed with his career moves this year. More fighters should take heed with both the year round drug testing and taking more than one or two fights a year. As a fan, I applaud him, and think he deserves fighter of the year honors.

you cant stop injuries. and donaire had a real busy year yes, but i think youre forgetting that the year before, and before that and before that and before that, he was only fighting once or twice a year against unranked opponents. dont suck him up too much over 1 active year

No argument here, but I was really referring to this year.

[ShoulderRoll]

It's good to hear that Ward can come back from this injury with the shoulder being stronger than it was before. At least he won't have a fragile, gimpy shoulder for the rest of his career.

[Luilun]

After Andre Ward was forced to pull out of a scheduled super middleweight title defense against Kelly Pavlik, he released a statement through his publicist, Julie Goldsticker:

“When I first got injured, there was a lot of inflammation, and the MRI was misread by the first radiologist. I’ve been doing extensive rehab and the shoulder was getting stronger, but after three and a half weeks of rehab, there was still slight pain that had me concerned enough to get two additional opinions,” Ward said. “It was then diagnosed that there is a small tear in my shoulder capsule. It’s not a major tear, but I can either rest it and see if it heals itself or speed up the process by surgically repairing it, and be stronger than I was before the injury and that’s what we opted to do.”
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That capsule is the Labrum Your Phucked Ward. Thats what ended my son's boxing career He was national Champ in 2009 110 pounds and was on a roll until the Golden gloves when he tore his labrum had 2 surgeries and last one it dislocated sparring Joesph Diaz it was an even match even without sparring for a year. He would have took en out either Raushee Warren or Joesph Diaz but the injury ruined his Olympic dream.

[joesaiditstrue]

That capsule is the Labrum Your Phucked Ward. Thats what ended my son's boxing career He was national Champ in 2009 110 pounds and was on a roll until the Golden gloves when he tore his labrum had 2 surgeries and last one it dislocated sparring Joesph Diaz it was an even match even without sparring for a year. He would have took en out either Raushee Warren or Joesph Diaz but the injury ruined his Olympic dream.

his tear didn't require surgery, it isn't a major injury

he opted for surgery to speed up the healing process