Ward and Froch fought on virtually neutral grounds

[New England]

At the end of the day, the fight was held in America, Andre Ward's home country.

Froch is from is from the UK. It's a fair proposal that Ward comes to the UK if they have a rematch is it not?

Especially since Froch is a unified champion holding two of the divisions titles, whereas Ward has none. I am we'll aware he is the 'lineal champion' of the division, but shouldn't a true champion fight around the world to prove his mettle, like Froch has done quite frequently over the last few years.

Financially, it would make more sense to stage the proposed rematch in the UK in my opinion.

And yes, fighting in your home country does have advantages, and not just in scoring and refereeing. Lots of things can be detrimental to a fighters preparation during the build up to a fight. Hometown advantages refer to more than just the officiating.

like what? i've gone over the meaningful one : travel.

the biggest issue that fighters have with going abroad are judges and officiating. other than that the big one is travel. you have to fly thousands of miles and stay in a hotel for a couple of weeks leading into the fight. fighters have been doing that since they were in the amateurs.

atlantic city is 3000 miles (over 5000 km) away from home for andre ward. whatever local fanbase he has in oakland does not exist in atlantic city. the people who buy tickets to fights in atlantic city are just boxing fans and the casual casino crowd. unless you're arturo gatti, an American fighter doesn't have some massive home advantage in AC.

was ward at a greater advantage than froch, who had to come to a foreign country and cross an ocean? yes. that doesn't mean it was in ward's backyard, or that it would give him some massive advantage to fight in atlantic city.

did the location of the fight matter? no. it did not. ask carl froch if he thought the first fight would have gone differently at home. he's an honest guy who would tell you that he got his butt whooped.

[DreamFighter]

He is still too skilled, I am afraid, Ward is the best SMW to date bar RJJ.

[STREET CLEANER]

Froch's fan base in the UK is big, the money that it will generate looks like it might be more. Atlantic City might be in the US but it is not Ward's home town by no means. It is directly at the other side of the country.

The location of the fight didn't dictate the outcome. Maybe Froch is thinking that close fight that he had with Dirrell which some ppl think he lost or the decision against Kessler which was a close fight that some ppl thought Froch won

[LeG00N]

um no log off.

Ward had the yank refs advantage.

Let him fight Froch with 80K brits screaming/cheering so loud the arena literally shakes.

[ChampBox@PR]

LMAO at Ward fangirls trying to use every and any excuse in the book, for Ward not to travel hahahaahah This is pure sadness

[AntonTheMeh]

no. it really wasn't. really though, what's the problem with ward going overseas? i mean isn't he that good? so what's the problem?

[revs1227]

true but thats not how fight fans in america think...

lpete ve mathysse was not considered home ground for peterson
khan when saying he wanted the lpete rematch out of DC to LV is IMO isnt neutral but home for LPETE but since american fight fans are funny like that it becomes a road fight for the american......... assbackwards

um no

once again I WAS AT THIS FIGHT ALSO and the crowd wad 90%
for peterson

people keep talking about fights they weren't at lol