Andre Ward is the perfect fighter for CBS/NBC

[Ferrarijones]

Hopkins got big by fighting on network TV back around 2004-5 or some time like that. I think it was on FOX. Mayweather got big by being a gold medalist and beating DLH. Don't make this a race thing. People only care about brand awareness. Once you get eyes on someone they tend to stick.

I'm not making it a race thing. I'm just saying that they established themselves amongst a certain demographic which help their popularity. Like how Canelo is popular amongst Mexicans. Hopkins got popular via his personality (the Executioner) and inring performances (Tito Trinidad), while Floyd did something similar. Andre Ward has only been popular amongst diehard boxing fans and only a few at that. He needs more personality. No he doesn't have to be an idiot and do outlandish stuff like Floyd, but he needs to get his name out there. He's kind of like Bradley in that regard. Great fighter, boring personality. And boring doesn't put bottoms in seats.

[HanzGruber]

not enough money to go around, unless some advertisers pay up. Thurman would be good

[Jim Tom]

If he's so attractive don't you think they would have had him already? Being clean (even though he has all those tattoos for a Christian) is not always attractive.

[MurkaMan]

Ward's style is too boring for prime time... Rios would be a good prime time fighter

Not true. People attatch the word Boring to Ward, because of how much he used to clinch, but he doesnt do that anymore. In his last fights, he was very aggressive, violent, had the crowd going insane, got multiple knockdowns, and a stoppage against Chad, and forced Froch so bad and beat the crap out of him. Ward is an excellent example of what an exciting fighter is. Skills, take risks, violence, aggression, killer instinct, can box, move, defense, brawl. People these days dont even pay attention to fighter's evolution, they just keep attaching that same lable to his name, back when he was still improving.

[Earl-Hickey]

Not true. People attatch the word Boring to Ward, because of how much he used to clinch, but he doesnt do that anymore. In his last fights, he was very aggressive, violent, had the crowd going insane, got multiple knockdowns, and a stoppage against Chad, and forced Froch so bad and beat the crap out of him. Ward is an excellent example of what an exciting fighter is. Skills, take risks, violence, aggression, killer instinct, can box, move, defense, brawl. People these days dont even pay attention to fighter's evolution, they just keep attaching that same lable to his name, back when he was still improving.

No wonder you are bathed in red, phaggot.

[MurkaMan]

No wonder you are bathed in red, phaggot.

Dont get mad at me because I make it impossible for people to lie about Ward being boring! Froch is boring. Slow ass bum brawler with power. Come get at me when he gets some flashy speed, or some slick reflexes to make him sharp.

[Jloro]

Dont get mad at me because I make it impossible for people to lie about Ward being boring! Froch is boring. Slow ass bum brawler with power. Come get at me when he gets some flashy speed, or some slick reflexes to make him sharp.

Froch isn't boring lmao
And I don't think that is what makes a fighter exciting. Look at Khan. He's boring as ****. The most exciting part of his fight is waiting for him to get caught lolol

[MurkaMan]

Froch isn't boring lmao
And I don't think that is what makes a fighter exciting. Look at Khan. He's boring as ****. The most exciting part of his fight is waiting for him to get caught lolol

Khan aint boring, that dude is fast as lightning and throwing all them damn punches. Its very flashy and shiny to the eye. Froch is garbage with power.

[Ray*]

As a diehard boxing fan I wouldn't feel like a miss something if I don't watch a Andre Ward fight on free TV, Am a BIG sweet science style of boxing but to be honest I don't watch Ward or the later older Hopkins, for me i do not find them enticing to watch... I would rather watch Rios all day even though am a lesser fan of brawling than watch those two.

So I could imagine why the big networks haven't looked at Ward even though he is well spoken, well mannered, family man, Gold medallist, P4P fighter with him sitting at the top of his division, The fact that Froch and Kessler are getting more famous and hype even though he beat them both is quite puzzling but understandable.

He would break through eventually but he need some help somewhere somehow, Whether it's through an opponent or a network or a promoter going all out to showcase him even more than now.

[Slyboots]

Andre's price tag is waaaaay more than their budget. No way he ever fights on network television when he's headlining on Showtime and HBO.